SIST EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1:2025

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Certificate Profiles;
Part 5: QCStatements
2 ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)

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Keywords
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 6
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
3.4 Notations . 8
4 Qualified certificate statements . 8
4.1 General requirements . 8
4.2 QCStatements claiming compliance with specific legislation . 8
4.2.1 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a EU qualified certificate or a certificate being
qualified within a defined legal framework from an identified country or set of countries . 8
4.2.2 QCStatement claiming that the private key related to the certified public key resides in a QSCD . 9
4.2.3 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a certificate of a particular type . 9
4.2.4 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the certificate
is issued as a qualified certificate . 10
4.2.5 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the QSCD was
certified . 10
4.3 Generic QCStatements . 11
4.3.1 Introduction. 11
4.3.2 QCStatement regarding limits on the value of transactions . 11
4.3.3 QCStatement indicating the duration of the retention period of material information . 11
4.3.4 QCStatement regarding location of PKI Disclosure Statements (PDS) . 12
4.3.5 QCStatement stating the used eIDAS/eIDAS2 Article 24. identification method . 12
4.3.5.1 General requirements . 12
4.3.5.2 void . 13
4.3.5.3 Identification methods as defined in eIDAS Subsequent to eIDAS 2 . 13
5 Requirements on QCStatements in EU qualified certificates . 13
Annex A (informative): Relationship with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 . 15
A.1 EU qualified certificates for electronic signatures . 15
A.2 EU qualified certificates for electronic seals . 16
A.3 EU qualified certificates for website authentication . 17
Annex B (normative): ASN.1 declarations. 18
Annex C (informative): Change history . 20
History . 21

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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 5 of multi-part deliverable covering the Certificate Profiles. Full details of the entire series
can be found in part 1 [i.1].
The present document was previously published as ETSI TS 101 862 [i.4].

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 12 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
ITU and ISO issued standards for certification of public keys in Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8 [i.7]
which are used for the security of communications and data for a wide range of electronic applications.
The IETF qualified certificate profile, IETF RFC 3739 [2] defines an extension to X.509 certificates, the qcStatements
extension, which can include statements relevant for qualified certificates. IETF RFC 3739 [2] defines qualified
certificates in a general context as "a certificate whose primary purpose is to identify a person with a high level of
assurance, where the certificate meets some qualification requirements defined by an applicable legal framework". The
use of IETF RFC 3739 [2] qcStatements in the present document goes beyond the scope of the RFC which is directed
at natural persons only.
The qcStatements certificate extension can contain any statement by the certificate issuer that can be useful to the
relying party in determining the applicability of the certificate for an intended usage. Such statement can be a
declaration that the certificate fulfils specific legal requirements for qualified certificates according to a defined legal
framework.
The present document is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and
confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, applicable requirements from Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.8] Annexes I, III and IV.

