ПРАКТИКА ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ ЭЛЕКТРОННОЙ ЦИФРОВОЙ ПОДПИСИ В ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСКОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of the practice of obtaining changes and using an electronic signature (EP) by entrepreneurs in their activities, specifies the normative legal acts regulating the procedure for obtaining an electronic signature by relevant persons and submitting the necessary documents to the certification centers for obtaining it, specifies the types of EP — simple and enhanced, the procedure for using a simple unqualified and enhanced qualified signature. The concept of an electronic signature is defined in accordance with the law. The information contained in the item instance is described: the signature of the person who signed the document, the date and time of signing, its authority and relation to the data being signed, technical information, information for additional signature verification mechanisms, comments, files, a graphic image of the handwritten signature, and other functionally required data. The practice of judicial authorities is analyzed and certain problems of application and use of electronic signatures by legal entities and individuals are identified. We consider the authorities that issue qualified and unqualified certificates of electronic signatures on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as the procedure for producing certificates for EP keys and their validity period. The reasons for the production of an item instance by certification centers (registration centers) and the package of required documents, depending on the status of the applicant, are set out. The role of trading platforms is indicated. The article considers the need to systematize legislative acts, develop a universal digital signature, and create terminals for sending electronic documents to regulatory authorities.