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Regulation obligations. It is still unclear what sanctions can be
imposed on Slovak online service providers for failing to allow
the citizens of the European Union to authenticate and use a
particular public service. The current legislation also does not
reflect the situation where the provider of Slovak online service
does not provide or provides an improper assurance level for
specific public online services. I am of the opinion that it is
necessary to adopt a generally binding legal regulation or to
amend the existing related legislation that would regulate
specific obligations and liability issues in relation to the
determination of the assurance level under the eIDAS
Regulation.
5 Conclusion
Adoption of the eIDAS Regulation is an important milestone in
the lives of all European Union citizens. For the first time, a
common legal framework has been created to enable cross-
border authentication into online services provided by other
Member States, whereby a citizen can use the domestic
electronic identification means.
Mutual recognition of electronic identification means brings
many challenges for Member States. Meeting these challenges
can help to improve and increase in efficiency the delivery of
eGovernment services so that citizens can identify and
authenticate themselves simply, safely and with sufficient
confidence.
The Slovak Republic over a long period creates the conditions
for its citizens to be identified and authenticated for the use of
eGovernment services but by adoption of the eIDAS Regulation
it must ensure that citizens of other Member States who have
notified electronic identification scheme under the eIDAS
Regulation can authenticate to online services provided by
Slovak public sector bodies.
Tasks that the Slovak Republic and other Member States must
meet by 29 September 2018 concern in particular the creation of
a node, the definition of online services to which citizens of
other Member States can identify and authenticate and which
they can actually use. It will be also necessary to establish
assurance levels for online services provided by public sector
bodies.
Meeting the abovementioned tasks will also result in many
changes in the legal order. These changes will in particular affect
the e-Government Act, which is the basic legal framework
governing the identification and authentication of persons in
cyberspace.
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Secondary Paper Section: AG
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