Review article

Analysis of Influence of Croatian Legislation on e-Business and Long-Term Preservation of Digitally Signed Documents

Hrvoje Brzica ; FINA
Boris Herceg ; FINA
Tihomir Katulić ; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Hrvoje Stančić ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

The authors analyse Croatian legal framework covering e-business and compare it to the legal framework in the EU countries. Firstly, in order to better explain the problems that they detect in the Croatian legislation, the authors identify and explain the key elements in the public key infrastructure (PKI) concept which are relevant for e-Business. Therefore, the concepts of public key infrastructure,digital certificates, qualified certificates, certification authority, registration authority, non-repudiation, trusted archival service (TAS), time stamp, trusted digital time stamp, electronic signature, advanced electronic signature, and PDF/A are explained. Further, the authors analyse the existing constraints in Croatian legislation that make wider application and usage of e-Business rather complicate. By comparatively analysing the Croatian legislation and the “Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures” they identify the problematic segments of the existing legislation and suggest how they could be improved. Finally, considering the results of the research, the authors reflect on the role of archivists in the long-term preservation of digitally signed documents.

Keywords

Croatian legislation; e-Business; electronic signature; digital certificate; long-term preservation of digital materials

Hrčak ID:

139180

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/139180

Publication date:

18.12.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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