ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)

Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 5: QCStatements

REN/ESI-0019412-5v251

Elektronski podpisi in infrastrukture zaupanja (ESI) - Profili potrdil - 5. del: Izjave QC

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Technical Committee: ESI - Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures
• Current Stage: 12 - Citation in the OJ (auto-insert)
• Due Date: 26-Jun-2025
• Completion Date: 20-Jun-2025
• Ref Project: SIST EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1:2025 - Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI) - Certificate Profiles - Part 5: QCStatements

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Draft ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.0 (2025-03)

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Certificate Profiles;
Part 5: QCStatements
2 Draft ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.0 (2025-03)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019412-5v251
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, security,
trust services
ETSI
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The information provided in the present deliverable is directed solely to professionals who have the appropriate degree of
experience to understand and interpret its content in accordance with generally accepted engineering or
other professional standard and applicable regulations.
No recommendation as to products and services or vendors is made or should be implied.
In no event shall ETSI be held liable for loss of profits or any other incidental or consequential damages.

Any software contained in this deliverable is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not
limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property
rights and ETSI shall not be held liable in any event for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of or related to the use
of or inability to use the software.
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
microfilm except as authorized by written permission of ETSI.
The content of the PDF version shall not be modified without the written authorization of ETSI.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.

© ETSI 2025.
All rights reserved.
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3 Draft ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.0 (2025-03)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 6
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
3.4 Notations . 8
4 Qualified certificate statements . 8
4.1 General requirements . 8
4.2 QCStatements claiming compliance with specific legislation . 8
4.2.1 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a EU qualified certificate or a certificate being
qualified within a defined legal framework from an identified country or set of countries . 8
4.2.2 QCStatement claiming that the private key related to the certified public key resides in a QSCD . 9
4.2.3 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a certificate of a particular type . 9
4.2.4 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the certificate
is issued as a qualified certificate . 10
4.2.5 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the QSCD was
certified . 10
4.3 Generic QCStatements . 11
4.3.1 Introduction. 11
4.3.2 QCStatement regarding limits on the value of transactions . 11
4.3.3 QCStatement indicating the duration of the retention period of material information . 11
4.3.4 QCStatement regarding location of PKI Disclosure Statements (PDS) . 12
4.3.5 QCStatement stating the used eIDAS/eIDAS2 Article 24. identification method . 12
4.3.5.1 General requirements . 12
4.3.5.2 Identification methods as defined in eIDAS Prior to eIDAS 2 . 13
4.3.5.3 Identification methods as defined in eIDAS Subsequent to eIDAS 2 . 13
5 Requirements on QCStatements in EU qualified certificates . 14
Annex A (informative): Relationship with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 . 15
A.1 EU qualified certificates for electronic signatures . 15
A.2 EU qualified certificates for electronic seals . 16
A.3 EU qualified certificates for website authentication . 17
Annex B (normative): ASN.1 declarations. 18
Annex C (informative): Change history . 20
History . 21

ETSI
4 Draft ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.0 (2025-03)
Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The declarations
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, are publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be
found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to
ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
ETSI IPR online database.
Pursuant to the ETSI Directives including the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation regarding the essentiality of IPRs,
including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not
referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become,
essential to the present document.
Trademarks
The present document may include trademarks and/or tradenames which are asserted and/or registered by their owners.
ETSI claims no ownership of these except for any which are indicated as being the property of ETSI, and conveys no
right to use or reproduce any trademark and/or tradename. Mention of those trademarks in the present document does
not constitute an endorsement by ETSI of products, services or organizations associated with those trademarks.
DECT™, PLUGTESTS™, UMTS™ and the ETSI logo are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its
Members. 3GPP™, LTE™ and 5G™ logo are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the
3GPP Organizational Partners. oneM2M™ logo is a trademark of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of ®
the oneM2M Partners. GSM and the GSM logo are trademarks registered and owned by the GSM Association.
Foreword
This draft European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and Trust
Infrastructures (ESI), and is now submitted for the combined Public Enquiry and Vote phase of the ETSI EN Approval
Procedure (ENAP).
The present document is part 5 of multi-part deliverable covering the Certificate Profiles. Full details of the entire series
can be found in part 1 [i.1].
The present document was previously published as ETSI TS 101 862 [i.4].

