Ballot SMC011 - Add EUID as Registration Reference
IPR Review of Ballot SMC011: Add EUID as Registration Reference
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• Ballot for Review: Ballot SMC09, redline at https://cabforum.org/uploads/CA-Browser-Forum-SMIMEBR-1.0.9-Redline.pdf • Start of Review Period: April 14, 2025 • End of Review Period: May 14, 2025 at 1700 UTC
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Results of Ballot SMC011: Add EUID as Registration Reference
The voting period for Ballot SMC011: Add EUID as Registration Reference has completed. The ballot has: PASSED
Voting Results
Certificate Issuers
17 votes in total:
- 15 voting YES: Asseco Data Systems SA (Certum), Chunghwa Telecom, DigiCert, Disig, D-TRUST, eMudhra, Entrust, GlobalSign, HARICA, IdenTrust, MSC Trustgate Sdn Bhd, SECOM Trust Systems, SwissSign, Telia Company, TWCA
- 2 voting NO: OISTE, Sectigo
- 0 ABSTAIN:
Certificate Consumers
2 votes in total:
- 2 voting YES: Mozilla, rundQuadrat
- 0 voting NO:
- 0 ABSTAIN:
Bylaws Requirements
- Bylaw 2.3(6) requires:
- In order for a ballot to be adopted by the Forum, two‐thirds (2/3) or more of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Issuer category must be in favour of the ballot. This requirement was MET.
- at least fifty percent (50%) plus one (1) of the votes cast by the Voting Members in the Certificate Consumer category must be in favour of the ballot. This requirement was MET.
- At least one (1) Voting Member in each category must vote in favour of a ballot for the ballot to be adopted. This requirement was MET.
- Bylaw 2.3(7) requires:
- A ballot result will be considered valid only when more than half of the number of currently active Voting Members has participated. The number of currently active Voting Members is the average number of Voting Member organizations that have participated in the previous three (3) Forum Meetings and Forum Teleconferences.
- The quorum was 11 for this ballot. This requirement was MET.
This ballot now enters the IP Rights Review Period to permit members to review the ballot for relevant IP rights issues. This will be notified in a separate email.
Ballot SMC011: Add EUID as Registration Reference
Summary:
This ballot allows the option to use a European Unique Identifier (EUID) as a Registration Reference in the NTR Registration Scheme.
The EUID uniquely identifies officially-registered organizations, Legal Entities, and branch offices within the European Union or the European Economic Area. The EUID is specified in chapter 9 of the Annex contained in the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1042 which describes rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2017/1132 “relating to certain aspects of company law (codification)”.
The ballot also includes several editorial corrections (e.g., minor updates to References and regrouping of information from Appendix A to Section 7.1.4.2.2 (d)).
This ballot is proposed by Stephen Davidson (DigiCert) and endorsed by Adrian Mueller (SwissSign) and Adriano Santoni (Actalis).
— Motion Begins —
This ballot modifies the “Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted S/MIME Certificates” (“S/MIME Baseline Requirements”), based on Version 1.0.8.
MODIFY the Baseline Requirements as specified in the following Redline: https://github.com/cabforum/smime/compare/c80922087427b1368cb8991eaad4128ef8fe52c0..6fadeeb6108f34f9110f1fcbda4f47a151a8b2f9
— Motion Ends —
This ballot proposes a Final Maintenance Guideline. The procedure for approval of this ballot is as follows:
Discussion (at least 7 days)
- Start time: March 31, 2025 at 13:00:00 UTC
- End time: April 7, 2025 at 17:00:00 UTC
Voting for Approval
- Start time: April 7, 2025 at 17:00:00 UTC
- End time: April 14, 2025 at 17:00:00 UTC