# Council Directive 1999/37/EC of 29 April 1999 on the registration documents for vehicles, Division C: Verification of data authenticity

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

To verify the authenticity of the stored registration data, the corresponding electronic signature may be verified. This means that besides the registration data also the corresponding electronic signature may be read from the registration card.
The public key for signature verification can be retrieved by reading the corresponding issuing authority certificate from the registration card. Certificates contain the public key and the identity of the corresponding authority. The signature verification may be performed by another system than the registration card.
The Member States are free in retrieving the public keys and certificates for verifying the issuing authority certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/37/annex/II/division/III/division/III.12/division/C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-37/annex-II/division-III/division-III.12/division-C
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