ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED CERTIFICATES FOR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES Qualified certificates for electronic signatures shall contain: (a) an indication, at least in a form suitable for automated processing, that the certificate has been issued as a qualified certificate for electronic signature; (b) a set of data unambiguously representing the qualified trust service provider issuing the qualified certificates including at least, the Member State in which that provider is established and: — for a legal person: the name and, where applicable, registration number as stated in the official records, — for a natural person: the person’s name; (c) at least the name of the signatory, or a pseudonym; if a pseudonym is used, it shall be clearly indicated; (d) electronic signature validation data that corresponds to the electronic signature creation data; (e) details of the beginning and end of the certificate’s period of validity; (f) the certificate identity code, which must be unique for the qualified trust service provider; (g) the advanced electronic signature or advanced electronic seal of the issuing qualified trust service provider; (h) the location where the certificate supporting the advanced electronic signature or advanced electronic seal referred to in point (g) is available free of charge; (i) the location of the services that can be used to enquire about the validity status of the qualified certificate; (j) where the electronic signature creation data related to the electronic signature validation data is located in a qualified electronic signature creation device, an appropriate indication of this, at least in a form suitable for automated processing.