The Trusted List is providing information about the supervision/accreditation status of certification services from Certification Service Providers (CSPs) who are supervised/accredited by Sweden for compliance with the relevant provisions of Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures.
The Trusted List aims at:
- listing and providing reliable information on the supervision/accreditation status of certification services from Certification Service Providers, who are supervised/accredited by Sweden for compliance with the relevant provisions laid down in Directive 1999/93/EC;
- facilitating the validation of electronic signatures supported by those listed supervised/accredited certification services from the listed CSPs.
The Trusted List of a Member State provides a minimum of information on supervised/accredited CSPs issuing Qualified Certificates in accordance with the provisions laid down in Directive 1999/93/EC (Art. 3.3, 3.2 and Art. 7.1(a)), including information on the QC supporting the electronic signature and whether the signature is or not created by a Secure Signature Creation Device.
The CSPs issuing Qualified Certificates (QCs) listed here are supervised by Sweden and may also be accredited for compliance with the provisions laid down in Directive 1999/93/EC, including with the requirements of Annex I (requirements for QCs), and those of Annex II (requirements for CSPs issuing QCs). The applicable ‘supervision’ system (respectively ‘voluntary accreditation’ system) is defined and must meet the relevant requirements of Directive 1999/93/EC, in particular those laid down in Art. 3.3, Art. 8.1, Art. 11 (respectively, Art.2.13, Art. 3.2, Art 7.1(a), Art. 8.1, Art. 11)
Supervision
PTS is the National Regulatory Authority according to the Qualified Electronic Signatures Act and the Qualified Electronic Signatures ordinance.
If a Certificate Service Provider would like to issue qualified certificates, the CSP has to use a specific form and submit it and some additional information about itself to PTS. There is no approval process so once the CSP has sent the form it can start to issue qualified certificates.
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.
Trusted Service Status List (TSL) - human readable form (pdf, new window)
Trusted Service Status List (TSL) - machine readable form
Root certificate for the signature certificate that is used to sign the trusted list