Common use of Electronic Authentication Clause in Contracts

Electronic Authentication. 1. The Parties recognise that electronic authentication represents an element that facilitates trade. 2. The Parties shall work towards the mutual recognition of digital certificates and electronic signatures at governmental level, based on internationally accepted standards. 3. Each Party shall adopt or maintain measures regulating electronic authentication that: (a) permit parties who take part in a transaction or contract by electronic means to determine the appropriate authentication technologies and implementation models, and do not limit the recognition of such technologies and implementation models, unless there is a domestic or international legal requirement to the contrary; and (b) permit parties who take part in a transaction or contract by electronic means to have the opportunity to prove in court that their electronic transactions comply with any legal requirement. 4. The Parties shall encourage the use of interoperable electronic authentication.