Chapter Five Use of the electronic documents and signatures by the government Article (26) Without prejudice to any of the provisions of any other law, any governmental entity may, for the purpose of carrying out its competencies, do the following: A. Accept the deposit, submittal, creation or maintenance of documents in the format of electronic documents or records. B. Issue any permit, license, decisions or approval in the format of electronic documents or records. C. Accept the fees or any other payments settled electronically. D. Offer government tenders of any type and receive the offers electronically. Article (27) If any governmental entity stipulates to perform any of the tasks set forth in the preceding Article electronically, it shall have the right to determine the following: A. The method of format through which the electronic documents will be created, deposited, saved, submitted or issued without prejudice to the provisions of data privacy and protection. B. The method, style, manner and procedures of offering tenders and receiving offers. C. The type of the required electronic signature. D. The method and format through which such electronic signature will be attached to the electronic document or record, as well as the standard to which the authentication service provider when it is given the document or record to maintain or deposit shall fulfill within the limit of standards and specifications set by the competent authority pursuant to Article 22 of this law and the Executive B-law thereof. E. Appropriate control processes and procedures to ensure the integrity, security, and confidentiality of the electronic documents and records, payments or fees. F. Any other properties, conditions or provisions which govern the process of sending paper documents, pursuant to what the Executive By-law of this law stipulates. 19