- eIDAS compliant
- Full legal validity in EU
- Remote identification and activation
- Validity 1 year
What is an Electronic Seal?
An Electronic Seal (or e-Seal) guarantees the origin and integrity of the data.
The e-Seal is the electronic equivalent of a traditional company rubber stamp, used to certify the origin and trustworthiness of data.
An e-Seal proves that electronically sent documents or other information originates from the institution that sent them ensuring that the document has not been altered in the meantime.
Therefore, digital photos, software or particular IT documents such as electronic invoices, chamber registrations and others can be sealed with e-Seal with EU probative value.
Types of Electronic Seals
Under eIDAS Regulation, there are two types of e-Seals:
- the Advanced Electronic Seal (AdESeal) – which requires security features that ensure it is uniquely linked to the signatory, it is capable of identifying the signatory entity and it is linked to the data in such a manner that any subsequent change of the data is detectable.
- the Qualified Electronic Seal (QESeal) – which is an advanced electronic seal which provides additional level of assurance on the identity of the creator of the seal and an enhanced protection and level of assurance on the seal creation
A qualified electronic seal based on a qualified certificate issued in one UE Member State shall be recognized as a qualified electronic seal in all other Member States.
Qualified Electronic Seals are based on:
- trustworthy process technology, similar to advanced electronic seals,
- qualified electronic seal creation devices (QSCD) certified and approved and
- qualified trust service providers (QTSPs).
Why you should use an Electronic Seal
By using an electronic seal, a legal entity is protected against the risk that a document issued by it is falsified / modified by someone else.
Using an e-Seal along with the person’s digital signature you can be sure that the person who signed the document is authorized to sign documents on behalf of the respective enterprise.
Many organisations use electronic seals to increase the security, trustworthiness, and legal certainty of their electronic transactions.
Electronic Seal and EPREL
Since January 2022, a qualified e-Seal is necessary to finalize the registration of products in the EPREL database.
An electronic seal plays a key role in ensuring the authenticity and integrity of data submitted to EPREL, the European Product Registry for Energy Labelling.
To ensure that the information entered into and published in EPREL is authentic and originates from a reliable source, suppliers must undergo a verification process before registering their product models.
By applying an electronic seal, manufacturers and suppliers can certify the origin of product information, protect it from tampering, and demonstrate compliance with EU regulations.
For this purpose, suppliers – being legal entities – are required to use a Qualified Electronic Seal issued by a Qualified Trust Service Provider (QTSP) in accordance with the eIDAS Regulation.
Frequently Asked Questions
An electronic signature is used by an individual to sign a document electronically, showing their intent to agree or approve (for example, typing a name or using a digital certificate).
An electronic seal is used by a legal entity (like a company or organization) to guarantee the document’s origin and integrity, not personal intent.
Simple Electronic Seal (SESeal).
Simple electronic seals provide basic assurance and are suitable for low-risk or internal use cases. They do not rely on strong cryptographic controls and offer limited evidential value.
Advanced Electronic Seal (AdESeal)
Advanced electronic seals use PKI-based cryptography to uniquely link the seal to a legal entity and to ensure that any alteration of the sealed document is detectable.
Qualified Electronic Seal (QESeal)
Qualified electronic seals provide the highest level of legal assurance under eIDAS. They are created using qualified certificates and a Qualified Seal Creation Device (QSCD) and are legally recognised across the EU.
To start the process you need to register on https://sa.trustpro.eu/tpsa/multisign?language=en. Once registration is complete you will receive an email with payment options: bank transfer, credit card or Paypal.
After the payment you will be redirected to a webpage to start the smartOnboarding remote identification process that involves the authentication of the natural person and the organization for which the electronic seal will be issued.
The process of issuing the e-Seal, if everything is in order, can easily take place in less then 24 hours from the moment of the request.
Please bear in mind that The Qualified Electronic Seal can only be requested by one of these profiles:
delegated person by the company for electronic seal request
a delegated person from the legal representative of the company
legal representative of the company
Yes, until today we have issued Qualified eSeals for hundreds companies all around EU and the result of the verification, for all of them, has been: verified.
For EPREL verification please bear in mind that you must be established in the European Union (supplier, distributor, authorised representative), i.e. registered in a chamber of commerce or the-like in one of the EU countries, Northern Ireland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