Proposed national transposition dates
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 3 months after ETSI publication
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 6 months after doa
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 6 months after doa

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
ETSI
5 Draft ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.0 (2025-03)
Introduction
ITU and ISO issued standards for certification of public keys in Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8 [i.7]
which are used for the security of communications and data for a wide range of electronic applications.
The IETF qualified certificate profile, IETF RFC 3739 [2] defines an extension to X.509 certificates, the qcStatements
extension, which can include statements relevant for qualified certificates. IETF RFC 3739 [2] defines qualified
certificates in a general context as "a certificate whose primary purpose is to identify a person with a high level of
assurance, where the certificate meets some qualification requirements defined by an applicable legal framework". The
use of IETF RFC 3739 [2] qcStatements in the present document goes beyond the scope of the RFC which is directed
at natural persons only.
The qcStatements certificate extension can contain any statement by the certificate issuer that can be useful to the
relying party in determining the applicability of the certificate for an intended usage. Such statement can be a
declaration that the certificate fulfils specific legal requirements for qualified certificates according to a defined legal
framework.
The present document is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and
confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, applicable requirements from Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.8] Annexes I, III and IV.

ETSI
6 Draft ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.0 (2025-03)
1 Scope
The present document defines specific QCStatement for the qcStatements extension as defined in IETF RFC 3739 [2],
clause 3.2.6, including requirements for their use in EU qualified certificates. Some of these QCStatements can be used
for other forms of certificate.
The QCStatements defined in the present document can be used in combination with any certificate profile, either
defined in ETSI EN 319 412-2 [i.2], ETSI EN 319 412-3 [i.5] and ETSI EN 319 412-4 [i.6], or defined elsewhere.
The QCStatements defined in clause 4.3 can be applied to regulatory environments outside the EU. Other requirements
specified in clause 4 are specific to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.8] but may be adapted for other regulatory
environments.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited v
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2025
Elektronski podpisi in infrastrukture zaupanja (ESI) - Profili potrdil - 5. del: Izjave
QC
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI) - Certificate Profiles - Part 5:
QCStatements
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)
ICS:
03.080.99 Druge storitve Other services
35.040.01 Kodiranje informacij na Information coding in general
splošno
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Certificate Profiles;
Part 5: QCStatements
2 ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019412-5v251
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, security, trust
services
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: [phone]  Fax: [phone]

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - APE 7112B
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° w061004871

Important notice
The present document can be downloaded from the
ETSI Search & Browse Standards application.
The present document may be made available in electronic versions and/or in print. The content of any electronic and/or
print versions of the present document shall not be modified without the prior written authorization of ETSI. In case of any
existing or perceived difference in contents between such versions and/or in print, the prevailing version of an ETSI
deliverable is the one made publicly available in PDF format on ETSI deliver repository.
Users should be aware that the present document may be revised or have its status changed,
this information is available in the Milestones listing.
If you find errors in the present document, please send your comments to
the relevant service listed under Committee Support Staff.
If you find a security vulnerability in the present document, please report it through our
Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) program.
Notice of disclaimer & limitation of liability
The information provided in the present deliverable is directed solely to professionals who have the appropriate degree of
experience to understand and interpret its content in accordance with generally accepted engineering or
other professional standard and applicable regulations.
No recommendation as to products and services or vendors is made or should be implied.
In no event shall ETSI be held liable for loss of profits or any other incidental or consequential damages.

Any software contained in this deliverable is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not
limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property
rights and ETSI shall not be held liable in any event for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of or related to the use
of or inability to use the software.
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
microfilm except as authorized by written permission of ETSI.
The content of the PDF version shall not be modified without the written authorization of ETSI.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.

