Conformity assessment for eIDAS | Bank-Verlag GmbH | BVsign

Certificate SRC.00029.TSP.04.2020 Certificate SRC.00029.TSP.04.2020 // Amendment 1 Certificate SRC.00029.TSP.04.2020 // Amendment 2 Certificate SRC.00029.TSP.04.2020 // Amendment 3 Certificate SRC.00029.TSP.04.2020 // Amendment 4 Certificate SRC.00029.TSP.04.2020 // Amendment 5

Type of certificationConformity Assessment (eIDAS)
SRC certificate registration numberSRC.00029.TSP.04.2020
Valid fromApril 9, 2020
Valid untilApril 9, 2022
Certificate holderBank-Verlag GmbH
Certified productBVsign
The audit includesThe conformity assessment of the trust service BVsign for the issuance of qualified certificates for qualified electronic remote signatures according to Regulation (EU) No. 910 / 2014 by the ISO 17065 accredited conformity assessment body of SRC and the following amendments for the conformity assessment:

  • Amendment 1: Permanent retention of evidences of performed video identifications by the cooperation partner Deutsche Bank AG (formerly Postbank AG)
  • Amendment 2: Addition of the further cooperation partner TeamBank AG.
  • Amendment 3: Incorporation of the signature service for the identification and registration of natural persons via notified electronic identification schemes of the EU member states, which fulfill the assurance level substantial or higher.
  • Amendment 4: Addition of the further cooperation partner W&W Information GmbH.
  • Amendment 5: Addition of the further cooperation partner Nect GmbH.
DescriptionThe Bank-Verlag GmbH offers the trust service BVsign for the issuance of qualified certificates for qualified electronic remote signatures according to Regulation (EU) No. 910 / 2014.

The service can be used by natural persons, who were previously identified by a cooperation partner of Bank-Verlag or via a notified electronic identification scheme in an eIDAS-compliant manner, in order to digitally and legally sign contracts.

The private key, which is used for the signature, is generated and hold within a qualified electronic signature creation device (QSCD). For legally signing a document, the signer has to activate this key.

The corresponding public keys, which can be used to verifiy the validity of a given signature, are certified by a Certification Authority (CA) operated by the Bank-Verlag GmbH.

The Bank-Verlag GmbH operates two CAs for issuance and administration of qualified certificates for qualified electronic remote signatures: One CA for RSA keys with a length of 4096 bits and one CA for ECDSA keys with a length of 384 bits.

Status and revocation information for the qualified certificates can be retrieved from the OCSP responder of Bank-Verlag GmbH.

SRC confirms that the “BVsign” trust service for issuing qualified certificates for qualified electronic remote signatures is operated in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) No. 910 / 2014 by Bank-Verlag GmbH.