ETSI EN 319 411-2 V2.6.1 (2025-06)

Final draft ETSI EN 319 411-2 V2.6.1 (2025-04)

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Policy and security requirements for
Trust Service Providers issuing certificates;
Part 2: Requirements for trust service providers issuing
EU qualified certificates
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Reference
REN/ESI-0019411-2v261
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, security,
trust services
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
3.4 Notations . 9
4 General concepts . 10
4.1 General policy requirements concepts . 10
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation . 10
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement . 10
4.2.2 Certificate Policy . 10
4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement . 12
4.3 Certification services . 12
5 General provisions on Certification Practice Statement and Certificate Policies. 12
5.1 General requirements . 12
5.2 Certification Practice Statement Requirements . 13
5.3 Certificate Policy name and identification . 13
5.4 PKI Participants . 13
5.4.1 Certification authority . 13
5.4.2 Subscriber and subject . 14
5.4.3 Others . 14
5.5 Certificate Usage . 14
5.5.1 QCP-n . 14
5.5.2 QCP-l . 14
5.5.3 QCP-n-qscd. 14
5.5.4 QCP-l-qscd . 14
5.5.5 QEVCP-w . 14
5.5.6 QNCP-w . 14
5.5.7 QNCP-w-gen . 14
6 Trust Service Providers practice . 15
6.1 Publication and Repository Responsibilities . 15
6.2 Identification and Authentication . 15
6.2.1 Naming . 15
6.2.2 Initial Identity Valid atio n . 15
6.2.3 Identification and authentication for Re-key requests . 15
6.2.4 Identification and authentication for revocation requests . 16
6.3 Certificate Life-Cycle Operational Requirements . 16
6.3.1 Certificate Application . 16
6.3.2 Certificate application processing . 16
6.3.3 Certificate issuance . 16
6.3.4 Certificate acceptance . 17
6.3.5 Key Pair and Certificate Usage . 17
6.3.6 Certificate Renewal. 18
6.3.7 Certificate Re-key . 18
6.3.8 Certificate Modification . 18
6.3.9 Certificate Revocation and Suspension. 19
6.3.10 Certificate Status Services . 19
6.3.11 End of Subscription . 20
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6.3.12 Key Escrow and Recovery . 20
6.4 Facility, Management and Operational Controls . 20
6.4.1 General . 20
6.4.2 Physical Security Controls . 20
6.4.3 Procedural Controls . 20
6.4.4 Personnel Controls . 20
6.4.5 Audit Logging Procedures . 21
6.4.6 Records Archival . 21
6.4.7 Key Changeover . 21
6.4.8 Compromise and Disaster Recovery . 21
6.4.9 CA or RA Termination . 21
6.5 Technical Security Controls . 21
6.5.1 Key Pair Generation and Installation . 21
6.5.2 Private Key Protection and Cryptographic Module Engineering Controls . 22
6.5.3 Other Aspects of Key Pair Management . 22
6.5.4 Activation Data . 22
6.5.5 Computer Security Controls . 22
6.5.6 Life Cycle Security Controls . 22
6.5.7 Network Security Controls . 22
6.5.8 Time-stamping . 22
6.6 Certificate, CRL, and OCSP Profiles . 23
6.6.1 Certificate Profile . 23
6.6.2 CRL Profile . 24
6.6.3 OCSP Profile . 24
6.7 Compliance Audit and Other Assessment . 24
6.8 Other Business and Legal Matters . 24
6.8.1 Fees . 24
6.8.2 Financial Responsibility . 24
6.8.3 Confidentiality of Business Information . 24
6.8.4 Privacy of Personal Information . 24
6.8.5 Intellectual Property Rights . 24
6.8.6 Representations and Warranties . 24
6.8.7 Disclaimers of Warranties . 25
6.8.8 Limitations of Liability . 25
6.8.9 Indemnities . 25
6.8.10 Term and Termination . 25
6.8.11 Individual notices and communications with participants . 25
6.8.12 Amendments . 25
6.8.13 Dispute Resolution Procedures . 25
6.8.14 Governing Law . 25
6.8.15 Compliance with Applicable Law . 25
6.8.16 Miscellaneous Provisions . 25
6.9 Other Provisions . 25
6.9.1 Organizational . 25
6.9.2 Additional testing . 26
6.9.3 Disabilities . 26
6.9.4 Terms and conditions . 26
7 Framework for the definition of other certificate policies built on the present document . 26
7.1 Certificate policy management . 26
7.2 Additional requirements . 26
Annex A (informative): Regulation and EU qualified certificate policy mapping . 27
Annex B (informative): Conformity Assessment Checklist . 31
Annex C (informative): Change history . 32
History . 33

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Intellectual Property Rights
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Foreword
This final draft European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and
Trust Infrastructures (ESI), and is now submitted for the Vote phase of the ETSI EN Approval Procedure (ENAP).
The present document is part 2 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Policy and security requirements for Trust
Service Providers issuing certificates. Full details of the entire series can be found in part 1 [2].
The present document is derived from the requirements specified in ETSI TS 101 456 [i.2].

Proposed national transposition dates
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 3 months after ETSI publication
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 6 months after doa
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 6 months after doa

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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Introduction
The Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] establishes a legal framework for electronic signature and electronic seal and
for website authentication services. These concepts can be commonly achieved by using cryptographic mechanisms.
Electronic signatures and seals implemented by this way are digital signatures. Cryptographic mechanisms are generally
supported by a Trust Service Provider (TSP) issuing public key certificates, commonly called a Certification Authority
(CA).
By providing general policy and security requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates, the part 1 of the
series ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide
trust and confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, requirements from Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1] and from CA/Browser Forum documents BRG [i.3] and EVCG [i.7].
The present document incorporates the general policy and security requirements as specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2]
and adds further requirements in order to meet the specific requirements of Regulation (EU) N° 910/2014 for TSPs
issuing EU qualified certificates for electronic signatures and/or EU qualified certificates for electronic seals and/or EU
qualified certificates for website authentication in accordance with but not limited to Articles 19, 24, 28, 38 and 45 of
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
Bodies wishing to establish policy requirements for TSPs issuing certificates in a regulatory context other than the EU
can build their specifications on the general policy requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] to benefit from
global best practices, and specify any additional requirements in a manner similar to the present document.
Conformance to the present document on its own does not imply that the TSP, nor the certificates issued by the TSP, are
qualified in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
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1 Scope
The present document specifies policy and security requirements for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle
management of EU qualified certificates as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1]. These policy and security
requirements support reference certificate policies for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle management of EU
qualified certificates issued to natural persons (including natural persons associated with a legal person or a website)
and to legal persons (including legal persons associated with a website), respectively.
The present document does not specify how the requirements identified can be assessed by an independent party,
including requirements for information to be made available to such independent assessors, or requirements on such
assessors.
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 403 [i.6] for guidance on assessment of TSP's processes and services. The present
document references ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] for general requirements on TSP issuing certificates.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI EN 319 401: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); General Policy
Requirements for Trust Service Providers".
[2] ETSI EN 319 411-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates; Part 1: General requirements".
[3] ETSI EN 319 412-5: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 5: QCStatements".
[4] ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509: "Information technology — Open Systems
Interconnection — Part 8: The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks".
[5] ETSI EN 319 412-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 1: Overview and common data structures".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
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The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] 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.
[i.2] ETSI TS 101 456: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy requirements for
certification authorities issuing qualified certificates".
[i.3] CA/Browser Forum: "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
NOTE: The version is as referenced in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2].
[i.4] IETF RFC 3647: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy and Certification
Practices Framework".
[i.5] Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the
protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement
of such data.
[i.6] ETSI EN 319 403: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trust Service Provider
Conformity Assessment - Requirements for conformity assessment bodies assessing Trust Service
Providers".
[i.7] CA/Browser Forum: "Guidelines for The Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates".
NOTE: The version is as referenced in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2].
[i.8] ETSI TS 119 612: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists".
[i.9] IETF RFC 6960: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status
Protocol - OCSP".
[i.10] ETSI TR 119 411-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 4: Checklist supporting audit of
TSP against ETSI EN 319 411-1 or ETSI EN 319 411-2".