© ETSI 2025.
All rights reserved.
ETSI
3 ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 6
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and notations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
3.4 Notations . 8
4 Qualified certificate statements . 8
4.1 General requirements . 8
4.2 QCStatements claiming compliance with specific legislation . 8
4.2.1 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a EU qualified certificate or a certificate being
qualified within a defined legal framework from an identified country or set of countries . 8
4.2.2 QCStatement claiming that the private key related to the certified public key resides in a QSCD . 9
4.2.3 QCStatement claiming that the certificate is a certificate of a particular type . 9
4.2.4 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the certificate
is issued as a qualified certificate . 10
4.2.5 QCStatement stating the country or set of countries under the legislation of which the QSCD was
certified . 10
4.3 Generic QCStatements . 11
4.3.1 Introduction. 11
4.3.2 QCStatement regarding limits on the value of transactions . 11
4.3.3 QCStatement indicating the duration of the retention period of material information . 11
4.3.4 QCStatement regarding location of PKI Disclosure Statements (PDS) . 12
4.3.5 QCStatement stating the used eIDAS/eIDAS2 Article 24. identification method . 12
4.3.5.1 General requirements . 12
4.3.5.2 void . 13
4.3.5.3 Identification methods as defined in eIDAS Subsequent to eIDAS 2 . 13
5 Requirements on QCStatements in EU qualified certificates . 13
Annex A (informative): Relationship with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 . 15
A.1 EU qualified certificates for electronic signatures . 15
A.2 EU qualified certificates for electronic seals . 16
A.3 EU qualified certificates for website authentication . 17
Annex B (normative): ASN.1 declarations. 18
Annex C (informative): Change history . 20
History . 21

ETSI
4 ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)
Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The declarations
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, are publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be
found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to
ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
ETSI IPR online database.
Pursuant to the ETSI Directives including the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation regarding the essentiality of IPRs,
including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not
referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become,
essential to the present document.
Trademarks
The present document may include trademarks and/or tradenames which are asserted and/or registered by their owners.
ETSI claims no ownership of these except for any which are indicated as being the property of ETSI, and conveys no
right to use or reproduce any trademark and/or tradename. Mention of those trademarks in the present document does
not constitute an endorsement by ETSI of products, services or organizations associated with those trademarks.
DECT™, PLUGTESTS™, UMTS™ and the ETSI logo are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its
Members. 3GPP™, LTE™ and 5G™ logo are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the
3GPP Organizational Partners. oneM2M™ logo is a trademark of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of ®
the oneM2M Partners. GSM and the GSM logo are trademarks registered and owned by the GSM Association.
Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and Trust
Infrastructures (ESI).
The present document is part 5 of multi-part deliverable covering the Certificate Profiles. Full details of the entire series
can be found in part 1 [i.1].
The present document was previously published as ETSI TS 101 862 [i.4].

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 12 June 2025
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 September 2025
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 March 2026
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 March 2026

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
ETSI
5 ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)
Introduction
ITU and ISO issued standards for certification of public keys in Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8 [i.7]
which are used for the security of communications and data for a wide range of electronic applications.
The IETF qualified certificate profile, IETF RFC 3739 [2] defines an extension to X.509 certificates, the qcStatements
extension, which can include statements relevant for qualified certificates. IETF RFC 3739 [2] defines qualified
certificates in a general context as "a certificate whose primary purpose is to identify a person with a high level of
assurance, where the certificate meets some qualification requirements defined by an applicable legal framework". The
use of IETF RFC 3739 [2] qcStatements in the present document goes beyond the scope of the RFC which is directed
at natural persons only.
The qcStatements certificate extension can contain any statement by the certificate issuer that can be useful to the
relying party in determining the applicability of the certificate for an intended usage. Such statement can be a
declaration that the certificate fulfils specific legal requirements for qualified certificates according to a defined legal
framework.
The present document is aiming to meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and
confidence in electronic transactions including, amongst others, applicable requirements from Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.8] Annexes I, III and IV.

ETSI
6 ETSI EN 319 412-5 V2.5.1 (2025-06)
1 Scope
The present document defines specific QCStatement for the qcStatements extension as defined in IETF RFC 3739 [2],
clause
...