Unlike a qualified validation provider,
a non-qualified entity is not required to ensure compliance with
eIDAS requirements and validate all
qualified providers of electronic signatures, seals and time stamps operating in the EU and
listed on the European Commission’s Trusted Services List (currently
a total of more than 450 qualified service providers).

In case of litigation, providing the result of the validation process
of the document carried out by a qualified trust service provider,
the court will accept the document as having the force of law.

Both reports, qualified and unqualified, can be submitted as proof of the validity of signatures and seals, as well as confirmation of the preservation of the integrity of the document, but the legal force of the qualified report is higher due to the presumption of “certainty” – it is hard to challenge it.

The qualified validation service meets the requirements of the eIDAS regulation, is based on ETSI standards, and qualified trust service providers are regularly audited by accredited auditors and are on the European Commission’s Trusted Services List.

Unqualified trust service providers have not gone through the official accreditation process necessary to comply with the requirements of the eIDAS regulation.