If a Certificate Service Provider would like to issue qualified certificates, the CSP has to use a specific form and submit it and some information about itself to PTS. There is no approval process.
Supervision will occur once there is a need for supervision or there is reason to believe that the CSP does not comply with the legislation. All supervision is aimed to ensure compliance with legislation i.e. the Qualified Electronic Signatures Act.
The Swedish Qualified Electronic Signatures Act is a close transposition of the European Directive 1999/93/EC.
Qualified certificates in Sweden are always issued to natural persons.
Qualified Electronic Signatures Act, SFS 2000:832 (pdf 29,7 kB)
There is currently one CSP offering Qualified certificates to the public.
SignGuard Europe AB
Drottninggatan 61 / 3 tr.
S-111 21 Stockholm
Tel +46-(0)8-510 605 60
www.signguard.se
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