[i.11] Commission implementing decision (EU) 2015/1505 of 8 September 2015 laying down technical
specifications and formats relating to trusted lists pursuant to Article 22(5) of Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust
services for electronic transactions in the internal market.
[i.12] ETSI TS 119 615: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists; Procedures for
using and interpreting European Union Member States national trusted lists".
[i.13] ETSI TS 119 172-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Signature policies;
Part 4: Signature applicability rules (validation policy) for European qualified electronic
signatures/seals using trusted lists".
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and
notations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI EN 319 401 [1], ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2],
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] and the following apply:
EU Qualified Certificate: Qualified Certificate as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
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Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device (QSCD): As specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI EN 319 401 [1], ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] and
the following apply:
QCP-l Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a legal person
QCP-l-qscd Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a legal person where the private key and the related
certificate reside on a QSCD
QCP-n Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a natural person
QCP-n-qscd Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a natural person where the private key and the related
certificate reside on a QSCD
QEVCP-w Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a legal person and linking the website to that
person based on the EVCG
NOTE: Previous versions of the present document used the abbreviation QCP-w.
QNCP-w Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a natural or a legal person and linking the
website to that person based on the BRG
QNCP-w-gen Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a natural or a legal person and linking the
website to that person, applicable for general purpose certificate for qualified website
authentication
QSCD Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device
3.4 Notations
The requirements identified in the present document include:
a) requirements applicable to any certificate policy. Such requirements are indicated by clauses without any
additional marking;
b) requirements applicable under certain conditions. Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by
"[CONDITIONAL]";
c) requirements that include several choices which ought to be selected according to the applicable situation.
Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by "[CHOICE]";
d) requirements applicable to the services offered under the applicable certificate policy. Such requirements are
indicated by clauses marked by the applicable certificate policy indicator: "[QCP-l]", "[QCP-n]",
"[QCP-l-qscd]", "[QCP-n-qscd]", "[QEVCP-w]", "[QNCP-w]" and/or "[QNCP-w-gen]".
Each requirement is identified as follows:
<3 letters service component> - < the clause number> - <2 digit number – incremental>
The service components are:
• OVR: General requirement (requirement applicable to more than 1 component)
• GEN: Certificate Generation Services
• REG: Registration Services
• REV: Revocation Services
• DIS: Dissemination Services
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• SDP: Subject Device Provisioning
• CSS: Certificate Status Service
The management of the requirement identifiers throughout subsequent editions of the present document is as follows:
• When a requirement is inserted at the end of a clause, the 2 digit number above is incremented to the next
available digit.
• When a requirement is inserted between two existing requirements, capital letters appended to the previous
requirement identifier are used to distinguish new requirements.
• The requirement identifier for a deleted requirement is left and completed with "Void".
• The requirement identifier for a modified requirement is left void and the modified requirement is identified by
capital letter(s) appended to the initial requirement number.
4 General concepts
4.1 General policy requirements concepts
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.1 applies.
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement
The explanations identified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.2.1 apply.
4.2.2 Certificate Policy
The present document defines a number of certificate policies and allocates a policy identifier for each of them. These
policy identifiers are called "EU qualified certificate policy identifiers"; they are defined in clause 5.3.
The certificate policies are based on the following policy requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2]:
• Requirements of the Normalized Certificate Policy (NCP).
• Requirements of the enhanced Normalized Certificate Policy (NCP+).
• Requirements of the Extended Validation Certificate Policy (EVCP).
• Requirements of the Organizational Validation Certificate Policy (OVCP), the Individual Validation
Certificate Policy (IVCP) and the Domain Validation Certificate Policy (DVCP).
• Requirements common to web-authentication certificates for general purpose tagged [WEB].
NOTE: Some relying parties (e.g. vendors of Internet browser software) may also require conformance to the
entirety of CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements or Extended Validation Guidelines or other policy
requirements.
The EU qualified certificate policies are:
1) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to natural persons (QCP-n) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates:
- The requirements for QCP-n include all the NCP policy requirements, plus additional requirements
suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1].
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- If the TSP's implementation of this policy requires a secure cryptographic device, the requirements for
QCP-n include all the NCP+ requirements, plus the additional requirements suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
2) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to legal persons (QCP-l) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates:
- The requirements for QCP-l include all the NCP policy requirements, plus additional requirements suited
to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1].
- If the TSP's implementation of this policy requires a secure cryptographic device, the requirements for
QCP-n include all the NCP+ requirements, plus the additional requirements suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
3) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to natural persons (QCP-n-qscd) offering the level of quality
defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates and requiring the use of a Qualified
Signature Creation Device (QSCD). Such policy requires that the private key related to the certified public key
resides in the QSCD:
- The requirements for QCP-n-qscd include all the QCP-n requirements (including all the NCP+
requirements), plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and
management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1], including those specific to the QSCD
provision.
4) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to legal persons (QCP-l-qscd) offering the level of quality defined
in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates and requiring the use of a Qualified Seal
Creation Device (QSCD). Such policy requires that the private key related to the certified public key resides in
the QSCD:
- The requirements for QCP-l-qscd include all the QCP-l requirements (including all the NCP+
requirements), plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and
management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1], including those specific to the QSCD
provision.
5) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QEVCP-w) that conforms to the latest version of EVCG [i.7],
offering at a minimum the "Extended Validated" level of assurance as defined by the CA/Browser Forum, and
the level of quality defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates used in support
of websites authentication:
- The requirements for QEVCP-w include all the EVCP requirements for certificates issued to legal
persons, plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management
as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
6) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QNCP-w) that conforms to the latest version of BRG [i.3],
offering at a minimum the "Organization Validated" or "Individual Validated" level of assurance as defined by
the CA/Browser Forum and the level of quality defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified
certificates used in support of websites authentication:
- The requirements for QNCP-w include all the NCP requirements for certificates issued to natural or legal
persons, plus either the IVCP or the OVCP requirements, plus additional provisions suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
7) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QNCP-w-gen) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates used in support of websites authentication for
general purpose certificate for qualified website authentication:
- The requirements for QNCP-w-gen include all the NCP requirements for certificates issued to natural or
legal persons, plus selected requirements from BRG [i.3] tagged as [WEB] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2],
plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as
specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
Clause 7 specifies a framework for other certificate policies which enhance or further constrain the above policies.
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4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement
The explanations identified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.2.3 apply.
4.3 Certification services
The service of issuing EU qualified certificates is broken down in component services presented in ETSI
EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.4 for the purposes of classifying requirements.
5 General provisions on Certification Practice
Statement and Certificate Policies
5.1 General requirements
The present document is structured broadly in line with IETF RFC 3647 [i.4] to assist TSPs in applying these
requirements to their own CP and CPS documentation.
OVR-5.1-01: The general requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 5.1 shall apply.
In addition the following particular requirements apply:
OVR-5.1-02 [QCP-n] and [QCP-l] [CHOICE]:
• If the TSP's terms and conditions do not require a secure cryptographic device, all requirements defined for
NCP in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP is specified differently for natural
person or legal person respectively, such requirement shall apply for QCP-n or QCP-l accordingly.
• If the TSP's terms and conditions require a secure cryptographic device all requirements defined for NCP+ in
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP+ is specified differently for natural person
or legal person respectively, such requirement shall apply for QCP-n or QCP-l accordingly.
OVR-5.1-03 [QEVCP-w]: All requirements defined for [EVCP] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply.
NOTE 1: This implies compliance with the latest version of EVCG [i.7].
OVR-5.1-04 [QCP-n-qscd]: All requirements defined for [QCP-n], including all requirements defined for NCP+ in
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP+ is specified differently for natural person or legal
person respectively, the requirement for natural person shall apply for QCP-n-qscd.
OVR-5.1-05 [QCP-l-qscd]: All requirements defined for [QCP-l], including all requirements defined for NCP+ in ETSI
EN 319 411-1 [2], shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP+ is specified differently for natural person or legal person
respectively, the requirement for legal person shall apply for QCP-l-qscd.
OVR-5.1-06 [QNCP-w], [QNCP-w-gen]: All requirements defined for NCP in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply.
OVR-5.1-07 [QNCP-w-gen]: All requirements tagged as [WEB] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply.
