Unofficial translaction well as theirintegrityduring electronic processing and transmissionsshall be acknowledged as validbythis Uniform Actorby the Technical Committee for the Standardization of Electronic Procedures provided for in article 81 of this uniform Act. The use of a qualified electronic signature shall be a reliable technical process that guarantees, at any time, the origin of electronic documents, their integrity during electronic processing and transmissions. ARTICLE 83- The qualified electronic signature shall be applied to a document and shall allowidentification of the signer and the manifestation ofhis consent to obligations arising from the act. It shall have the following characteristics: - it is linked only to the signer; - it allows proper identification of the signer; - it is created in a way that thesigner may be the sole person to have its exclusive control; - It is linked to the document to which it relates so that any subsequent amendment to the document is noticeable. The qualified electronic signature consists of the following technical components: - a software for signature creation and a software for signature verification; - An electronic certificate, authenticating the signer, produced by a provider of electronic certification services. The Technical Committee for the Standardization of Electronic Procedures provided for in article 81 ofthis uniformAct shall determinethecriteriaforaproviderof electronic certification services. ARTICLE 84-Theelectronic certificateused insupportofthequalified electronic signature shall be an electronic certificate which links signature-verification data to a person and confirms the identity of suchperson. It shall have at least the following particulars: - the name of the certificate’s holder; - the public cryptographic key of the holder; - the period of validity of the certificate; OHADA / Uniform Act / Unofficial Translations P. - 34 - of 78