ETSI EN 319 412-1 V1.6.1 (2025-06)
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 1: Overview and common data structures
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); Certificate Profiles; Part 1: Overview and common data structures
REN/ESI-0019412-1v161
Elektronski podpisi in infrastrukture zaupanja (ESI) - Profili potrdil - 1. del: Pregled in skupne podatkovne strukture
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Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
Certificate Profiles;
Part 1: Overview and common data structures
2 Draft ETSI EN 319 412-1 V1.6.0 (2025-03)
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REN/ESI-0019412-1v161
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e-commerce, electronic signature, security,
trust services
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 5
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 . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 8
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
3.4 Notations . 8
4 ETSI EN 319 412 certificate profiles . 9
4.1 General approach . 9
4.2 Overview of other parts of ETSI EN 319 412 . 9
4.2.1 ETSI EN 319 412-2 . 9
4.2.2 ETSI EN 319 412-3 . 10
4.2.3 ETSI EN 319 412-4 . 10
4.2.4 ETSI EN 319 412-5 . 10
5 Common data structures . 10
5.1 Semantics identifiers . 10
5.1.1 General . 10
5.1.2 ASN.1 module . 11
5.1.3 Natural person semantics identifier . 12
5.1.4 Legal person semantics identifier . 12
5.1.5 eIDAS eID Natural person semantics identifier . 14
5.1.6 eIDAS eID Legal person semantics identifier . 14
5.2 Certificate Extensions regarding Validity Assured Certificate . 15
5.2.1 Validity Assured General . 15
5.2.2 Validity Assured - Short Term . 15
5.2.3 ASN.1 Module . 15
Annex A (informative): Change history . 16
History . 17
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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 1 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Certificate Profiles, as identified below:
Part 1: "Overview and common data structures";
Part 2: "Certificate profile for certificates issued to natural persons";
Part 3: "Certificate profile for certificates issued to legal persons";
Part 4: "Certificate profile for web site certificates";
Part 5: "QCStatements".
The present document was previously published as ETSI TS 119 412-1 [i.14].
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
ETSI
5 Draft ETSI EN 319 412-1 V1.6.0 (2025-03)
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.
Introduction
ITU and ISO issued standards for certification of public keys in Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8 [i.3]
which are used for the security of communications and data for a wide range of electronic applications.
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.9] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic
identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC
defines requirements on specific types of certificates named "qualified certificates". Implementation of
Directive 1999/93/EC [i.1], superseded by Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.9], and deployment of certificate
infrastructures throughout Europe as well as in countries outside of Europe, have resulted in a variety of certificate
implementations for use in public and closed environments, where some are declared as qualified certificates while
others are not.
Applications need support from standardized and interoperable identity certificate profiles, in particular when
applications are used for electronic signatures, authentication and secure electronic exchange in open environments and
international trust scenarios, but also when certificates are used in local application contexts.
This multi-part deliverable aims to maximize the interoperability of systems issuing and using certificates both in the
European context under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.9] and in the wider international environment.
ETSI
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1 Scope
The present document provides an overview of the Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8 [i.3] based
certificate profiles and the statements for EU Qualified Certificates specified in other parts of ETSI EN 319 412 ([i.4] to
[i.7]). It specifies common data structures that are referenced from other parts of ETSI EN 319 412 ([i.4] to [i.7]).
The profiles specified in this multi-part deliverable aim to support both Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.9] and the use
of certificates in a wider international context. Within the European context, it aims to support both EU Qualified
Certificates and other forms of certificate.
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 version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETS
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2025
Elektronski podpisi in infrastrukture zaupanja (ESI) - Profili potrdil - 1. del: Pregled
in skupne podatkovne strukture
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI) - Certificate Profiles - Part 1:
Overview and common data structures
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 319 412-1 V1.6.1 (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 1: Overview and common data structures
2 ETSI EN 319 412-1 V1.6.1 (2025-06)
Reference
REN/ESI-0019412-1v161
Keywords
e-commerce, electronic signature, security, trust
services
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE
Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00 Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16
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 319 412-1 V1.6.1 (2025-06)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 5
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 . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 8
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
3.4 Notations . 8
4 ETSI EN 319 412 certificate profiles . 9
4.1 General approach . 9
4.2 Overview of other parts of ETSI EN 319 412 . 9
4.2.1 ETSI EN 319 412-2 . 9
4.2.2 ETSI EN 319 412-3 . 10
4.2.3 ETSI EN 319 412-4 . 10
4.2.4 ETSI EN 319 412-5 . 10
5 Common data structures . 10
5.1 Semantics identifiers . 10
5.1.1 General . 10
5.1.2 ASN.1 module . 11
5.1.3 Natural person semantics identifier . 12
5.1.4 Legal person semantics identifier . 12
5.1.5 eIDAS eID Natural person semantics identifier . 14
5.1.6 eIDAS eID Legal person semantics identifier . 14
5.2 Certificate Extensions regarding Validity Assured Certificate . 15
5.2.1 Validity Assured General . 15
5.2.2 Validity Assured - Short Term . 15
5.2.3 ASN.1 Module . 15
Annex A (informative): Change history . 16
History . 17
ETSI
4 ETSI EN 319 412-1 V1.6.1 (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 1 of a multi-part deliverable covering the Certificate Profiles, as identified below:
Part 1: "Overview and common data structures";
Part 2: "Certificate profile for certificates issued to natural persons";
Part 3: "Certificate profile for certificates issued to legal persons";
Part 4: "Certificate profile for web site certificates";
Part 5: "QCStatements".
The present document was previously published as ETSI TS 119 412-1 [i.14].
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
ETSI
5 ETSI EN 319 412-1 V1.6.1 (2025-06)
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.
Introduction
ITU and ISO issued standards for certification of public keys in Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8 [i.3]
which are used for the security of communications and data for a wide range of electronic applications.
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.9] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic
identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC
defines requirements on specific types of certificates named "qualified certificates". Implementation of
Directive 1999/93/EC [i.1], superseded by Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.9], and deployment of certificate
infrastructures throughout Europe as well as in countries outside of Europe, have resulted in a variety of certificate
implementations for use in public and closed environments, where some are declared as qualified certificates while
others are not.
Applications need support from standardized and interoperable identity certificate profiles, in particular when
applications are used for electronic signatures, authentication and secure electronic exchange in open environments and
international trust scenarios, but also when certificates are used in local application contexts.
This multi-part deliverable aims to maximize the interoperability of systems issuing and using certificates both in the
European context under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.9] and in the wider international environment.
ETSI
6 ETSI EN 319 412-1 V1.6.1 (2025-06)
1 Scope
The present document provides an overview of the Recommendation ITU-T X.509 | ISO/IEC 9594-8 [i.3] based
certificate profiles and the statements for EU Qualified Certificates specified in other parts of ETSI EN 319 412 ([i.4] to
[i.7]). It specifies common data structures that are referenced from other parts of ETSI EN 319 412 ([i.4] to [i.7])
...
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