OVR-5.1-08 [QNCP-w]: All requirements defined for [IVCP] or [OVCP] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply.
NOTE 2: This implies compliance with the latest version of BRG [i.3].
OVR-5.1-09 [QNCP-w], [QEVCP-w]: [CONDITIONAL]: In case of conflict between the present document's
requirem
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Policy and security requirements for
Trust Service Providers issuing certificates;
Part 2: Requirements for trust service providers issuing
EU qualified certificates
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Reference
REN/ESI-0019411-2v261
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, security,
trust services
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
3.4 Notations . 9
4 General concepts . 10
4.1 General policy requirements concepts . 10
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation . 10
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement . 10
4.2.2 Certificate Policy . 10
4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement . 12
4.3 Certification services . 12
5 General provisions on Certification Practice Statement and Certificate Policies. 12
5.1 General requirements . 12
5.2 Certification Practice Statement Requirements . 13
5.3 Certificate Policy name and identification . 13
5.4 PKI Participants . 13
5.4.1 Certification authority . 13
5.4.2 Subscriber and subject . 14
5.4.3 Others . 14
5.5 Certificate Usage . 14
5.5.1 QCP-n . 14
5.5.2 QCP-l . 14
5.5.3 QCP-n-qscd. 14
5.5.4 QCP-l-qscd . 14
5.5.5 QEVCP-w . 14
5.5.6 QNCP-w . 14
5.5.7 QNCP-w-gen . 14
6 Trust Service Providers practice . 15
6.1 Publication and Repository Responsibilities . 15
6.2 Identification and Authentication . 15
6.2.1 Naming . 15
6.2.2 Initial Identity Valid atio n . 15
6.2.3 Identification and authentication for Re-key requests . 15
6.2.4 Identification and authentication for revocation requests . 16
6.3 Certificate Life-Cycle Operational Requirements . 16
6.3.1 Certificate Application . 16
6.3.2 Certificate application processing . 16
6.3.3 Certificate issuance . 16
6.3.4 Certificate acceptance . 17
6.3.5 Key Pair and Certificate Usage . 17
6.3.6 Certificate Renewal. 18
6.3.7 Certificate Re-key . 18
6.3.8 Certificate Modification . 18
6.3.9 Certificate Revocation and Suspension. 19
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6.3.10 Certificate Status Services . 19
6.3.11 End of Subscription . 20
6.3.12 Key Escrow and Recovery . 20
6.4 Facility, Management and Operational Controls . 20
6.4.1 General . 20
6.4.2 Physical Security Controls . 20
6.4.3 Procedural Controls . 20
6.4.4 Personnel Controls . 20
6.4.5 Audit Logging Procedures . 21
6.4.6 Records Archival . 21
6.4.7 Key Changeover . 21
6.4.8 Compromise and Disaster Recovery . 21
6.4.9 CA or RA Termination . 21
6.5 Technical Security Controls . 21
6.5.1 Key Pair Generation and Installation . 21
6.5.2 Private Key Protection and Cryptographic Module Engineering Controls . 22
6.5.3 Other Aspects of Key Pair Management . 22
6.5.4 Activation Data . 22
6.5.5 Computer Security Controls . 22
6.5.6 Life Cycle Security Controls . 22
6.5.7 Network Security Controls . 22
6.5.8 Time-stamping . 22
6.6 Certificate, CRL, and OCSP Profiles . 23
6.6.1 Certificate Profile . 23
6.6.2 CRL Profile . 24
6.6.3 OCSP Profile . 24
6.7 Compliance Audit and Other Assessment . 24
6.8 Other Business and Legal Matters . 24
6.8.1 Fees . 24
6.8.2 Financial Responsibility . 24
6.8.3 Confidentiality of Business Information . 24
6.8.4 Privacy of Personal Information . 24
6.8.5 Intellectual Property Rights . 24
6.8.6 Representations and Warranties . 24
6.8.7 Disclaimers of Warranties . 25
6.8.8 Limitations of Liability . 25
6.8.9 Indemnities . 25
6.8.10 Term and Termination . 25
6.8.11 Individual notices and communications with participants . 25
6.8.12 Amendments . 25
6.8.13 Dispute Resolution Procedures . 25
6.8.14 Governing Law . 25
6.8.15 Compliance with Applicable Law . 25
6.8.16 Miscellaneous Provisions . 25
6.9 Other Provisions . 25
6.9.1 Organizational . 25
6.9.2 Additional testing . 26
6.9.3 Disabilities . 26
6.9.4 Terms and conditions . 26
7 Framework for the definition of other certificate policies built on the present document . 26
7.1 Certificate policy management . 26
7.2 Additional requirements . 26
Annex A (informative): Regulation and EU qualified certificate policy mapping . 27
Annex B (informative): Conformity Assessment Checklist . 31
Annex C (informative): Change history . 32
History . 33

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Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and Trust
Infrastructures (ESI).
The present document is part 2 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Policy and security requirements for Trust
Service Providers issuing certificates. Full details of the entire series can be found in part 1 [2].
The present document is derived from the requirements specified in ETSI TS 101 456 [i.2].

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 3 June 2025
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 September 2025
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 March 2026
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 March 2026

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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Introduction
The Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] establishes a legal framework for electronic signature and electronic seal and
for website authentication services. These concepts can be commonly achieved by using cryptographic mechanisms.
Electronic signatures and seals implemented by this way are digital signatures. Cryptographic mechanisms are generally
supported by a Trust Service Provider (TSP) issuing public key certificates, commonly called a Certification Authority
(CA).
By providing general policy and security requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates, the part 1 of the
series ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide
trust and confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, requirements from Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1] and from CA/Browser Forum documents BRG [i.3] and EVCG [i.7].
The present document incorporates the general policy and security requirements as specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2]
and adds further requirements in order to meet the specific requirements of Regulation (EU) N° 910/2014 for TSPs
issuing EU qualified certificates for electronic signatures and/or EU qualified certificates for electronic seals and/or EU
qualified certificates for website authentication in accordance with but not limited to Articles 19, 24, 28, 38 and 45 of
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
Bodies wishing to establish policy requirements for TSPs issuing certificates in a regulatory context other than the EU
can build their specifications on the general policy requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] to benefit from
global best practices, and specify any additional requirements in a manner similar to the present document.
Conformance to the present document on its own does not imply that the TSP, nor the certificates issued by the TSP, are
qualified in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
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1 Scope
The present document specifies policy and security requirements for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle
management of EU qualified certificates as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1]. These policy and security
requirements support reference certificate policies for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle management of EU
qualified certificates issued to natural persons (including natural persons associated with a legal person or a website)
and to legal persons (including legal persons associated with a website), respectively.
The present document does not specify how the requirements identified can be assessed by an independent party,
including requirements for information to be made available to such independent assessors, or requirements on such
assessors.
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 403 [i.6] for guidance on assessment of TSP's processes and services. The present
document references ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] for general requirements on TSP issuing certificates.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI EN 319 401: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); General Policy
Requirements for Trust Service Providers".
[2] ETSI EN 319 411-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates; Part 1: General requirements".
[3] ETSI EN 319 412-5: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 5: QCStatements".
[4] ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509: "Information technology — Open Systems
Interconnection — Part 8: The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks".
[5] ETSI EN 319 412-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 1: Overview and common data structures".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
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The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] 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.
[i.2] ETSI TS 101 456: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy requirements for
certification authorities issuing qualified certificates".
[i.3] CA/Browser Forum: "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
NOTE: The version is as referenced in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2].
[i.4] IETF RFC 3647: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy and Certification
Practices Framework".
[i.5] Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the
protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement
of such data.
[i.6] ETSI EN 319 403: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trust Service Provider
Conformity Assessment - Requirements for conformity assessment bodies assessing Trust Service
Providers".
[i.7] CA/Browser Forum: "Guidelines for The Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates".
NOTE: The version is as referenced in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2].
[i.8] ETSI TS 119 612: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists".
[i.9] IETF RFC 6960: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status
Protocol - OCSP".
[i.10] ETSI TR 119 411-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 4: Checklist supporting audit of
TSP against ETSI EN 319 411-1 or ETSI EN 319 411-2".
