ConfirmSign issues the evidence based on two recognized legal concepts: "Trusted Third Parties" and "Non-repudiation." Sender and recipient have the chance of obtaining the affidavit in any of the more than 80 member states of The Hague Conference on Private International Law, and any of the notaries members of the International Union of Notaries.
Directive 2000/31/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8th June, 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market.
(Directive on electronic commerce)
Official Journal nº L 178 of 17.17.2000, p. 0001 - 0016
Drafted by the
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM
STATE LAWS
and by it
APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED
FOR ENACTMENT IN ALL THE STATES.
The notaries members are represented by the respective Management Board or, failing that; by analogous bodies with national nature, or by regional notarial associations and institutions. Each country has only one voice.
The union is constituted by the next 77 notarial members:
Albania, Andorra, Argelia, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Benin, Belgium (FR) / (NL), Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China (People's Republic), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Croatia, Czech Republic, Congo, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Gabon, Greece, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, London, Louisiana (USA), Luxemburg, Macedonia (FYROM), Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldavia, Monaco, Morocco, Nicaragua, Niger, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Republic of San Marino, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Togo, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela.
Privileged relations:
The International Union of Notaries has privileged relations with professional jurists who fulfill "notarial" duties in various countries or federal States, or even with the bodies that represent them. Some of these have already asked to join the Union:
The Notaries Society of England and Wales, the Law Society of Scotland, the Law Society of Ireland, the Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland, Australia, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Mauritius Island, Ukraine, Alabama, Byelorussia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambooya, British Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar, New Zeeland, Philippines, Serbia, Seychelles, Texas, Thailand, Tunisia, and Vietnam.
Note: there is a difference between Members (Organization members) and Parts (of a Convention): all the 69 States / Regional Economical Integration Organizations here included have accepted the Statute and are Members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. To know if a State (member or not) is Part of a certain Convention, please see the current state of its board.
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China (People's Republic of,) Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea (Republic of,) Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malasya, Malta, México, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zeland, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Suriname, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
