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Re: crypto component services - is there a market?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian G)
Thu Apr 19 17:42:06 2007
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:09:36 +0200
From: Ian G <iang@systemics.com>
To: stefan.kelm@secorvo.de
Cc: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
In-Reply-To: <4625DEFB.7010408@secorvo.de>
Stefan Kelm wrote:
>> Same with digital timestamping.
>
> Here in Europe, e-invoicing very slowly seems to be
> becoming a (or should I say "the"?) long-awaited
> application for (qualified) electronic signatures.
Hmmm... last I heard, qualified certificates can only be
issued to individuals, and invoicing (of the e-form that the
regulations speak) can only be done by VAT-registered companies.
Is that not the case? How is Germany resolving the
contradictions?
> Since electronic invoices need to be archived in
> most countries some vendors apply time-stamps and
> recommend to re-apply time-stamps from time to time.
Easier to invoice with paper!
iang
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