[i.11] Commission implementing decision (EU) 2015/1505 of 8 September 2015 laying down technical
specifications and formats relating to trusted lists pursuant to Article 22(5) of Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust
services for electronic transactions in the internal market.
[i.12] ETSI TS 119 615: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists; Procedures for
using and interpreting European Union Member States national trusted lists".
[i.13] ETSI TS 119 172-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Signature policies;
Part 4: Signature applicability rules (validation policy) for European qualified electronic
signatures/seals using trusted lists".
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and
notations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI EN 319 401 [1], ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2],
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] and the following apply:
EU Qualified Certificate: Qualified Certificate as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
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Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device (QSCD): As specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI EN 319 401 [1], ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] and
the following apply:
QCP-l Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a legal person
QCP-l-qscd Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a legal person where the private key and the related
certificate reside on a QSCD
QCP-n Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a natural person
QCP-n-qscd Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a natural person where the private key and the related
certificate reside on a QSCD
QEVCP-w Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a legal person and linking the website to that
person based on the EVCG
NOTE: Previous versions of the present document used the abbreviation QCP-w.
QNCP-w Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a natural or a legal person and linking the
website to that person based on the BRG
QNCP-w-gen Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a natural or a legal person and linking the
website to that person, applicable for general purpose certificate for qualified website
authentication
QSCD Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device
3.4 Notations
The requirements identified in the present document include:
a) requirements applicable to any certificate policy. Such requirements are indicated by clauses without any
additional marking;
b) requirements applicable under certain conditions. Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by
"[CONDITIONAL]";
c) requirements that include several choices which ought to be selected according to the applicable situation.
Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by "[CHOICE]";
d) requirements applicable to the services offered under the applicable certificate policy. Such requirements are
indicated by clauses marked by the applicable certificate policy indicator: "[QCP-l]", "[QCP-n]",
"[QCP-l-qscd]", "[QCP-n-qscd]", "[QEVCP-w]", "[QNCP-w]" and/or "[QNCP-w-gen]".
Each requirement is identified as follows:
<3 letters service component> - < the clause number> - <2 digit number – incremental>
The service components are:
• OVR: General requirement (requirement applicable to more than 1 component)
• GEN: Certificate Generation Services
• REG: Registration Services
• REV: Revocation Services
• DIS: Dissemination Services
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• SDP: Subject Device Provisioning
• CSS: Certificate Status Service
The management of the requirement identifiers throughout subsequent editions of the present document is as follows:
• When a requirement is inserted at the end of a clause, the 2 digit number above is incremented to the next
available digit.
• When a requirement is inserted between two existing requirements, capital letters appended to the previous
requirement identifier are used to distinguish new requirements.
• The requirement identifier for a deleted requirement is left and completed with "Void".
• The requirement identifier for a modified requirement is left void and the modified requirement is identified by
capital letter(s) appended to the initial requirement number.
4 General concepts
4.1 General policy requirements concepts
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.1 applies.
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement
The explanations identified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.2.1 apply.
4.2.2 Certificate Policy
The present document defines a number of certificate policies and allocates a policy identifier for each of them. These
policy identifiers are called "EU qualified certificate policy identifiers"; they are defined in clause 5.3.
The certificate policies are based on the following policy requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2]:
• Requirements of the Normalized Certificate Policy (NCP).
• Requirements of the enhanced Normalized Certificate Policy (NCP+).
• Requirements of the Extended Validation Certificate Policy (EVCP).
• Requirements of the Organizational Validation Certificate Policy (OVCP), the Individual Validation
Certificate Policy (IVCP) and the Domain Validation Certificate Policy (DVCP).
• Requirements common to web-authentication certificates for general purpose tagged [WEB].
NOTE: Some relying parties (e.g. vendors of Internet browser software) may also require conformance to the
entirety of CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements or Extended Validation Guidelines or other policy
requirements.
The EU qualified certificate policies are:
1) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to natural persons (QCP-n) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates:
- The requirements for QCP-n include all the NCP policy requirements, plus additional requirements
suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1].
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- If the TSP's implementation of this policy requires a secure cryptographic device, the requirements for
QCP-n include all the NCP+ requirements, plus the additional requirements suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
2) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to legal persons (QCP-l) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates:
- The requirements for QCP-l include all the NCP policy requirements, plus additional requirements suited
to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1].
- If the TSP's implementation of this policy requires a secure cryptographic device, the requirements for
QCP-n include all the NCP+ requirements, plus the additional requirements suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
3) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to natural persons (QCP-n-qscd) offering the level of quality
defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates and requiring the use of a Qualified
Signature Creation Device (QSCD). Such policy requires that the private key related to the certified public key
resides in the QSCD:
- The requirements for QCP-n-qscd include all the QCP-n requirements (including all the NCP+
requirements), plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and
management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1], including those specific to the QSCD
provision.
4) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to legal persons (QCP-l-qscd) offering the level of quality defined
in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates and requiring the use of a Qualified Seal
Creation Device (QSCD). Such policy requires that the private key related to the certified public key resides in
the QSCD:
- The requirements for QCP-l-qscd include all the QCP-l requirements (including all the NCP+
requirements), plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and
management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1], including those specific to the QSCD
provision.
5) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QEVCP-w) that conforms to the latest version of EVCG [i.7],
offering at a minimum the "Extended Validated" level of assurance as defined by the CA/Browser Forum, and
the level of quality defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates used in support
of websites authentication:
- The requirements for QEVCP-w include all the EVCP requirements for certificates issued to legal
persons, plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management
as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
6) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QNCP-w) that conforms to the latest version of BRG [i.3],
offering at a minimum the "Organization Validated" or "Individual Validated" level of assurance as defined by
the CA/Browser Forum and the level of quality defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified
certificates used in support of websites authentication:
- The requirements for QNCP-w include all the NCP requirements for certificates issued to natural or legal
persons, plus either the IVCP or the OVCP requirements, plus additional provisions suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
7) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QNCP-w-gen) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates used in support of websites authentication for
general purpose certificate for qualified website authentication:
- The requirements for QNCP-w-gen include all the NCP requirements for certificates issued to natural or
legal persons, plus selected requirements from BRG [i.3] tagged as [WEB] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2],
plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as
specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
Clause 7 specifies a framework for other certificate policies which enhance or further constrain the above policies.
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4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement
The explanations identified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.2.3 apply.
4.3 Certification services
The service of issuing EU qualified certificates is broken down in component services presented in ETSI
EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.4 for the purposes of classifying requirements.
5 General provisions on Certification Practice
Statement and Certificate Policies
5.1 General requirements
The present document is structured broadly in line with IETF RFC 3647 [i.4] to assist TSPs in applying these
requirements to their own CP and CPS documentation.
OVR-5.1-01: The general requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 5.1 shall apply.
In addition the following particular requirements apply:
OVR-5.1-02 [QCP-n] and [QCP-l] [CHOICE]:
• If the TSP's terms and conditions do not require a secure cryptographic device, all requirements defined for
NCP in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP is specified differently for natural
person or legal person respectively, such requirement shall apply for QCP-n or QCP-l accordingly.
• If the TSP's terms and conditions require a secure cryptographic device all requirements defined for NCP+ in
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP+ is specified differently for natural person
or legal person respectively, such requirement shall apply for QCP-n or QCP-l accordingly.
OVR-5.1-03 [QEVCP-w]: All requirements defined for [EVCP] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply.
NOTE 1: This implies compliance with the latest version of EVCG [i.7].
OVR-5.1-04 [QCP-n-qscd]: All requirements defined for [QCP-n], including all requirements defined for NCP+ in
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP+ is specified differently for natural person or legal
person respectively, the requirement for natural person shall apply for QCP-n-qscd.
OVR-5.1-05 [QCP-l-qscd]: All requirements defined for [QCP-l], including all requirements defined for NCP+ in ETSI
EN 319 411-1 [2], shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP+ is specified differently for natural person or legal person
respectively, the requirement for legal person shall apply for QCP-l-qscd.
OVR-5.1-06 [QNCP-w], [QNCP-w-gen]: All requirements defined for NCP in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply.
