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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Hi everyone,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">At the last CAB
Forum meeting, we had a discussion about BRs section 9.16.3, and
the possibility that it allows CAs to violate the BRs without
appropriate notification. After the CAB Forum meeting, the
following amendment (which I have tweaked) was helpfully suggested
by one participant in the conversation The aim is to bring
transparency, so anyone in violation under this clause is at least
documented, and we can consider revisions to the BRs accordingly.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">What do people
think?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Gerv</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>9.16.3.
Severability<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">If a court or
government body with jurisdiction over the activities covered by
these Requirements determines that the performance of any
mandatory requirement is illegal, then such requirement is
considered reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make the
requirement valid and legal. This applies only to operations or
certificate issuances that are subject to the laws of that
jurisdiction. The parties involved SHALL notify the CA / Browser
Forum <u><span style="color:red">by sending a detailed message to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:questions@cabforum.org">questions@cabforum.org</a>
</span> </u>of the facts, circumstances, and law(s) involved, <span
style="color:red"><u>and receiving confirmation of the receipt
of the message by the CA/Browser Forum,</u> </span>so that
the CA/Browser Forum may <u><font color="#ff0000">consider
possible revisions to these</font></u> Requirements
accordingly.<o:p></o:p></p>
<u><span style="color:red">Any CA that wants to deviate from any
mandatory requirement of these Requirements as written on the
basis of this Section 9.16.3 must list all such non-conformity
(including a reference to the specific Requirement(s) subject to
deviation) in Section 9.16.3 of the CA’s CPS before deviating
from the Requirement(s), and include in such disclosure the
facts, circumstances, and law(s) involved. </span></u>
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