Formalities completed by sending documents electronically to the Registers of
Commerce and Securities shall have the same legal effects, meaning legal validity and
evidential force as those sent in hard copy.
Electronic documents may replace hard copy documents and shall beacknowledged as
equivalent when they are established and kept in a reliable technique, which guarantees, at any
time, the origin of the electronic document and its integrity during electronic processing and
transmissions.
Thereliableprocessingtechniquesthat guarantee,atalltime,the originof electronic documents as
well as theirintegrityduring electronic processing and transmissionsshall be acknowledged as
validbythis Uniform Actorby the Technical Committee for the Standardization of Electronic
Procedures provided for in article 81 of this uniform Act.
The use of a qualified electronic signature shall be a reliable technical process that guarantees,
at any time, the origin of electronic documents, their integrity during electronic processing and
transmissions.
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In force from 15 December 2010
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