OVR-5.1-07 [QNCP-w-gen]: All requirements tagged as [WEB] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply.
OVR-5.1-08 [QNCP-w]: All requirements defined for [IVCP] or [OVCP] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply.
NOTE 2: This implies compliance with the latest version of BRG [i.3].
OVR-5.1-09 [QNCP-w], [QEVCP-w]: [CONDITIONAL]: In case of conflict between the present document's
requirements and the latest versions of BRG or EVCG, the BRG or EVCG requirements shall take precedence.
NOTE 3: Implications of the above condition do not constitute non-conformities against the ETSI certificate
policies defined by the
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Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI) - Policy and security requirements
for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates - Part 2: Requirements for trust service
providers issuing EU qualified certificates
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 319 411-2 V2.6.1 (2025-06)
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Policy and security requirements for
Trust Service Providers issuing certificates;
Part 2: Requirements for trust service providers issuing
EU qualified certificates
2 ETSI EN 319 411-2 V2.6.1 (2025-06)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019411-2v261
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, security,
trust services
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
3.4 Notations . 9
4 General concepts . 10
4.1 General policy requirements concepts . 10
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation . 10
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement . 10
4.2.2 Certificate Policy . 10
4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement . 12
4.3 Certification services . 12
5 General provisions on Certification Practice Statement and Certificate Policies. 12
5.1 General requirements . 12
5.2 Certification Practice Statement Requirements . 13
5.3 Certificate Policy name and identification . 13
5.4 PKI Participants . 13
5.4.1 Certification authority . 13
5.4.2 Subscriber and subject . 14
5.4.3 Others . 14
5.5 Certificate Usage . 14
5.5.1 QCP-n . 14
5.5.2 QCP-l . 14
5.5.3 QCP-n-qscd. 14
5.5.4 QCP-l-qscd . 14
5.5.5 QEVCP-w . 14
5.5.6 QNCP-w . 14
5.5.7 QNCP-w-gen . 14
6 Trust Service Providers practice . 15
6.1 Publication and Repository Responsibilities . 15
6.2 Identification and Authentication . 15
6.2.1 Naming . 15
6.2.2 Initial Identity Valid atio n . 15
6.2.3 Identification and authentication for Re-key requests . 15
6.2.4 Identification and authentication for revocation requests . 16
6.3 Certificate Life-Cycle Operational Requirements . 16
6.3.1 Certificate Application . 16
6.3.2 Certificate application processing . 16
6.3.3 Certificate issuance . 16
6.3.4 Certificate acceptance . 17
6.3.5 Key Pair and Certificate Usage . 17
6.3.6 Certificate Renewal. 18
6.3.7 Certificate Re-key . 18
6.3.8 Certificate Modification . 18
6.3.9 Certificate Revocation and Suspension. 19
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6.3.10 Certificate Status Services . 19
6.3.11 End of Subscription . 20
6.3.12 Key Escrow and Recovery . 20
6.4 Facility, Management and Operational Controls . 20
6.4.1 General . 20
6.4.2 Physical Security Controls . 20
6.4.3 Procedural Controls . 20
6.4.4 Personnel Controls . 20
6.4.5 Audit Logging Procedures . 21
6.4.6 Records Archival . 21
6.4.7 Key Changeover . 21
6.4.8 Compromise and Disaster Recovery . 21
6.4.9 CA or RA Termination . 21
6.5 Technical Security Controls . 21
6.5.1 Key Pair Generation and Installation . 21
6.5.2 Private Key Protection and Cryptographic Module Engineering Controls . 22
6.5.3 Other Aspects of Key Pair Management . 22
6.5.4 Activation Data . 22
6.5.5 Computer Security Controls . 22
6.5.6 Life Cycle Security Controls . 22
6.5.7 Network Security Controls . 22
6.5.8 Time-stamping . 22
6.6 Certificate, CRL, and OCSP Profiles . 23
6.6.1 Certificate Profile . 23
6.6.2 CRL Profile . 24
6.6.3 OCSP Profile . 24
6.7 Compliance Audit and Other Assessment . 24
6.8 Other Business and Legal Matters . 24
6.8.1 Fees . 24
6.8.2 Financial Responsibility . 24
6.8.3 Confidentiality of Business Information . 24
6.8.4 Privacy of Personal Information . 24
6.8.5 Intellectual Property Rights . 24
6.8.6 Representations and Warranties . 24
6.8.7 Disclaimers of Warranties . 25
6.8.8 Limitations of Liability . 25
6.8.9 Indemnities . 25
6.8.10 Term and Termination . 25
6.8.11 Individual notices and communications with participants . 25
6.8.12 Amendments . 25
6.8.13 Dispute Resolution Procedures . 25
6.8.14 Governing Law . 25
6.8.15 Compliance with Applicable Law . 25
6.8.16 Miscellaneous Provisions . 25
6.9 Other Provisions . 25
6.9.1 Organizational . 25
6.9.2 Additional testing . 26
6.9.3 Disabilities . 26
6.9.4 Terms and conditions . 26
7 Framework for the definition of other certificate policies built on the present document . 26
7.1 Certificate policy management . 26
7.2 Additional requirements . 26
Annex A (informative): Regulation and EU qualified certificate policy mapping . 27
Annex B (informative): Conformity Assessment Checklist . 31
Annex C (informative): Change history . 32
History . 33

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Intellectual Property Rights
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Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and Trust
Infrastructures (ESI).
The present document is part 2 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Policy and security requirements for Trust
Service Providers issuing certificates. Full details of the entire series can be found in part 1 [2].
The present document is derived from the requirements specified in ETSI TS 101 456 [i.2].

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 3 June 2025
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 September 2025
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 March 2026
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 March 2026

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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Introduction
The Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] establishes a legal framework for electronic signature and electronic seal and
for website authentication services. These concepts can be commonly achieved by using cryptographic mechanisms.
Electronic signatures and seals implemented by this way are digital signatures. Cryptographic mechanisms are generally
supported by a Trust Service Provider (TSP) issuing public key certificates, commonly called a Certification Authority
(CA).
By providing general policy and security requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates, the part 1 of the
series ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide
trust and confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, requirements from Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1] and from CA/Browser Forum documents BRG [i.3] and EVCG [i.7].
The present document incorporates the general policy and security requirements as specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2]
and adds further requirements in order to meet the specific requirements of Regulation (EU) N° 910/2014 for TSPs
issuing EU qualified certificates for electronic signatures and/or EU qualified certificates for electronic seals and/or EU
qualified certificates for website authentication in accordance with but not limited to Articles 19, 24, 28, 38 and 45 of
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
Bodies wishing to establish policy requirements for TSPs issuing certificates in a regulatory context other than the EU
can build their specifications on the general policy requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] to benefit from
global best practices, and specify any additional requirements in a manner similar to the present document.
Conformance to the present document on its own does not imply that the TSP, nor the certificates issued by the TSP, are
qualified in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
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1 Scope
The present document specifies policy and security requirements for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle
management of EU qualified certificates as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1]. These policy and security
requirements support reference certificate policies for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle management of EU
qualified certificates issued to natural persons (including natural persons associated with a legal person or a website)
and to legal persons (including legal persons associated with a website), respectively.
The present document does not specify how the requirements identified can be assessed by an independent party,
including requirements for information to be made available to such independent assessors, or requirements on such
assessors.
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 403 [i.6] for guidance on assessment of TSP's processes and services. The present
document references ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] for general requirements on TSP issuing certificates.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI EN 319 401: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); General Policy
Requirements for Trust Service Providers".
[2] ETSI EN 319 411-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates; Part 1: General requirements".
[3] ETSI EN 319 412-5: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 5: QCStatements".
[4] ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509: "Information technology — Open Systems
Interconnection — Part 8: The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks".
[5] ETSI EN 319 412-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 1: Overview and common data structures".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
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The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] 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.
[i.2] ETSI TS 101 456: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy requirements for
certification authorities issuing qualified certificates".
[i.3] CA/Browser Forum: "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
NOTE: The version is as referenced in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2].
[i.4] IETF RFC 3647: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy and Certification
Practices Framework".
[i.5] Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the
protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement
of such data.
