April 19,
1999 - Article
by Suzanne Perry for Reuters, "EU Moves Forward on Two Electronic Commerce
Laws", referring to the Digital Signatures Directive and the Consumer Directive.
April
13, 2000 - Full
Text and Summary
of Canada Bill C-6, Second Session, Thirty-sixth Parliament, 46-47 Elizabeth
II, 1997-98, House of Commons of Canada. (Similar to Bill C-54, First
Session of Thirty-sixth Parliament, which was reintroduced in the Second
Session), "An Act to support and promote electronic commerce by protecting
personal information that is collected, used or disclosed in certain circumstances,
by providing for the use of electronic means to communicate or record information
or transactions and by amending the Canada Evidence Act, the Statutory
Instruments Act and the Statute Revision Act," that received Royal Assent
April 13, 2000. Part 1 of the Act deals with Privacy, which follows
the EU Data Protection Directive and the 1994 Province of Quebec Privacy
Law. Part 2 of the Act deals with generic "electronic signatures,"
and Part 3 of the Act deals with evidentiary presumptions afforded "secure
electronic signatures," the equivalent of "digital signatures" under U.S.
laws, and "enhanced electronic signatures" under the EU electronic signatures
framework.
April 19,
1999 - Article
by Suzanne Perry for Reuters, "EU Moves Forward on Two Electronic Commerce
Laws", referring to the Digital Signatures Directive and the Consumer Directive.
April 29,
1999 - "Amended
Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive on a Common Framework
for Electronic Signatures"; and
May
13, 1998 draft of "Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive
on a Common Framework for Electronic Signatures"), full text and some
commentary.
October 1,
1998 - Canadian
Federal Electronic Commerce Bill, Bill C-54, First Session, Thirty-sixth
Parliament, 46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98, House of Commons of Canada.
Part 1 governs the Privacy of Personal Information, with rules resembling
the EU Directive on Privacy and 1994 Province of Quebec privacy legislation.
Part 2 validates electronic records and electronic signatures.
Part 3 amends the Canada Evidence Act to provide certain evidentiary presumptions
regarding private and official electronic records . Parts 2 and 3
together contemplate future adoption of regulations for the recognition
of technologies which provide a "secure electronic signature" and
evidentiary presumptions in connection with the use of same. Part
4 authorizes electronic publication of the Canada Gazette in electronic
form, and Part 5 authorizes electronic publication of the Canada Consolidated
Statutes and Regulations.
Spring
1998 - Wattiez-Larose, Veronique <University of Montreal, larosev@crdp.umontreal.ca>,
"Brief Essay on the Notion of and Rules Relating to Incorporation by Reference
in Civil Law Systems," 38
Jurimetrics
295
(ABA Section of Science & Technology Spring 1998)
June
13, 1997 - Germany Digital
Signature Law - "Federal Act Establishing the General Conditions for
Information and Communication Services - Information and Communication
Services Act - (Informations- und Kommunikationsdienste-Gesetz - IuKDG)";
Interoperability
Standards Website
Mar
15, 1997 - Italian Digital Signature Law - the Bassanini Law - English
Translation
Spring 1997
- Article
by Dr. Bernd Tremml summarizing the EU Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer
Contracts, originally published in International Contract Advisor (Spring
1997 Volume III, no. 2)(Kluwer Law International)