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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>DigiCert votes YES on SC-68.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Tim<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Servercert-wg <servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Servercert-wg<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 23, 2024 4:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <servercert-wg@cabforum.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [Servercert-wg] Voting Begins for Ballot SC-68: Allow VATEL and VATXI for organizationIdentifier<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>This email initiates the voting period for ballot SC-68. Please vote.<o:p></o:p></p><h3><br><br><o:p></o:p></h3><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Purpose of the Ballot</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p id=bkmrk-the-ev-guidelines-ha>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://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/112/oj___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo3NGI0NGMxZjk4ZDA0YzY4MjdmNjE0YTQ3ZTMyYWJjNzo2OjQ1MzQ6ZDlkNzFhMzIzMmQwMWQzZmZmN2ViYTVjMjA5ZDYzMDU0NWNkMGU3ZDRlNzhjZjliODRjYjM0ZmQxMjgyMzQ1NzpoOkY" title="Protected by Avanan: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/112/oj">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://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/%23/vat-validation___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo3NGI0NGMxZjk4ZDA0YzY4MjdmNjE0YTQ3ZTMyYWJjNzo2Ojc2Zjk6MDE3ZWYwYWVkMDJhZjgwYTExNzVmNWEzMTZmOWZiYTNhMWQxMjdhYzBkOTczMzRjMzMzMjU1NGEzYTc0YjhmZTpoOkY" title="Protected by Avanan: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/#/vat-validation">VIES VAT number validation website</a> where Greece is listed as"EL".<o:p></o:p></p><p id=bkmrk-there-is-also-counci>There is also <a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2020/1756/oj___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo3NGI0NGMxZjk4ZDA0YzY4MjdmNjE0YTQ3ZTMyYWJjNzo2OmZhZWY6MjMxMDU5ZThlMDA0ZWUxNjI3YjE3MGNkMTEyOTYyMGI4YTIxZWJjMTBkY2JlZjYxODEyMmNjZTJlZWIxYjEwZTpoOkY" title="Protected by Avanan: https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2020/1756/oj">Council Directive 2020/1756</a> amending Directive 2006/112/EC that requires the prefix "XI" for the identification of taxable persons in Northern Ireland.<o:p></o:p></p><p id=bkmrk-this-pull-request-pr>This <a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/cabforum/servercert/pull/473___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo3NGI0NGMxZjk4ZDA0YzY4MjdmNjE0YTQ3ZTMyYWJjNzo2OjM2MTQ6Y2VlZTRkNTFiYjIwNDUzOGE3Zjc3OWU5YmE2ZWVhNjI4NTg5Y2Y3YWJkNTk2MTc3NmM5OTVlNmU5MzRiZGI2MjpoOkY" target="_blank" title="Protected by Avanan: https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/pull/473">pull request</a> proposes updates to the EV Guidelines to allow those additional prefixes. It also fixes some formatting issues.<o:p></o:p></p><p 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.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A'>MOTION BEGINS</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><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.<o:p></o:p></p><p id=bkmrk-modify-the-baseline->MODIFY the EV Guidelines as specified in the following Redline: <o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/da89d0e9700c6dd89a8263526addc39f472bf54c___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo3NGI0NGMxZjk4ZDA0YzY4MjdmNjE0YTQ3ZTMyYWJjNzo2Ojk4MmQ6NmRlODhiN2M1N2ZjMmNlMjk3NDVkY2Y2OTc2MzE5MDZmZGEyYzgyZGE4YWMzN2FiOGY1YzNkMGM1NjIzNjFhNDpoOkY" title="Protected by Avanan: https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/da89d0e9700c6dd89a8263526addc39f472bf54c">https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/da89d0e9700c6dd89a8263526addc39f472bf54c___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo3NGI0NGMxZjk4ZDA0YzY4MjdmNjE0YTQ3ZTMyYWJjNzo2OjAzOWE6Nzc2MjllNWNlZGNiM2U0YWRjNjM5ZjI2NDAxN2ZlNzRhMTA2OWE1ZmY5ZWM1YTQzZmNiNzQ5MzE2MTdlNjg4Njp0OkY</a>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A'>MOTION ENDS</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The procedure for this ballot is as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 id=bkmrk-forum-12---update-ca><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Start time (8:00 UTC)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>End time (8:00 UTC)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Discussion (at least 7 days)<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>2024-01-16<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>2024-01-23<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Expected Vote for approval (7 days)<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>2024-01-23<o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal>2024-01-30<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>