[i.6] ETSI EN 319 403: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trust Service Provider
Conformity Assessment - Requirements for conformity assessment bodies assessing Trust Service
Providers".
[i.7] CA/Browser Forum: "Guidelines for The Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates".
NOTE: The version is as referenced in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2].
[i.8] ETSI TS 119 612: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists".
[i.9] IETF RFC 6960: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status
Protocol - OCSP".
[i.10] ETSI TR 119 411-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 4: Checklist supporting audit of
TSP against ETSI EN 319 411-1 or ETSI EN 319 411-2".
[i.11] Commission implementing decision (EU) 2015/1505 of 8 September 2015 laying down technical
specifications and formats relating to trusted lists pursuant to Article 22(5) of Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust
services for electronic transactions in the internal market.
[i.12] ETSI TS 119 615: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists; Procedures for
using and interpreting European Union Member States national trusted lists".
[i.13] ETSI TS 119 172-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Signature policies;
Part 4: Signature applicability rules (validation policy) for European qualified electronic
signatures/seals using trusted lists".
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and
notations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI EN 319 401 [1], ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2],
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] and the following apply:
EU Qualified Certificate: Qualified Certificate as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
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Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device (QSCD): As specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI EN 319 401 [1], ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] and
the following apply:
QCP-l Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a legal person
QCP-l-qscd Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a legal person where the private key and the related
certificate reside on a QSCD
QCP-n Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a natural person
QCP-n-qscd Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a natural person where the private key and the related
certificate reside on a QSCD
QEVCP-w Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a legal person and linking the website to that
person based on the EVCG
NOTE: Previous versions of the present document used the abbreviation QCP-w.
QNCP-w Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a natural or a legal person and linking the
website to that person based on the BRG
QNCP-w-gen Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a natural or a legal person and linking the
website to that person, applicable for general purpose certificate for qualified website
authentication
QSCD Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device
3.4 Notations
The requirements identified in the present document include:
a) requirements applicable to any certificate policy. Such requirements are indicated by clauses without any
additional marking;
b) requirements applicable under certain conditions. Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by
"[CONDITIONAL]";
c) requirements that include several choices which ought to be selected according to the applicable situation.
Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by "[CHOICE]";
d) requirements applicable to the services offered under the applicable certificate policy. Such requirements are
indicated by clauses marked by the applicable certificate policy indicator: "[QCP-l]", "[QCP-n]",
"[QCP-l-qscd]", "[QCP-n-qscd]", "[QEVCP-w]", "[QNCP-w]" and/or "[QNCP-w-gen]".
Each requirement is identified as follows:
<3 letters service component> - < the clause number> - <2 digit number – incremental>
The service components are:
• OVR: General requirement (requirement applicable to more than 1 component)
• GEN: Certificate Generation Services
• REG: Registration Services
• REV: Revocation Services
• DIS: Dissemination Services
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• SDP: Subject Device Provisioning
• CSS: Certificate Status Service
The management of the requirement identifiers throughout subsequent editions of the present document is as follows:
• When a requirement is inserted at the end of a clause, the 2 digit number above is incremented to the next
available digit.
• When a requirement is inserted between two existing requirements, capital letters appended to the previous
requirement identifier are used to distinguish new requirements.
• The requirement identifier for a deleted requirement is left and completed with "Void".
• The requirement identifier for a modified requirement is left void and the modified requirement is identified by
capital letter(s) appended to the initial requirement number.
4 General concepts
4.1 General policy requirements concepts
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.1 applies.
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement
The explanations identified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.2.1 apply.
4.2.2 Certificate Policy
The present document defines a number of certificate policies and allocates a policy identifier for each of them. These
policy identifiers are called "EU qualified certificate policy identifiers"; they are defined in clause 5.3.
The certificate policies are based on the following policy requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2]:
• Requirements of the Normalized Certificate Policy (NCP).
• Requirements of the enhanced Normalized Certificate Policy (NCP+).
• Requirements of the Extended Validation Certificate Policy (EVCP).
• Requirements of the Organizational Validation Certificate Policy (OVCP), the Individual Validation
Certificate Policy (IVCP) and the Domain Validation Certificate Policy (DVCP).
• Requirements common to web-authentication certificates for general purpose tagged [WEB].
NOTE: Some relying parties (e.g. vendors of Internet browser software) may also require conformance to the
entirety of CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements or Extended Validation Guidelines or other policy
requirements.
The EU qualified certificate policies are:
1) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to natural persons (QCP-n) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates:
- The requirements for QCP-n include all the NCP policy requirements, plus additional requirements
suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1].
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- If the TSP's implementation of this policy requires a secure cryptographic device, the requirements for
QCP-n include all the NCP+ requirements, plus the additional requirements suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
2) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to legal persons (QCP-l) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates:
- The requirements for QCP-l include all the NCP policy requirements, plus additional requirements suited
to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1].
- If the TSP's implementation of this policy requires a secure cryptographic device, the requirements for
QCP-n include all the NCP+ requirements, plus the additional requirements suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
3) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to natural persons (QCP-n-qscd) offering the level of quality
defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates and requiring the use of a Qualified
Signature Creation Device (QSCD). Such policy requires that the private key related to the certified public key
resides in the QSCD:
- The requirements for QCP-n-qscd include all the QCP-n requirements (including all the NCP+
requirements), plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and
management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1], including those specific to the QSCD
provision.
4) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to legal persons (QCP-l-qscd) offering the level of quality defined
in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates and requiring the use of a Qualified Seal
Creation Device (QSCD). Such policy requires that the private key related to the certified public key resides in
the QSCD:
- The requirements for QCP-l-qscd include all the QCP-l requirements (including all the NCP+
requirements), plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and
management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1], including those specific to the QSCD
provision.
5) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QEVCP-w) that conforms to the latest version of EVCG [i.7],
offering at a minimum the "Extended Validated" level of assurance as defined by the CA/Browser Forum, and
the level of quality defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates used in support
of websites authentication:
- The requirements for QEVCP-w include all the EVCP requirements for certificates issued to legal
persons, plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management
as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
6) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QNCP-w) that conforms to the latest version of BRG [i.3],
offering at a minimum the "Organization Validated" or "Individual Validated" level of assurance as defined by
the CA/Browser Forum and the level of quality defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified
certificates used in support of websites authentication:
- The requirements for QNCP-w include all the NCP requirements for certificates issued to natural or legal
persons, plus either the IVCP or the OVCP requirements, plus additional provisions suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
7) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QNCP-w-gen) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates used in support of websites authentication for
general purpose certificate for qualified website authentication:
- The requirements for QNCP-w-gen include all the NCP requirements for certificates issued to natural or
legal persons, plus selected requirements from BRG [i.3] tagged as [WEB] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2],
plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as
specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
Clause 7 specifies a framework for other certificate policies which enhance or further constrain the above policies.
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4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement
The explanations identified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.2.3 apply.
4.3 Certification services
The service of issuing EU qualified certificates is broken down in component services presented in ETSI
EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.4 for the purposes of classifying requirements.
5 General provisions on Certification Practice
Statement and Certificate Policies
5.1 General requirements
The present document is structured broadly in line with IETF RFC 3647 [i.4] to assist TSPs in applying these
requirements to their own CP and CPS documentation.
OVR-5.1-01: The general requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 5.1 shall apply.
In addition the following particular requirements apply:
OVR-5.1-02 [QCP-n] and [QCP-l] [CHOICE]:
• If the TSP's terms and conditions do not require a secure cryptographic device, all requirements defined for
NCP in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP is specified differently for natural
person or legal person respectively, such requirement shall apply for QCP-n or QCP-l accordingly.
• If the TSP's terms and conditions require a secure cryptographic device all requirements defined for NCP+ in
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP+ is specified differently for natural person
or legal person respectively, such requirement shall apply for QCP-n or QCP-l accordingly.
