---
title: "Deciscion withdrawn: Contracts need again a qualified signature"
description: Due to the expansion of risk areas in Europe and by this of the difficulties to pass borders we decided to withdraw the decision to only accept QES signed
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# [Deciscion withdrawn: Contracts need again a qualified signature](https://trustservices.swisscom.com/en/support/developer-section/service-status-overview/contracts-need-again-a-qualified-signature)

 Written by [Ingolf Rauh](https://trustservices.swisscom.com/en/support/developer-section/service-status-overview/author/ingolf-rauh) | Sep 28, 2020 6:30:00 PM

Due to the expansion of risk areas in Europe and by this of the difficulties to pass borders we decided to withdraw the decision to only accept QES signed contracts and allow as before also QES/AES from eIDAS legal area and Swiss legal area. Exception are the seal applications: they must be signed by a QES

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