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1 Scope
The present document defines specific QCStatement for the qcStatements extension as defined in IETF RFC 3739 [2],
clause 3.2.6, including requirements for their use in EU qualified certificates. Some of these QCStatements can be used
for other forms of certificate.
The QCStatements defined in the present document can be used in combination with any certificate profile, either
defined in ETSI EN 319 412-2 [i.2], ETSI EN 319 412-3 [i.5] and ETSI EN 319 412-4 [i.6], or defined elsewhere.
The QCStatements defined in clause 4.3 can be applied to regulatory environments outside the EU. Other requirements
specified in clause 4 are specific to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] but may be adapted for other regulatory
environments.
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] ISO 639:2023: "Code for individual languages and language groups".
[2] IETF RFC 3739: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Qualified Certificates Profile".
[3] Recommendations ITU-T X.680, X.681, X.682, X.683: "Information technology - Abstract Syntax
Notation One (ASN.1)".
[4] Void.
[5] IETF RFC 2818: "HTTP Over TLS".
[6] ISO 3166-1: "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions —
Part 1: Country code".
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.
The following referenced documents may be useful in implementing an ETSI deliverable or add to the reader's
understanding, but are not required for conformance to the present document.
[i.1] ETSI EN 319 412-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 1: Overview and common data structures".
[i.2] ETSI EN 319 412-2: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 2: Certificate Profile for certificates issued to natural persons".
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[i.3] Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a
Community framework for electronic signatures.
[i.4] ETSI TS 101 862: "Qualified Certificate profile".
[i.5] ETSI EN 319 412-3: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 3:
Certificate Profile for certificates issued to legal persons".
[i.6] ETSI EN 319 412-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 4: Certificate profile for web site certificates".
[i.7] Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8: "Information technology - Open systems
interconnection - The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks".
[i.8] 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.9] IETF RFC 5280: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation
List (CRL) Profile".
[i.10] 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".
[i.11] CA/Browser Forum: "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
[i.12] CA/Browser Forum: "Guidelines for The Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates".
[i.13] Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024
amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing the European Digital Identity
Framework.
[i.14] ISO 4217: "Codes for the representation of currencies".
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and
notations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI EN 319 412-1 [i.1] and the following apply:
EU qualified certificate: qualified certificate that is stated to be in accordance with Annex I, III or IV of
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] or Annex I of Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] whichever is in force at the time of
issuance
QCStatement: statement for inclusion in a qcStatements certificates extension as specified in IETF RFC 3739 [2]
qualified electronic signature/seal creation device: As specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8].
secure signature creation device: As specified in Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
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3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
CA Certification Authority
CRL Certificate Revocation List
EC European Commission
EEA European Economic Area
EU European Union
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
ISO International Organization for Standardization
PDS PKI Disclosure Statements
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
QC Qualified Certificate
QSCD Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device
RFC Request For Comments
URL Uniform Resource Locator
3.4 Notations
For the purposes of the present document, the notations given in ETSI EN 319 412-1 [i.1] apply.
4 Qualified certificate statements
4.1 General requirements
QCS-4.1-01: The qcStatements extension shall be as specified in clause 3.2.6 of IETF RFC 3739 [2].
QCS-4.1-02: The qcStatements extension shall not be marked as critical.
The following clauses define a number of individual QCStatements to be included in the qcStatements extension.
QCS-4.1-03: The syntax of the defined statements shall comply with ASN.1 (Recommendations ITU-T X.680 to
X.683 [3]).
QCS-4.1-04: The complete ASN.1 module for all defined statements shall be as provided in Annex B. Annex B takes
precedence over the ASN.1 definitions provided in the body of the present document, in case of discrepancy.
NOTE: This extension is not processed as part of IETF RFC 5280 [i.9] path validation and there are no security
implications with accepting a certificate in a system that cannot parse this extension.
4.2 QCStatements claiming compliance with specific legislation
4.2.1 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a EU qualified certificate
or a certificate being qualified within a defined legal framework from
an identified country or set of countries
This Qcstatement claims:
i) either that the certificate is an EU qualified certificate that is issued according to Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or
the Annex I, III or IV of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] whichever is in force at the time of issuance; or
ii) that the certificate is a certificate that is issued as qualified within a defined legal framework from an identified
country or set of countries.
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Syntax:
esi4-qcStatement-1 QC-STATEMENT ::= { IDENTIFIED BY id-etsi-qcs-QcCompliance }

id-etsi-qcs-QcCompliance   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs 1 }

The precise meaning of this statement is enhanced by:
a) the QC type statement defined in clause 4.2.3 according to table 1; and
b) the QcCClegislation statement defined in clause 4.2.4 according to table 1A.
Table 1: esi4-qcStatement-1 meaning
QC type statement Meaning of this statement (esi4-qcStatement-1)
(esi4-qcStatement-6)
Absent The certificate is issued for electronic signatures according to Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or to
Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8], or in accordance with another regulatory
environment which use electronic signature with the same meaning.
Present The certificate is issued:
• either according to Annex I, III or IV of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] as of the
types declared by the QC type statement in accordance with clause 4.2.3; or
• according to another regulatory environment which use electronic signature, electronic
seal or web site authentication with the same meaning.