OVR-5.1-03 [QEVCP-w]: All requirements defined for [EVCP] in ETSI EN 319 411
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2025
Elektronski podpisi in infrastrukture zaupanja (ESI) - Zahteve politike in varnosti
za ponudnike storitev zaupanja, ki izdajajo digitalna potrdila - 2. del: Zahteve za
ponudnike storitev zaupanja, ki izdajajo evropska (EU) kvalificirana digitalna
potrdila
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI) - Policy and security requirements
for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates - Part 2: Requirements for trust service
providers issuing EU qualified certificates
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 319 411-2 V2.6.1 (2025-06)
ICS:
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Policy and security requirements for
Trust Service Providers issuing certificates;
Part 2: Requirements for trust service providers issuing
EU qualified certificates
2 ETSI EN 319 411-2 V2.6.1 (2025-06)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019411-2v261
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, security,
trust services
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
3.4 Notations . 9
4 General concepts . 10
4.1 General policy requirements concepts . 10
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation . 10
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement . 10
4.2.2 Certificate Policy . 10
4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement . 12
4.3 Certification services . 12
5 General provisions on Certification Practice Statement and Certificate Policies. 12
5.1 General requirements . 12
5.2 Certification Practice Statement Requirements . 13
5.3 Certificate Policy name and identification . 13
5.4 PKI Participants . 13
5.4.1 Certification authority . 13
5.4.2 Subscriber and subject . 14
5.4.3 Others . 14
5.5 Certificate Usage . 14
5.5.1 QCP-n . 14
5.5.2 QCP-l . 14
5.5.3 QCP-n-qscd. 14
5.5.4 QCP-l-qscd . 14
5.5.5 QEVCP-w . 14
5.5.6 QNCP-w . 14
5.5.7 QNCP-w-gen . 14
6 Trust Service Providers practice . 15
6.1 Publication and Repository Responsibilities . 15
6.2 Identification and Authentication . 15
6.2.1 Naming . 15
6.2.2 Initial Identity Valid atio n . 15
6.2.3 Identification and authentication for Re-key requests . 15
6.2.4 Identification and authentication for revocation requests . 16
6.3 Certificate Life-Cycle Operational Requirements . 16
6.3.1 Certificate Application . 16
6.3.2 Certificate application processing . 16
6.3.3 Certificate issuance . 16
6.3.4 Certificate acceptance . 17
6.3.5 Key Pair and Certificate Usage . 17
6.3.6 Certificate Renewal. 18
6.3.7 Certificate Re-key . 18
6.3.8 Certificate Modification . 18
6.3.9 Certificate Revocation and Suspension. 19
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6.3.10 Certificate Status Services . 19
6.3.11 End of Subscription . 20
6.3.12 Key Escrow and Recovery . 20
6.4 Facility, Management and Operational Controls . 20
6.4.1 General . 20
6.4.2 Physical Security Controls . 20
6.4.3 Procedural Controls . 20
6.4.4 Personnel Controls . 20
6.4.5 Audit Logging Procedures . 21
6.4.6 Records Archival . 21
6.4.7 Key Changeover . 21
6.4.8 Compromise and Disaster Recovery . 21
6.4.9 CA or RA Termination . 21
6.5 Technical Security Controls . 21
6.5.1 Key Pair Generation and Installation . 21
6.5.2 Private Key Protection and Cryptographic Module Engineering Controls . 22
6.5.3 Other Aspects of Key Pair Management . 22
6.5.4 Activation Data . 22
6.5.5 Computer Security Controls . 22
6.5.6 Life Cycle Security Controls . 22
6.5.7 Network Security Controls . 22
6.5.8 Time-stamping . 22
6.6 Certificate, CRL, and OCSP Profiles . 23
6.6.1 Certificate Profile . 23
6.6.2 CRL Profile . 24
6.6.3 OCSP Profile . 24
6.7 Compliance Audit and Other Assessment . 24
6.8 Other Business and Legal Matters . 24
6.8.1 Fees . 24
6.8.2 Financial Responsibility . 24
6.8.3 Confidentiality of Business Information . 24
6.8.4 Privacy of Personal Information . 24
6.8.5 Intellectual Property Rights . 24
6.8.6 Representations and Warranties . 24
6.8.7 Disclaimers of Warranties . 25
6.8.8 Limitations of Liability . 25
6.8.9 Indemnities . 25
6.8.10 Term and Termination . 25
6.8.11 Individual notices and communications with participants . 25
6.8.12 Amendments . 25
6.8.13 Dispute Resolution Procedures . 25
6.8.14 Governing Law . 25
6.8.15 Compliance with Applicable Law . 25
6.8.16 Miscellaneous Provisions . 25
6.9 Other Provisions . 25
6.9.1 Organizational . 25
6.9.2 Additional testing . 26
6.9.3 Disabilities . 26
6.9.4 Terms and conditions . 26
7 Framework for the definition of other certificate policies built on the present document . 26
7.1 Certificate policy management . 26
7.2 Additional requirements . 26
Annex A (informative): Regulation and EU qualified certificate policy mapping . 27
Annex B (informative): Conformity Assessment Checklist . 31
Annex C (informative): Change history . 32
History . 33

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Intellectual Property Rights
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Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and Trust
Infrastructures (ESI).
The present document is part 2 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Policy and security requirements for Trust
Service Providers issuing certificates. Full details of the entire series can be found in part 1 [2].
The present document is derived from the requirements specified in ETSI TS 101 456 [i.2].

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 3 June 2025
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 September 2025
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 March 2026
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 March 2026

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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Introduction
The Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] establishes a legal framework for electronic signature and electronic seal and
for website authentication services. These concepts can be commonly achieved by using cryptographic mechanisms.
Electronic signatures and seals implemented by this way are digital signatures. Cryptographic mechanisms are generally
supported by a Trust Service Provider (TSP) issuing public key certificates, commonly called a Certification Authority
(CA).
By providing general policy and security requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates, the part 1 of the
series ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide
trust and confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, requirements from Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1] and from CA/Browser Forum documents BRG [i.3] and EVCG [i.7].
The present document incorporates the general policy and security requirements as specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2]
and adds further requirements in order to meet the specific requirements of Regulation (EU) N° 910/2014 for TSPs
issuing EU qualified certificates for electronic signatures and/or EU qualified certificates for electronic seals and/or EU
qualified certificates for website authentication in accordance with but not limited to Articles 19, 24, 28, 38 and 45 of
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
Bodies wishing to establish policy requirements for TSPs issuing certificates in a regulatory context other than the EU
can build their specifications on the general policy requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] to benefit from
global best practices, and specify any additional requirements in a manner similar to the present document.
Conformance to the present document on its own does not imply that the TSP, nor the certificates issued by the TSP, are
qualified in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
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1 Scope
The present document specifies policy and security requirements for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle
management of EU qualified certificates as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1]. These policy and security
requirements support reference certificate policies for the issuance, maintenance and life-cycle management of EU
qualified certificates issued to natural persons (including natural persons associated with a legal person or a website)
and to legal persons (including legal persons associated with a website), respectively.
The present document does not specify how the requirements identified can be assessed by an independent party,
including requirements for information to be made available to such independent assessors, or requirements on such
assessors.
NOTE: See ETSI EN 319 403 [i.6] for guidance on assessment of TSP's processes and services. The present
document references ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] for general requirements on TSP issuing certificates.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI EN 319 401: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); General Policy
Requirements for Trust Service Providers".
[2] ETSI EN 319 411-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates; Part 1: General requirements".
[3] ETSI EN 319 412-5: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 5: QCStatements".
[4] ISO/IEC 9594-8/Recommendation ITU-T X.509: "Information technology — Open Systems
Interconnection — Part 8: The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks".
[5] ETSI EN 319 412-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 1: Overview and common data structures".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
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The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] 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.
[i.2] ETSI TS 101 456: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Policy requirements for
certification authorities issuing qualified certificates".
[i.3] CA/Browser Forum: "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
NOTE: The version is as referenced in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2].
[i.4] IETF RFC 3647: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy and Certification
Practices Framework".
[i.5] Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the
protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement
of such data.
[i.6] ETSI EN 319 403: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trust Service Provider
Conformity Assessment - Requirements for conformity assessment bodies assessing Trust Service
Providers".
[i.7] CA/Browser Forum: "Guidelines for The Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates".
NOTE: The version is as referenced in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2].
[i.8] ETSI TS 119 612: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists".
[i.9] IETF RFC 6960: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status
Protocol - OCSP".
