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#2005-1516Ordinance No. 2005-1516 on Electronic Exchanges Between Users and Administrative Authorities

🇫🇷France··Other·High Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The ordonnance n° 2005-1516 enhances electronic exchanges between users and administrative authorities in France. It establishes frameworks for electronic communication, including the creation of trust services and the secure management of personal data. It mandates that administrative authorities use electronic methods for processing requests and ensures that users receive proper acknowledgment of their electronic submissions, thereby improving efficiency and accessibility in public services.

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Key Changes

  • Introduces definitions for key terms such as 'electronic information system' and 'trust service provider'.
  • Requires electronic acknowledgment for user submissions to administrative authorities.
  • Establishes online storage for users to manage their documents securely.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Administrative authorities must respond to information requests submitted electronically by users or other administrative authorities through electronic means

Administrative authorities (state administrations, territorial authorities, public administrative establishments, social protection bodies, public service operators)
operational
high

Administrative authorities must issue an electronic acknowledgment of receipt and, when not instantaneous, an electronic registration acknowledgment for all requests, declarations, document submissions, and payments made through teleservices

Administrative authorities
operational
high

Administrative authorities must treat electronically submitted requests as regularly received and process them without requesting user confirmation or resubmission in another form, except in cases prescribed by decree

Administrative authorities
operational
medium

When creating teleservices, administrative authorities must make accessible the decision establishing the service and its conditions of use, including available communication methods

Administrative authorities creating teleservices
disclosure
high

Administrative authorities must comply with the General Security Framework (référentiel général de sécurité) when creating teleservices and managing electronic information exchanges, including security and interoperability rules

Administrative authorities
operational

Affected Parties

Administrative authoritiesCitizens and users of public services

Tags

e-governance,electronic communication,public administration