Table 1A: esi4-qcStatement-1 meaning
QcCClegislation statement Meaning of this statement (esi4-qcStatement-1)
(esi4-qcStatement-7)
Absent The certificate is issued in accordance with Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or with
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8].
Present The certificate is issued in accordance with the regulatory environment in application in
the country or set of countries identified by the country code declared by the
QcCClegislation statement in accordance with clause 4.2.4.

QCS-4.2.1-01: A certificate that includes the esi4-qcStatement-1 statement with the aim to declare that it is an EU
qualified certificate that is issued according to Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or the Annex I, III or IV of Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.8] whichever is in force at the time of issuance:
a) shall not include the QcCClegislation statement; and
b) shall comply with all requirements defined in clause 5.
4.2.2 QCStatement claiming that the private key related to the certified
public key resides in a QSCD
This Qcstatement declares that the private key related to the certified public key resides in a Qualified Signature/Seal
Creation Device (QSCD) according to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] or a secure signature creation device as
defined in Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3].
Syntax:
esi4-qcStatement-4 QC-STATEMENT ::= { IDENTIFIED BY id-etsi-qcs-QcSSCD }

id-etsi-qcs-QcSSCD OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs 4 }

4.2.3 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a certificate of a
particular type
This QCStatement declares that a certificate is issued as one and only one of the purposes of electronic signature,
electronic seal or web site authentication.
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When used in combination with the qcStatement as defined in clause 4.2.1, this QCStatement states that a qualified
certificate, within a specific legislative context, such as Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8], is issued as one and only
one of the purposes of electronic signature, electronic seal or web site authentication.
When not used in combination with the qcStatement as defined in clause 4.2.1, it indicates that a certificate is issued as
one and only one of the purposes of electronic signatures, seals or web site authentication for "non-qualified
certificates" within a legislative context, which may be indicated by the qcStatement defined in clause 4.2.4.
EXAMPLE: This QCStatement states that an EU qualified certificate is issued as one specific type according to
Annex I, III or IV of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] when used in combination with the
qcStatement as defined in clause 4.2.1 without the qcStatement defined in clause 4.2.4.
Syntax:
esi4-qcStatement-6 QC-STATEMENT ::= { SYNTAX QcType IDENTIFIED
BY id-etsi-qcs-QcType }
id-etsi-qcs-QcType   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs 6 }

QcType::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1) OF OBJECT IDENTIFIER (id-etsi-qct-esign | id-etsi-qct-eseal |
id-etsi-qct-web | .)
-- QC type identifiers
id-etsi-qct-esign  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs-QcType 1 }
-- Certificate for electronic signatures as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014
id-etsi-qct-eseal OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs-QcType 2 }
-- Certificate for electronic seals as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014
id-etsi-qct-web  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs-QcType 3 }
-- Certificate for website authentication as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014

4.2.4 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the
legislation of which the certificate is issued as a qualified certificate
This QCStatement identifies the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the certificate is issued as a
qualified certificate.
QCS-4.2.4-01: If the certificate is issued according to Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.8], this QCStatement shall not be present.
Syntax:
esi4-qcStatement-7 QC-STATEMENT ::= { SYNTAX QcCClegislation IDENTIFIED BY id-etsi-qcs-
QcCClegislation }
id-etsi-qcs-QcCClegislation OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs 7 }
QcCClegislation ::= SEQUENCE OF CountryName
CountryName ::= PrintableString (SIZE (2)) (CONSTRAINED BY { -- ISO 3166-1 [6] alpha-2 codes only
-- })
4.2.5 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the
legislation of which the QSCD was certified
This QCStatement declares that the private key related to the certified public key resides in a
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2025
Elektronski podpisi in infrastrukture zaupanja (ESI) - Profili potrdil - 5. del: Izjave
QC
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI) - Certificate Profiles - Part 5:
QCStatements
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)
ICS:
03.080.99 Druge storitve Other services
35.040.01 Kodiranje informacij na Information coding in general
splošno
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Certificate Profiles;
Part 5: QCStatements
2 ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019412-5v251
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, security, trust
services
ETSI
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F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - APE 7112B
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experience to understand and interpret its content in accordance with generally accepted engineering or
other professional standard and applicable regulations.
No recommendation as to products and services or vendors is made or should be implied.
In no event shall ETSI be held liable for loss of profits or any other incidental or consequential damages.

