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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/1/2024 10:17 π.μ., Pedro FUENTES
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      I just wonder if this change could have been made in a more
      generic way, so it could be applied in other similar cases, where
      there’s a conflict between the BR and the applicable laws.<br
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    It cannot, because for those "unknown" (to the CA/B Forum) cases,
    the provisions of 9.16.3 of the BRs or 8.1 of EVG must be followed.<br>
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    Dimitris.<br>
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          <div>On 16 Jan 2024, at 09:07, Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA)
            via Servercert-wg <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:servercert-wg@cabforum.org"><servercert-wg@cabforum.org></a> wrote:</div>
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                <h3><span
id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4d16fdf6-7fff-ed5c-c0b0-09e6837a3c7d">
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style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose of the Ballot</span></div>
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                <p id="bkmrk-the-ev-guidelines-ha" dir="ltr"
                  role="presentation">The EV Guidelines have strict
                  rules in the organizationIdentifier values and require
                  the country code of all currently-allowed Registration
                  Schemes (NTR, VAT, PSD) to follow the ISO 3166-1 for
                  the 2-letter country prefix.<br>
                  <br>
                  The organizationIdentifier language mainly came from
                  ETSI EN 319 412-1 and then the SCWG made several
                  modifications. However, there is an exception for
                  Greece specifically for the VAT Registration Scheme
                  that is aligned with Article 215 of <a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eur-2Dlex.europa.eu_eli_dir_2006_112_oj&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=pLBg9yEYzZz6uGZ9yTalH54RHu_MZI1Ch37wv852wbXGmCvaFVFIS9xQyNGMqk_D&s=WWTSPWJ77egdPB9mldguOPd13PQBVjL1VgWSY6TquVs&e="
                    rel="nofollow" moz-do-not-send="true">Council
                    Directive 2006/112/EC</a> that allows Greece to use
                  the country prefix "EL". In practice, Greece uses the
                  prefix "EL" to identify itself next to the VAT number
                  of all Legal Entities
                  registered/incorporated/established in Greece, and all
                  other European Countries use this prefix to identify
                  Greek VAT numbers. This can easily be verified in the <a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ec.europa.eu_taxation-5Fcustoms_vies_-23_vat-2Dvalidation&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=pLBg9yEYzZz6uGZ9yTalH54RHu_MZI1Ch37wv852wbXGmCvaFVFIS9xQyNGMqk_D&s=M71CCrWhskmxf-HfnFqOLw8jWXviHQoShfJQquyspJk&e="
                    moz-do-not-send="true">VIES VAT number validation
                    website</a> where Greece is listed as"EL".</p>
                <p id="bkmrk-there-is-also-counci" dir="ltr"
                  role="presentation">There is also <a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__data.europa.eu_eli_dir_2020_1756_oj&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=pLBg9yEYzZz6uGZ9yTalH54RHu_MZI1Ch37wv852wbXGmCvaFVFIS9xQyNGMqk_D&s=LSOTJmv9nz1vtYcg288tr66dvFEjYa7S7orq6hR7ey4&e="
                    moz-do-not-send="true">Council Directive 2020/1756</a>
                  amending Directive 2006/112/EC that requires the
                  prefix "XI" for the identification of taxable persons
                  in Northern Ireland.</p>
                <p id="bkmrk-this-pull-request-pr" dir="ltr"
                  role="presentation">This <a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_cabforum_servercert_pull_473&d=DwMDaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=-bX5hBm1IdRDykQ-dBR8tsFRCM4v1VXUyG7RZa2WqPY&m=pLBg9yEYzZz6uGZ9yTalH54RHu_MZI1Ch37wv852wbXGmCvaFVFIS9xQyNGMqk_D&s=ksobmcC6x_blL7uCgPkkYAdW-7xduQ-_N4BoxPKE4ZU&e="
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                    moz-do-not-send="true">pull request</a> proposes
                  updates to the EV Guidelines to allow those additional
                  prefixes. It also fixes some formatting issues.<br>
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                  id="bkmrk-the-following-motion">The following motion
                  has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of HARICA
                  and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and Corey
                  Bonnell of Digicert.</p>
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                <p id="bkmrk-this-ballot-modifies">This ballot modifies
                  the “Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of
                  Extended Validation Certificates” (“EV Guidelines”),
                  based on Version 1.8.0.</p>
                <p id="bkmrk-modify-the-baseline-">MODIFY the EV
                  Guidelines as specified in the following Redline: <br>
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                  <li><a
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                The procedure for this ballot is as follows:<br>
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                      <td><strong> </strong><br>
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                      <td><strong>Start time (8:00 UTC)</strong></td>
                      <td><strong>End time (8:00 UTC)</strong></td>
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                      <td>Discussion (at least 7 days)</td>
                      <td>2024-01-16</td>
                      <td>on or after 2024-01-23</td>
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                      <td>Expected Vote for approval (7 days)</td>
                      <td>TBD</td>
                      <td>TBD</td>
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