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Version date: 20 May 2024 - onwards
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Annex V Requirements for qualified electronic attestation of attributes

Qualified electronic attestation of attributes shall contain:

(a) an indication, at least in a form suitable for automated processing, that the attestation has been issued as a qualified electronic attestation of attributes;

(b) a set of data unambiguously representing the qualified trust service provider issuing the qualified electronic attestation of attributes including at least, the Member State in which that provider is established and:

(i) for a legal person: the name and, where applicable, registration number as stated in the official records;

(ii) for a natural person: the person's name;

(c) a set of data unambiguously representing the entity to which the attested attributes refer; if a pseudonym is used, it shall be clearly indicated;

(d) the attested attribute or attributes, including, where applicable, the information necessary to identify the scope of those attributes;

(e) details of the beginning and end of the attestation's period of validity;

(f) the attestation identity code, which must be unique for the qualified trust service provider and, if applicable, the indication of the scheme of attestations that the attestation of attributes is part of;