Any software contained in this deliverable is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not
limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property
rights and ETSI shall not be held liable in any event for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of or related to the use
of or inability to use the software.
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 6
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
3.4 Notations . 8
4 Qualified certificate statements . 8
4.1 General requirements . 8
4.2 QCStatements claiming compliance with specific legislation . 8
4.2.1 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a EU qualified certificate or a certificate being
qualified within a defined legal framework from an identified country or set of countries . 8
4.2.2 QCStatement claiming that the private key related to the certified public key resides in a QSCD . 9
4.2.3 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a certificate of a particular type . 9
4.2.4 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the certificate
is issued as a qualified certificate . 10
4.2.5 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the QSCD was
certified . 10
4.3 Generic QCStatements . 11
4.3.1 Introduction. 11
4.3.2 QCStatement regarding limits on the value of transactions . 11
4.3.3 QCStatement indicating the duration of the retention period of material information . 11
4.3.4 QCStatement regarding location of PKI Disclosure Statements (PDS) . 12
4.3.5 QCStatement stating the used eIDAS/eIDAS2 Article 24. identification method . 12
4.3.5.1 General requirements . 12
4.3.5.2 void . 13
4.3.5.3 Identification methods as defined in eIDAS Subsequent to eIDAS 2 . 13
5 Requirements on QCStatements in EU qualified certificates . 13
Annex A (informative): Relationship with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 . 15
A.1 EU qualified certificates for electronic signatures . 15
A.2 EU qualified certificates for electronic seals . 16
A.3 EU qualified certificates for website authentication . 17
Annex B (normative): ASN.1 declarations. 18
Annex C (informative): Change history . 20
History . 21

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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The declarations
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, are publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be
found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to
ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
ETSI IPR online database.
Pursuant to the ETSI Directives including the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation regarding the essentiality of IPRs,
including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not
referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become,
essential to the present document.
Trademarks
The present document may include trademarks and/or tradenames which are asserted and/or registered by their owners.
ETSI claims no ownership of these except for any which are indicated as being the property of ETSI, and conveys no
right to use or reproduce any trademark and/or tradename. Mention of those trademarks in the present document does
not constitute an endorsement by ETSI of products, services or organizations associated with those trademarks.
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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 5 of multi-part deliverable covering the Certificate Profiles. Full details of the entire series
can be found in part 1 [i.1].
The present document was previously published as ETSI TS 101 862 [i.4].

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 12 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
ITU and ISO issued standards for certification of public keys in Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8 [i.7]
which are used for the security of communications and data for a wide range of electronic applications.
The IETF qualified certificate profile, IETF RFC 3739 [2] defines an extension to X.509 certificates, the qcStatements
extension, which can include statements relevant for qualified certificates. IETF RFC 3739 [2] defines qualified
certificates in a general context as "a certificate whose primary purpose is to identify a person with a high level of
assurance, where the certificate meets some qualification requirements defined by an applicable legal framework". The
use of IETF RFC 3739 [2] qcStatements in the present document goes beyond the scope of the RFC which is directed
at natural persons only.
The qcStatements certificate extension can contain any statement by the certificate issuer that can be useful to the
relying party in determining the applicability of the certificate for an intended usage. Such statement can be a
declaration that the certificate fulfils specific legal requirements for qualified certificates according to a defined legal
framework.
The present document is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and
confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, applicable requirements from Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.8] Annexes I, III and IV.

