ID-card project archive

There are two major laws that govern the areas relating to the ID-card in Estonia. The Identity Documents Act describes the functions of the ID-card as a primary internal identity document and lays down a document obligation for residents of Estonia. The Digital Signatures Act describes the definition of a digital signature valid in Estonia as well as the related procedures and services.

Several other regulations of the Government relate to issuing ID-cards as well as the data on the cards:

• “List of proofs and data to be submitted upon application for issue of an identity card, a passport of a citizen of Estonia, a seafarer's discharge book, an alien’s passport, a temporary travel document, a travel document for refugee or a certificate of record of service on Estonian ships as well as due dates for issue of such documents” (read from here)
• “Establishment of Format and Technical Description of Identity Card and List of Data Entered on Identity Card and Determination of Period of Validity of Digital Data Entered on Identity Card” (read from here)

Policies and principles of the work of AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus also relate to the certificates on the ID-card.

The directive 1999/93/EC “On a Community Framework for Electronic Signatures” of the European Union determines the requirements for digital signatures and providers of certification services. The directive describes several categories of certification and digital signing. The ID-card, the certification activities of AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus and signatures issued by way of the ID-card comply with the directive’s category with the highest requirements (advanced electronic signature, secure-signature-creation device, qualified certificate, certification-service-provider issuing qualified certificates).

On 15 July 2003, the European Commission published reference numbers of generally recognised standards for electronic signature in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Here you can find ID-card related standards and technical documents, mostly meant for software developers.

• User manual for the EstEID card (in Estonian)
  
• EstEID specification, v2.01 (in Estonain)
  
• Profile of EstEID certificates – see from the pages of the Certification Centre
• Documentation of DigiDoc format and libraries

• “Electronic identity and digital signatures” (ZIP, in Estonian), “Digital signatures in business environment” (ZIP, in Estonian) - Tarvi Martens
• “Current and future possibilities of digital signatures” (ZIP, in Estonian) - Olev Sepp
• “Technical bases and conditions for digital signing” (ZIP, in Estonian) - Ahto Buldas, Olev Sepp

• Workshop materials
• “Secure digital signatures”, by request of the State Information System

• Materials from seminars on digital signing

• International standards for identification certificates (PDF, in Estonian), Küberneetika AS
• Estonian draft standards in the area of EID-cards (ZIP, in Estonian), Olev Sepp
• Application instructions for ID-card pilot projects (PDF, in Estonian), Olev Sepp

Materials from the ID-card seminar of the Estonian Citizenship and Migration Board (MS PowerPoint presentations, packed):

• The society and the ID-card - Ahto Truu, AS Aprote
• Electronic ID and its application - Olev Sepp, Küberneetika AS
• About the future of the EID card – Tarvi Martens, Küberneetika AS

• Initial technological study on the ID-card, Küberneetika AS - An overview of smart card technologies, standards and profiles as of autumn 1998. (PDF, 774 KB, in Estonian).

 

• Initial study on the ID-card, AS Aprote - Specialists from the respective field in state agencies as well as in private companies were interviewed in order to clarify their interests and expectations relating to the ID-card. (PDF, 173 KB, in Estonian).

Viimati uuendatud: 05.12.2007