

Italy was among the first nations in the world to grant e-signatures the same legal status that is enjoyed by conventional wet-ink signatures.
Nonetheless, later in the year 2000, because of the different definitions given by the European Union directive, the Italian domestic laws on e-signatures had to be modified to some extent.
However, the evolution relating to e signature laws recently came to a halt, thanks to the Digital Administration Code (DAC), which was introduced in Jan 2006.
Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) – This is a type of e signature that:
Can be explicitly associated with the signatory,
Can clearly identify the signatory,