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1 Scope
The present document defines specific QCStatement for the qcStatements extension as defined in IETF RFC 3739 [2],
clause 3.2.6, including requirements for their use in EU qualified certificates. Some of these QCStatements can be used
for other forms of certificate.
The QCStatements defined in the present document can be used in combination with any certificate profile, either
defined in ETSI EN 319 412-2 [i.2], ETSI EN 319 412-3 [i.5] and ETSI EN 319 412-4 [i.6], or defined elsewhere.
The QCStatements defined in clause 4.3 can be applied to regulatory environments outside the EU. Other requirements
specified in clause 4 are specific to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] but may be adapted for other regulatory
environments.
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] ISO 639:2023: "Code for individual languages and language groups".
[2] IETF RFC 3739: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Qualified Certificates Profile".
[3] Recommendations ITU-T X.680, X.681, X.682, X.683: "Information technology - Abstract Syntax
Notation One (ASN.1)".
[4] Void.
[5] IETF RFC 2818: "HTTP Over TLS".
[6] ISO 3166-1: "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions —
Part 1: Country code".
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.
The following referenced documents may be useful in implementing an ETSI deliverable or add to the reader's
understanding, but are not required for conformance to the present document.
[i.1] ETSI EN 319 412-1: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 1: Overview and common data structures".
[i.2] ETSI EN 319 412-2: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 2: Certificate Profile for certificates issued to natural persons".
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[i.3] Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a
Community framework for electronic signatures.
[i.4] ETSI TS 101 862: "Qualified Certificate profile".
[i.5] ETSI EN 319 412-3: "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 3:
Certificate Profile for certificates issued to legal persons".
[i.6] ETSI EN 319 412-4: "Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles;
Part 4: Certificate profile for web site certificates".
[i.7] Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8: "Information technology - Open systems
interconnection - The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks".
[i.8] 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.9] IETF RFC 5280: "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation
List (CRL) Profile".
[i.10] 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".
[i.11] CA/Browser Forum: "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of
Publicly-Trusted Certificates".
[i.12] CA/Browser Forum: "Guidelines for The Issuance and Management of Extended Validation
Certificates".
[i.13] Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024
amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing the European Digital Identity
Framework.
[i.14] ISO 4217: "Codes for the representation of currencies".
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and
notations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI EN 319 412-1 [i.1] and the following apply:
EU qualified certificate: qualified certificate that is stated to be in accordance with Annex I, III or IV of
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] or Annex I of Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] whichever is in force at the time of
issuance
QCStatement: statement for inclusion in a qcStatements certificates extension as specified in IETF RFC 3739 [2]
qualified electronic signature/seal creation device: As specified in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8].
secure signature creation device: As specified in Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
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3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
CA Certification Authority
CRL Certificate Revocation List
EC European Commission
EEA European Economic Area
EU European Union
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
ISO International Organization for Standardization
PDS PKI Disclosure Statements
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
QC Qualified Certificate
QSCD Qualified electronic Signature/Seal Creation Device
RFC Request For Comments
URL Uniform Resource Locator
3.4 Notations
For the purposes of the present document, the notations given in ETSI EN 319 412-1 [i.1] apply.
4 Qualified certificate statements
4.1 General requirements
QCS-4.1-01: The qcStatements extension shall be as specified in clause 3.2.6 of IETF RFC 3739 [2].
QCS-4.1-02: The qcStatements extension shall not be marked as critical.
The following clauses define a number of individual QCStatements to be included in the qcStatements extension.
QCS-4.1-03: The syntax of the defined statements shall comply with ASN.1 (Recommendations ITU-T X.680 to
X.683 [3]).
QCS-4.1-04: The complete ASN.1 module for all defined statements shall be as provided in Annex B. Annex B takes
precedence over the ASN.1 definitions provided in the body of the present document, in case of discrepancy.
NOTE: This extension is not processed as part of IETF RFC 5280 [i.9] path validation and there are no security
implications with accepting a certificate in a system that cannot parse this extension.
4.2 QCStatements claiming compliance with specific legislation
4.2.1 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a EU qualified certificate
or a certificate being qualified within a defined legal framework from
an identified country or set of countries
This Qcstatement claims:
i) either that the certificate is an EU qualified certificate that is issued according to Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or
the Annex I, III or IV of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] whichever is in force at the time of issuance; or
ii) that the certificate is a certificate that is issued as qualified within a defined legal framework from an identified
country or set of countries.
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Syntax:
esi4-qcStatement-1 QC-STATEMENT ::= { IDENTIFIED BY id-etsi-qcs-QcCompliance }

id-etsi-qcs-QcCompliance   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs 1 }

