Country information: Austria

General information

Primary legislation:

Bundesgesetz über elektronische Signaturen (Signaturgesetz - SigG), BGBl. I Nr. 190/1990 idF BGBl. I Nr. 137/2000, BGBl. I Nr. 32/2001, BGBl. I Nr. 152/2001, BGBl. I Nr. 164/2005 und BGBl. I Nr. 8/2008, berichtigt durch BGBl. I Nr. 59/2008 (Austrian Signature Act, BGBl. I Nr. 190/1999, amended by BGBl. I Nr. 137/2000, BGBl. I Nr. 32/2001, BGBl. I Nr. 152/2001, BGBl. I Nr. 164/2005 und BGBl. I Nr. 8/2008, corrected by BGBl. I Nr. 59/2008)

Primary legislation (link):

http://www.signatur.rtr.at/en/legal/sigg.html

Secondary legislation:

Verordnung des Bundeskanzlers über elektronische Signaturen (Signaturverordnung 2008 - SigV 2008), BGBl. II Nr. 3/2008 (Austrian Signature Ordinance 2008, BGBl. II Nr. 3/2008)

Secondary legislation (link):

http://www.signatur.rtr.at/en/legal/sigv.html

Body responsible for voluntary accreditation (Art. 3.2 of Directive 1999/93/EC)

Telekom-Control-Kommission

Telekom-Control Commission

Mariahilfer Str. 77-79, A-1060 Wien/Vienna

Tel: +43/1/58058-0

Fax: +43/1/58058-9191

Email: signatur@signatur.rtr.at

Website: http://www.signatur.rtr.at/

Notified according to Art. 11 of Directive 1999/93/EC: yes

Member of FESA: no

Associate member of FESA: no

Office of this body

Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH

Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Mariahilfer Str. 77-79, A-1060 Wien/Vienna

Tel: +43/1/58058-0

Fax: +43/1/58058-9191

Email: signatur@signatur.rtr.at

Website: http://www.signatur.rtr.at/

Member of FESA: yes

Associate member of FESA: no

Body responsible for supervision (Art. 3.3 of Directive 1999/93/EC)

Telekom-Control-Kommission

Telekom-Control Commission

Mariahilfer Str. 77-79, A-1060 Wien/Vienna

Tel: +43/1/58058-0

Fax: +43/1/58058-9191

Email: signatur@signatur.rtr.at

Website: http://www.signatur.rtr.at/

Notified according to Art. 11 of Directive 1999/93/EC: yes

Member of FESA: no

Associate member of FESA: no

Office of this body

Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH

Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Mariahilfer Str. 77-79, A-1060 Wien/Vienna

Tel: +43/1/58058-0

Fax: +43/1/58058-9191

Email: signatur@signatur.rtr.at

Website: http://www.signatur.rtr.at/

Member of FESA: yes

Associate member of FESA: no

Body/bodies responsible for determination of conformity of SSCDs (Art. 3.4 of Directive 1999/93/EC)

Zentrum für sichere Informationstechnologie - Austria (A-SIT)

Secure Information Technology Center - Austria (A-SIT)

Weyringergasse 35, A-1040 Wien/Vienna

Tel: +43/1/5031963

Fax: +43/1/5031963-66

Email: office@a-sit.at

Website: http://www.a-sit.at/

Notified according to Art. 11 of Directive 1999/93/EC: yes

Certification-service-providers which are accredited and/or offer qualified certificates

A-Trust Gesellschaft für Sicherheitssysteme im elektronischen Datenverkehr GmbH

Landstraßer Hauptstraße 5, A-1030 Wien

Tel: +43/1/7132151-0

Fax: +43/1/7132151-350

Email: office@a-trust.at

Website: http://www.a-trust.at/

Notified according to Art. 11 of Directive 1999/93/EC: yes

Accredited: yes

Offers/offered qualified certificates to the public: yes

Status: active

Telekom Austria TA AG (until 2002-09-30: Datakom Austria GmbH, from 2002-10-01 until 2007-07-09: Telekom Austria AG)

Wiedner Hauptstraße 73, A-1040 Wien

Tel: +43/1/50145-0

Fax: +43/1/50145-1391

Email: support@a-sign.datakom.at

Website: http://www.a-sign.at/

Notified according to Art. 11 of Directive 1999/93/EC: yes

Accredited: yes

Offers/offered qualified certificates to the public: yes

Status: Datakom Austria GmbH stopped issuing qualified certificates on 2002-09-27 and was merged with Telekom Austria AG on 2002-10-01. After a reorganisation within the Telekom Austria Group, Telekom Austria TA AG took over the duties of the former CSP on 2007-07-10. The accreditation was revoked on 2008-05-26.