B. Electronic signatures
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Legal rules governing electronic documents and signatures
- Decree-Law no. 290-D/99, of 2 of August http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=979004
- Decree-Law no. 62/2003, of 3 of April http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=979039
- Decree-Law no. 165/2004, of 6 July http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=979081
- Regulatory Decree no. 25/2004, of 15 July http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=979254
- Decree-Law no. 88/2009, of 9 April http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=979280
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Terms of the registration of certifying bodies issuing qualified certificates, provided for in paragraph 2 of article 9 of Decree-Law no. 290-D/1999, of 2 August
- Administrative Rule no. 597/2009, of 4 June http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=979325
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Characteristics of the obligatory civil liability insurance (article 12, paragraph d) of Decree-Law no. 290-D/99, of 2 of August)
- Administrative Rule no. 1370/2000, of 12 September http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=979336
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The Accreditation Technical Committee as a consultative body that aids the Instituto das Tecnologias da Informação na Justiça (ITIJ - Institute of Information Technologies in Justice) in its function of accreditation of digital signatures
- Decree-Law no. 234/2000, of 25 of September http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=979349
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To approve the establishment of the ECEE - Entidade de Certificação Electrónica do Estado - Infra-Estrutura de Chaves Públicas (State's Electronic Certification Body - Public Key Infrastructure)
- Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 171/2005, of 3 of November http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=979362
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Establishes the State's Electronic Certification System - Public Key Infrastructure and appoints the National Safety Authority as the national accreditation authority
- Decree-Law no. 116-A/2006, of 16 June http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=981438
- Decree-Law no. 88/2009, of 9 April http://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=1023364
Legislation
Thematic Areas
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Roaming Light
Did you know that when travelling to another country, your mobile communications in roaming could be less expensive? Learn how to go, talk and save.
Public consultations
- New code on NNP for electronic communications services in private networks not available to the public - consultation launched on 5.08.2010, comments until 15.09.2010
- Implementation of ERG VoIP Common Position - consultation launched on 5.08.2010, comments until 20.09.2010
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Events Calendar
- 4th Congress of Portuguese Committee of URSI ''Personal radio communication: short range networks and RFID'', Lisbon, 23.09.2010
- ANACOM Conference 2010 - Net Neutrality: network regulation and content regulation, Lisbon, 06.10.2010
World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12)
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