The precise meaning of this statement is enhanced by:
a) the QC type statement defined in clause 4.2.3 according to table 1; and
b) the QcCClegislation statement defined in clause 4.2.4 according to table 1A.
Table 1: esi4-qcStatement-1 meaning
QC type statement Meaning of this statement (esi4-qcStatement-1)
(esi4-qcStatement-6)
Absent The certificate is issued for electronic signatures according to Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or to
Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8], or in accordance with another regulatory
environment which use electronic signature with the same meaning.
Present The certificate is issued:
• either according to Annex I, III or IV of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] as of the
types declared by the QC type statement in accordance with clause 4.2.3; or
• according to another regulatory environment which use electronic signature, electronic
seal or web site authentication with the same meaning.

Table 1A: esi4-qcStatement-1 meaning
QcCClegislation statement Meaning of this statement (esi4-qcStatement-1)
(esi4-qcStatement-7)
Absent The certificate is issued in accordance with Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or with
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8].
Present The certificate is issued in accordance with the regulatory environment in application in
the country or set of countries identified by the country code declared by the
QcCClegislation statement in accordance with clause 4.2.4.

QCS-4.2.1-01: A certificate that includes the esi4-qcStatement-1 statement with the aim to declare that it is an EU
qualified certificate that is issued according to Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or the Annex I, III or IV of Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.8] whichever is in force at the time of issuance:
a) shall not include the QcCClegislation statement; and
b) shall comply with all requirements defined in clause 5.
4.2.2 QCStatement claiming that the private key related to the certified
public key resides in a QSCD
This Qcstatement declares that the private key related to the certified public key resides in a Qualified Signature/Seal
Creation Device (QSCD) according to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] or a secure signature creation device as
defined in Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3].
Syntax:
esi4-qcStatement-4 QC-STATEMENT ::= { IDENTIFIED BY id-etsi-qcs-QcSSCD }

id-etsi-qcs-QcSSCD OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs 4 }

4.2.3 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a certificate of a
particular type
This QCStatement declares that a certificate is issued as one and only one of the purposes of electronic signature,
electronic seal or web site authentication.
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When used in combination with the qcStatement as defined in clause 4.2.1, this QCStatement states that a qualified
certificate, within a specific legislative context, such as Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8], is issued as one and only
one of the purposes of electronic signature, electronic seal or web site authentication.
When not used in combination with the qcStatement as defined in clause 4.2.1, it indicates that a certificate is issued as
one and only one of the purposes of electronic signatures, seals or web site authentication for "non-qualified
certificates" within a legislative context, which may be indicated by the qcStatement defined in clause 4.2.4.
EXAMPLE: This QCStatement states that an EU qualified certificate is issued as one specific type according to
Annex I, III or IV of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] when used in combination with the
qcStatement as defined in clause 4.2.1 without the qcStatement defined in clause 4.2.4.
Syntax:
esi4-qcStatement-6 QC-STATEMENT ::= { SYNTAX QcType IDENTIFIED
BY id-etsi-qcs-QcType }
id-etsi-qcs-QcType   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs 6 }

QcType::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1) OF OBJECT IDENTIFIER (id-etsi-qct-esign | id-etsi-qct-eseal |
id-etsi-qct-web | .)
-- QC type identifiers
id-etsi-qct-esign  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs-QcType 1 }
-- Certificate for electronic signatures as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014
id-etsi-qct-eseal OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs-QcType 2 }
-- Certificate for electronic seals as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014
id-etsi-qct-web  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs-QcType 3 }
-- Certificate for website authentication as defined in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014

4.2.4 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the
legislation of which the certificate is issued as a qualified certificate
This QCStatement identifies the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the certificate is issued as a
qualified certificate.
QCS-4.2.4-01: If the certificate is issued according to Directive 1999/93/EC [i.3] or Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.8], this QCStatement shall not be present.
Syntax:
esi4-qcStatement-7 QC-STATEMENT ::= { SYNTAX QcCClegislation IDENTIFIED BY id-etsi-qcs-
QcCClegislation }
id-etsi-qcs-QcCClegislation OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-etsi-qcs 7 }
QcCClegisl
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