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New VZertES comes into force in November

Written by Ingolf Rauh | Aug 21, 2025 1:47:55 PM

At its meeting yesterday, the Federal Council approved the entry into force of the new VZertES Signature Ordinance: https://www.news.admin.ch/de/newnsb/bZvmp2f1y7Mwekx_Bk8Vu

For our customers and partners with an implementation concept, it is now important that the audit cycle in Switzerland is based on the EU cycle and is therefore only 2 years as opposed to the previous 3 years. This must be taken into account in the recertification planning for all methods with an implementation concept (QES). The status of the Technical Administrative Provisions (TAV), which concerns the updating of the ETSI regulations including transition periods, is still open today.