| Type: | Directive |
| Number: | 1999/93/EC |
| Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures | |
| Madeby: | European Parliament & Council |
| Ojref: | L13, pp. 12–20 |
| Replacedby: | Regulation 910/2014 (eIDAS) from 1 July 2016. |
The Electronic Signatures Directive 1999/93/EC was a European Union directive on the use of electronic signatures (e-signatures) in electronic contracts within the European Union (EU).
It was repealed by the eIDAS regulation on 1 July 2016.
The central provision of the directive is article 5, which requires that electronic signatures are regarded as equivalent to written signatures.