[i.10] ETSI TR 119 411-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Policy and security
requirements for Trust Service Providers issuing certificates; Part 4: Checklist supporting audit of
TSP against ETSI EN 319 411-1 or ETSI EN 319 411-2".
[i.11] Commission implementing decision (EU) 2015/1505 of 8 September 2015 laying down technical
specifications and formats relating to trusted lists pursuant to Article 22(5) of Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust
services for electronic transactions in the internal market.
[i.12] ETSI TS 119 615: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Trusted Lists; Procedures for
using and interpreting European Union Member States national trusted lists".
[i.13] ETSI TS 119 172-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Signature policies;
Part 4: Signature applicability rules (validation policy) for European qualified electronic
signatures/seals using trusted lists".
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and
notations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI EN 319 401 [1], ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2],
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] and the following apply:
EU Qualified Certificate: Qualified Certificate as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
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Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device (QSCD): As specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI EN 319 401 [1], ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] and
the following apply:
QCP-l Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a legal person
QCP-l-qscd Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a legal person where the private key and the related
certificate reside on a QSCD
QCP-n Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a natural person
QCP-n-qscd Policy for EU Qualified Certificate issued to a natural person where the private key and the related
certificate reside on a QSCD
QEVCP-w Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a legal person and linking the website to that
person based on the EVCG
NOTE: Previous versions of the present document used the abbreviation QCP-w.
QNCP-w Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a natural or a legal person and linking the
website to that person based on the BRG
QNCP-w-gen Policy for EU qualified website certificate issued to a natural or a legal person and linking the
website to that person, applicable for general purpose certificate for qualified website
authentication
QSCD Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device
3.4 Notations
The requirements identified in the present document include:
a) requirements applicable to any certificate policy. Such requirements are indicated by clauses without any
additional marking;
b) requirements applicable under certain conditions. Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by
"[CONDITIONAL]";
c) requirements that include several choices which ought to be selected according to the applicable situation.
Such requirements are indicated by clauses marked by "[CHOICE]";
d) requirements applicable to the services offered under the applicable certificate policy. Such requirements are
indicated by clauses marked by the applicable certificate policy indicator: "[QCP-l]", "[QCP-n]",
"[QCP-l-qscd]", "[QCP-n-qscd]", "[QEVCP-w]", "[QNCP-w]" and/or "[QNCP-w-gen]".
Each requirement is identified as follows:
<3 letters service component> - < the clause number> - <2 digit number – incremental>
The service components are:
• OVR: General requirement (requirement applicable to more than 1 component)
• GEN: Certificate Generation Services
• REG: Registration Services
• REV: Revocation Services
• DIS: Dissemination Services
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• SDP: Subject Device Provisioning
• CSS: Certificate Status Service
The management of the requirement identifiers throughout subsequent editions of the present document is as follows:
• When a requirement is inserted at the end of a clause, the 2 digit number above is incremented to the next
available digit.
• When a requirement is inserted between two existing requirements, capital letters appended to the previous
requirement identifier are used to distinguish new requirements.
• The requirement identifier for a deleted requirement is left and completed with "Void".
• The requirement identifier for a modified requirement is left void and the modified requirement is identified by
capital letter(s) appended to the initial requirement number.
4 General concepts
4.1 General policy requirements concepts
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.1 applies.
4.2 Certification Services applicable documentation
4.2.1 Certification Practice Statement
The explanations identified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.2.1 apply.
4.2.2 Certificate Policy
The present document defines a number of certificate policies and allocates a policy identifier for each of them. These
policy identifiers are called "EU qualified certificate policy identifiers"; they are defined in clause 5.3.
The certificate policies are based on the following policy requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2]:
• Requirements of the Normalized Certificate Policy (NCP).
• Requirements of the enhanced Normalized Certificate Policy (NCP+).
• Requirements of the Extended Validation Certificate Policy (EVCP).
• Requirements of the Organizational Validation Certificate Policy (OVCP), the Individual Validation
Certificate Policy (IVCP) and the Domain Validation Certificate Policy (DVCP).
• Requirements common to web-authentication certificates for general purpose tagged [WEB].
NOTE: Some relying parties (e.g. vendors of Internet browser software) may also require conformance to the
entirety of CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements or Extended Validation Guidelines or other policy
requirements.
The EU qualified certificate policies are:
1) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to natural persons (QCP-n) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates:
- The requirements for QCP-n include all the NCP policy requirements, plus additional requirements
suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1].
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- If the TSP's implementation of this policy requires a secure cryptographic device, the requirements for
QCP-n include all the NCP+ requirements, plus the additional requirements suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
2) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to legal persons (QCP-l) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates:
- The requirements for QCP-l include all the NCP policy requirements, plus additional requirements suited
to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.1].
- If the TSP's implementation of this policy requires a secure cryptographic device, the requirements for
QCP-n include all the NCP+ requirements, plus the additional requirements suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
3) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to natural persons (QCP-n-qscd) offering the level of quality
defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates and requiring the use of a Qualified
Signature Creation Device (QSCD). Such policy requires that the private key related to the certified public key
resides in the QSCD:
- The requirements for QCP-n-qscd include all the QCP-n requirements (including all the NCP+
requirements), plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and
management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1], including those specific to the QSCD
provision.
4) A policy for EU qualified certificates issued to legal persons (QCP-l-qscd) offering the level of quality defined
in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates and requiring the use of a Qualified Seal
Creation Device (QSCD). Such policy requires that the private key related to the certified public key resides in
the QSCD:
- The requirements for QCP-l-qscd include all the QCP-l requirements (including all the NCP+
requirements), plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and
management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1], including those specific to the QSCD
provision.
5) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QEVCP-w) that conforms to the latest version of EVCG [i.7],
offering at a minimum the "Extended Validated" level of assurance as defined by the CA/Browser Forum, and
the level of quality defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates used in support
of websites authentication:
- The requirements for QEVCP-w include all the EVCP requirements for certificates issued to legal
persons, plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management
as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
6) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QNCP-w) that conforms to the latest version of BRG [i.3],
offering at a minimum the "Organization Validated" or "Individual Validated" level of assurance as defined by
the CA/Browser Forum and the level of quality defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified
certificates used in support of websites authentication:
- The requirements for QNCP-w include all the NCP requirements for certificates issued to natural or legal
persons, plus either the IVCP or the OVCP requirements, plus additional provisions suited to support EU
qualified certificates issuance and management as specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
7) A policy for EU qualified website certificates (QNCP-w-gen) offering the level of quality defined in
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1] for EU qualified certificates used in support of websites authentication for
general purpose certificate for qualified website authentication:
- The requirements for QNCP-w-gen include all the NCP requirements for certificates issued to natural or
legal persons, plus selected requirements from BRG [i.3] tagged as [WEB] in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2],
plus additional provisions suited to support EU qualified certificates issuance and management as
specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.1].
Clause 7 specifies a framework for other certificate policies which enhance or further constrain the above policies.
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4.2.3 Terms and conditions and PKI disclosure statement
The explanations identified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.2.3 apply.
4.3 Certification services
The service of issuing EU qualified certificates is broken down in component services presented in ETSI
EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 4.4 for the purposes of classifying requirements.
5 General provisions on Certification Practice
Statement and Certificate Policies
5.1 General requirements
The present document is structured broadly in line with IETF RFC 3647 [i.4] to assist TSPs in applying these
requirements to their own CP and CPS documentation.
OVR-5.1-01: The general requirements specified in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2], clause 5.1 shall apply.
In addition the following particular requirements apply:
OVR-5.1-02 [QCP-n] and [QCP-l] [CHOICE]:
• If the TSP's terms and conditions do not require a secure cryptographic device, all requirements defined for
NCP in ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP is specified differently for natural
person or legal person respectively, such requirement shall apply for QCP-n or QCP-l accordingly.
• If the TSP's terms and conditions require a secure cryptographic device all requirements defined for NCP+ in
ETSI EN 319 411-1 [2] shall apply. Where a requirement for NCP+ is specified differently for natural person
or legal person respectively, such requirement shall apply for QCP-n or QCP-l accordingly.
OVR-5.1-03 [QEVCP-w]: All requirements defined for [EVCP] in ETSI
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