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    <strong>Ballot 174 - Reform of Requirements Relating to Conflicts
      with Local Law </strong> <o:p></o:p>
    <div class="WordSection1">
      <p class="line862">The following motion has been proposed by
        Gervase Markham of Mozilla and endorsed by Kirk Hall of Entrust
        and Moudrick Dadashov of SSC: <o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="line874"><font face="serif,Times New Roman,Times"><b>Statement
            of Intent:</b> The purpose of this change is to reform
          section 9.16.3 of the BRs, titled "Severability", which deals
          with what a CA must do when it encounters a conflict between
          the requirements of a jurisdiction under which it operates and
          the requirements of the BRs. At the moment, this clause is
          triggered only by a court determination rather than by the CA
          encountering a conflict, which makes it unlikely to ever be
          triggered, and it requires notification to the CAB Forum but
          not documentation of the outcome. The current clause is:</font></p>
      <p class="line874"><tt>9.16.3. Severability</tt><tt><br>
        </tt></p>
      <p class="line874"><tt>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 of
          the facts, circumstances, and law(s) involved, so that the
          CA/Browser Forum may revise these Requirements accordingly.</tt><br>
        <o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">--Motion Begins-- <br>
          </span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif"><br>
          </span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
          Roman",serif">Delete section 9.16.3 from the Baseline
          Requirements in its entirety and replace it with the
          following:<br>
        </span></p>
      <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">9.16.3.
        Severability <o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">In the event of a
        conflict between these Requirements and a law, regulation or
        government order (hereinafter 'Law') of any jurisdiction in
        which a CA operates or issues certificates, a CA MAY modify any
        conflicting requirement to the minimum extent necessary to make
        the requirement valid and legal in the jurisdiction. This
        applies only to operations or certificate issuances that are
        subject to that Law. In such event, the CA SHALL immediately
        (and prior to issuing a certificate under the modified
        requirement) include in Section 9.16.3 of the CA’s CPS a
        detailed reference to the Law requiring a modification of these
        Requirements under this section, and the specific modification
        to these Requirements implemented by the CA.</p>
      <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">The CA MUST also
        (prior to issuing a certificate under the modified requirements)
        notify the CA/Browser Forum of the relevant information newly
        added to its CPS by sending a message to <a
          class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
          href="mailto:questions@cabforum.org">questions@cabforum.org</a>
        and receiving confirmation that it has been posted to the Public
        Mailing List and is indexed in the Public Mail Archives
        available at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
          href="https://cabforum.org/pipermail/public/">https://cabforum.org/pipermail/public/</a>
        (or such other email addresses and links as the Forum may
        designate), so that the CA/Browser Forum may consider possible
        revisions to these Requirements accordingly.</p>
      <p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">Any modification
        to CA practice enabled under this section MUST be discontinued
        if and when the Law no longer applies, or these Requirements are
        modified to make it possible to comply with both them and the
        Law simultaneously. An appropriate change in practice,
        modification to the CA’s CPS and a notice to the CA/Browser
        Forum, as outlined above, MUST be made within 90 days.<o:p></o:p><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
          Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
          Roman",serif">CAs are required to make this change to
          their processes by a date 90 days from the date this ballot
          passes.<o:p><br>
          </o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br>
        <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
          Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif">--Motion Ends--<br>
          </span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br>
        <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
          Roman",serif">The review period for this ballot shall
          commence immediately and close at 2200 UTC on Monday 22nd
          August. Unless the motion is withdrawn during the review
          period, the voting period will start immediately thereafter
          and will close at 2200 UTC on Monday 29th August. Votes must
          be cast by posting an on-list reply to this thread.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
          Roman",serif">A vote in favor of the motion must indicate
          a clear 'yes' in the response. A vote against must indicate a
          clear 'no' in the response. A vote to abstain must indicate a
          clear 'abstain' in the response. Unclear responses will not be
          counted. The latest vote received from any representative of a
          voting member before the close of the voting period will be
          counted. Voting members are listed here: <a
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
            href="https://cabforum.org/members/">https://cabforum.org/members/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"
        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
          Roman",serif">In order for the motion to be adopted, two
          thirds or more of the votes cast by members in the CA category
          and greater than 50% of the votes cast by members in the
          browser category must be in favor. Quorum is currently ten
          (10) members – at least ten members must participate in the
          ballot, either by voting in favor, voting against, or
          abstaining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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