Ukraine and Latvia have agreed on mutual recognition of digital signatures, which supplies Ukrainian certified digital signatures (QES) authorized power in Latvia. This simplifies interplay for Ukrainians and companies, permitting them to make use of Diia.Signature-EU for digital companies.
Ukraine and Latvia have agreed on mutual recognition of digital signatures. Now Ukrainian QES have the identical authorized power in Latvia as handwritten signatures. This was reported by the Ministry of Digital Transformation, writes UNN.
Latvia is presently the primary nation on the planet to legally acknowledge Ukrainian digital signatures, equating them to handwritten ones. This can considerably facilitate communication and cooperation between Ukrainian residents in Latvia (presently over 31,000), in addition to between Latvian and Ukrainian companies, state and native authorities. We recognize Ukraine's achievements in digitalization and the implementation of options that meet EU requirements – this is a crucial step in the direction of Ukraine's digital integration into Europe, and we’re grateful to our Ukrainian colleagues for his or her shut cooperation, in addition to to our colleagues from LVRTC for the immediate implementation of the e-signature resolution.
– Gatis Ozols, Deputy State Secretary for Digital Transformation at VARAM.
What this provides to individuals and companies
Any more, residents of Ukraine and representatives of Ukrainian corporations can use Latvia's digital companies as simply and with out pointless paperwork as in Ukraine. No extra private visits or paperwork to:
- work together with banks: signal digital paperwork (contracts, acts, invoices) with full authorized power;
- apply for state and municipal companies in Latvia;
- do enterprise: signal contracts with Latvian companions on-line.
The popularity of our e-signatures in Latvia is a joint case of the very best digital belief. This isn’t only a technical resolution, however an actual digital barrier-free atmosphere because of the profitable cooperation of two international locations. An instance of how digitalization actually integrates Ukraine into the European area, creating new alternatives and a snug life for each Ukrainian. We’re constructing a typical digital area with Europe, the place borders don’t hinder work and improvement," – Zoryana Stetsyuk, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation.
The way it works
To work together with Latvian establishments and companies, you should use Diia.Signature-EU or different e-signatures from Ukrainian facilities with conformity evaluation to EU requirements. This turned potential because of amendments to the Latvian Legislation "On Digital Paperwork", which got here into power this 12 months.
It ought to be recalled that Ukraine acknowledged European QES again in 2023. Latvia made an analogous reciprocal step, creating a novel case of full digital belief on the worldwide degree.
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