Legislation

Currently, the legal regulation of services and products provided by I.CA in the field of electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions is contained in the following legal regulations:

• Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC – eIDAS, which was revised by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 amending Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014 as regards the establishment of a European digital identity framework,

• in the implementing regulations and decisions of the European Commission to the above-mentioned regulations,

• Act No. 297/2016 Coll., o službách vytvářejících důvěru pro elektronické transakce, ve znění zákona č. 183/2017 Sb., zákona č. 261/2021 Sb. a zákona č. 471/2022 Sb.,

• Act Czech Republic No. 264/2025 Coll. Act on Cybersecurity.

For identity certificates, then in:

• Act No. 250/2017 Sb., o elektronické identifikaci, ve znění zákona č. 12/2020 Sb., zákona č. 261/2021 Sb. a zákona č. 471/2022 Sb.,

• Decree No. 409/2022 Sb., o pravidlech pro výpočet minimálního limitu pojistného plnění pro pojištění odpovědnosti za škodu způsobenou při správě kvalifikovaného systému elektronické identifikace,

• Act Czech Republic No. 264/2025 Coll. Act on Cybersecurity.

Both Czech laws are so-called adaptations to the relevant EU legislation. This is designed so that specific products and services can be recognised throughout the Union, regardless of the Member State in which their provider operates. For example, it is stated that “Qualified electronic signatures based on a qualified certificate issued in one Member State shall be recognised as qualified electronic signatures in all other Member States.”

The aforementioned EU regulation from 2014 is referred to as the eIDAS 1 regulation, amended (revised) from 2024 as the eIDAS 2 regulation.

The text of the eIDAS 1 regulation, reflecting the changes adopted by the eIDAS 2 regulation (the so-called consolidated text or full text), is available here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/CS/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02014R0910-20241018&qid=1751620957365 

Note: The draft law amending Act No. 297/2016 Coll., Sb., o službách vytvářejících důvěru pro elektronické transakce, is currently in the legislative process. The reason is the necessity of adaptation to the eIDAS 2 regulation. The discussion procedure can be followed here: https://odok.gov.cz/portal/veklep/material/ALBSDHZA32NV/ 

Within the framework of the Slovak Republic, we provide services in accordance with Act 272/2016 Coll., o dôveryhodných službách pre elektronické transakcie na vnútornom trhu a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov (zákon o dôveryhodných službách).