Participation in a scheme

Ukraine has created the UA-Trusted list including information related to the qualified trust service providers that are under supervision, together with information related to the qualified trust services provided by them, in accordance with the relevant provisions laid down in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC.

The present implementation of the UA-Trusted list is also to be referred to in the list of links (pointers) towards each Member State's trusted list, compiled by the European Commission.

Policy/rules for the assessment of the listed services

Governmental bodies of Ukraine supervise qualified trust service providers established in the territory of Ukraine as laid down in Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 to ensure that those qualified trust service providers and the qualified trust services that they provide meet the requirements laid down in the Regulation.

The Law of Ukraine of 05.10.2017 N 2155-VIII “Оn electronic trust services” (the law) defines the legal and organizational principles of providing electronic trust services, including cross-border, the rights and obligations of legal entities in the field of electronic trust services, the procedure for state supervision (control) over compliance with legislation in the field of electronic trust services, as well as legal and organizational principles of electronic identification in Ukraine.

The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of September 26, 2018 “On Approval of mandatory requirements to the Trusted List” N 775 (the Resolution on Requirements) defines the requirements aimed at ensuring the functioning of the Trusted List, its content, technical support, support for the exchange of information between its components in order to ensure trust between the parties in the field of electronic trust services.

According to the Resolution on Requirements the structure and procedure for publishing the files of the Trusted List are determined by DSTU ETSI TS 119 612: 2016 “Electronic signatures and infrastructures. Trusted lists ”(ETSI TS 119 612: 2016, IDT).

The order of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine of 08.07.2020 № 104 “On approval of the Procedure for maintaining the Trusted List” (the Procedure) determines the procedure for maintaining the Trusted List, entering information into the Trusted List and providing round-the-clock access to the Trusted List through public telecommunications networks.

In the Ukrainian Trusted list there are two types of QTSs provided by the Scheme operator to QTSPs :

I) qualified electronic trust service of creation, validation and verification of electronic signature or seal, according to the Article 20 of the Law of Ukraine "On electronic trust services";

II) qualified electronic trust service of creation, validation and verification of electronic time stamp, according to the Article 26 of the Law of Ukraine "On electronic trust services".

The general user guidelines for applications, services or products relying on a trusted list published in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. The “qualified” status of a trust service is indicated by the combination of the “Service type identifier” (“Sti”) value in a service entry and the status according to the “Service current status” field value as from the date indicated in the “Current status starting date and time”. Historical information about such a qualified status is similarly provided when applicable. Regarding qualified trust service providers issuing qualified certificates for electronic signatures, for electronic seals: A “CA/QC” “Service type identifier” (“Sti”) entry. The UA-Trusted list include both current and historical information about the status of listed trust services.