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						<h2 class="h2 carousel-title">In the spotlight - eSignature</h2>
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                <h2 class="h2">What’s eSignature?</h2>
                <p>eSignature is a set of free standards, tools and services that help public administrations and businesses accelerate the creation and verification of electronic signatures that are legally valid in all European Member States.</p>
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                        <p class="item-title">Boost your digital transactions</p>
                        <p class="item-description">By removing the need for paper to obtain a signature or seal, the solution facilitates the digitalisation of business processes, eliminating the time, costs and risks of dealing with paper formats.</p>
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                        <p class="item-title">Cross-border legal assurance</p>
                        <p class="item-description">eSignature is compliant with the eIDAS Regulation, meaning that it ensures the legal recognition and cross-border interoperability of the electronic signatures and seals produced by solutions based on this building block.</p>
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                        <p class="item-title">Guaranteed documents’ integrity</p>
                        <p class="item-description">With eSignature, you reduce risk of document duplication or alteration. The signer’s identity is bound to each specific document, ensuring that signatures and seals are verified, authentic and legitimate for that document alone</p>
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                        <p class="item-description">Shorter approval times, thanks to faster document signing processes, which leads to higher satisfaction rates.</p>
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                <h2 class="h2">eSignature HUB</h2>
                <p>The eSignature Hub is your central resource for everything eSignature. Find key documents, services, and tools all in one place. Whether you are getting started or looking to scale, explore step-by-step guidance and insights to implement eSignature with confidence.</p>
                <a class="cef-btn cef-btn-secondary" href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/display/DIGITAL/eSignature+HUB"><span class="cef-link-external">Go to the eSignature HUB</span></a>
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                        <p class="item-description">Get familiar with the eIDAS Regulation and other important Directives, as well as the necessary <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/x/5YTXGw">standards</a> to implement an eSignature compliant solution.</p>
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                        <p class="item-description">Gather your business needs and requirements to decide if you want to use an external provider or our own <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/x/84TXGw">Digital signature Services (DSS)</a></p>
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                        <p class="item-description">Obtain a suited and interoperable eSignature structure that builds on our <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/x/84TXGw">DSS</a> open source library. Check out the documentation and <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/tracker/plugins/servlet/desk/portal/9">support services</a> available to help you.</p>
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                        <p class="item-description">After testing the interoperability and conformance of your solution, you will be ready to start offering and promoting it!</p>
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                            <h4 class="bf-item-title">Citizens</h4>
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                            <p class="bf-item-descr">Discover how we are making the signing of digital documents possible for everyone.</p>
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                            <p class="bf-item-descr">Let us show you how to adopt electronic signatures and seals, ensuring EU-wide validity.</p>
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                            <p class="bf-item-descr">We can help you develop eSigning solutions that are compliant with the eIDAS Regulation.</p>
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						<p>If you are ready to start working on your eSignature services, we are just as ready to help you. The links below provide important information to begin the implementation.</p>
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											<p>Download the latest version of the Digital Signature Services open-source library for electronic signature creation and validation.</p>
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											<p>A free online tool that performs numerous checks to verify the conformance of electronic signatures based on ETSI standards.</p>
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											<p>A web application for browsing, editing and monitoring trusted lists used by the Trusted List Operators of each Member State. It allows searching for qualified Trust Service Providers in Europe.</p>
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