1. Title
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures (MLES)
The Model Law on Electronic Signatures (MLES) aims to enable and facilitate the use of electronic signatures by establishing criteria of technical reliability for the equivalence between electronic and hand-written signatures. Thus, the MLES may assist States in establishing a modern, harmonized and fair legislative framework to address effectively the legal treatment of electronic signatures and give certainty to their status.
3. Date of the instrument
c. Date of adoption/publication
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5. Relevant documents
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6. Contact point
a. Organization/individual
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
b. Email
uncitral@un.org
c. Website
7. Geographical coverage
Global
8. Legal nature
Recommendations/guidelines
9. Provisions relevant to the cross-border paperless trade
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