Digital signature available for the National Tax Authority and the National Social Security Administration.

The Digital Signature Law No 25,506 issued at the end of 2001 granted the same legal value to documents signed with Digital Signature as to ones signed by hand.

In order to be legally valid, the Digital Signature requires the previous issuance of a digital certificate by an authorized Certifying Entity. However, until the issuance of Resolutions No 87/2008 and No 88/2008 (the “Resolutions”) no such Certifying Entity existed.

On March 11, 2009, it was published in the Official Gazette the Resolutions that granted the AFIP and the ANSES the character of Digital Signature Certifying Entities.

The Resolutions provide for the obligations of the Certifying Entities, the Registry Authority, the applicants, the subscribers of digital certificates, and third party users. Likewise, they regulate the issuance procedure of Digital Certificates.

The abovementioned constitutes an advance in the implementation of the Digital Signature in Argentina and will speed up the procedures performed in the mentioned public entities.

Further, it is expected that this approval given to the Digital Signature in the public sector may accelerate the actions towards its implementation in the private sector.