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The Qualified Electronic Signature is the third and highest level of electronic signature, as defined by the European eIDAS regulation.
What is the Qualified Electronic Signature?
The Qualified Electronic Signature is the third and highest level of electronic signature, as defined by the European eIDAS regulation.
It requires a video verification of the signers' identity, adding an additional level of security to your signatures.
The verification process consists of two parts:
Identity card verification through video
Facial verification through video
With Yousign, the identity of your signers is verified in less than 15 minutes, thanks to our 100% remote and asynchronous video identity verification process.
Note: Once the identity verification is validated, your signers can save their identity to reuse it for signing the next qualified signature up to 10 times faster.
When to use the Qualified Electronic Signature?
The Yousign Qualified Electronic Signature provides maximum security with facial verification in addition to the verification of the signer's identity.
It is therefore necessary for documents with legal requirements and a high liability risk. For example, the following French documents require this level of signature:
Remote notarial authentic deeds
Responses to public tenders
Company modification and cessation of activity files
Documents related to identification, identity verification, and customer knowledge (KYC document)
The Qualified Electronic Signature can also be used to secure documents with a high liability risk.
How to add the Qualified Electronic Signature to your Yousign subscription?
The Qualified Electronic Signature is available as an add-on for annual subscriptions of the Plus, Pro, and Scale plans (and applies to the Yousign application and API).