The Czech Arbitration Court has amended its ADR Supplemental Rules to allow for electronic-only .eu ADR Proceedings, using advanced electronic signatures in accordance with Directive 1999/93 EC. Section A5 of the ADR Supplemental Rules reads as follows:
When a Party is obligated to submit a hardcopy to the Provider, this obligation can also be satisfied when the Party uses advanced electronic signatures1 based on a qualified certificate2 and created by a secure signature-creation device (SSCD) for the purposes of signing and filing the respective documents via the on-line platform of the Provider. The Provider may include additional conditions for the use of electronic signatures during ADR Proceedings in Annex C of the ADR Supplemental Rules (Communication Instructions).
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