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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>IZENPE votes "YES" to ballot SC-68.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES>De:</span></b><span lang=ES> Servercert-wg <servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org> <b>En nombre de </b>Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Servercert-wg<br><b>Enviado el:</b> martes, 23 de enero de 2024 10:00<br><b>Para:</b> CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <servercert-wg@cabforum.org><br><b>Asunto:</b> [Servercert-wg] Voting Begins for Ballot SC-68: Allow VATEL and VATXI for organizationIdentifier<o:p></o:p></span></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:0cm'><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://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2feur%2dlex.europa.eu%2feli%2fdir%2f2006%2f112%2foj&umid=be7cf619-01d7-48f6-a07c-0c408903ae66&auth=ff9bf8e7070cf45d05b48c5ddfe8c577253e1ba1-c1ebe17b527ef28ca9ae8a44096c7af2a264d95d">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://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fec.europa.eu%2ftaxation%5fcustoms%2fvies%2f%23%2fvat%2dvalidation&umid=be7cf619-01d7-48f6-a07c-0c408903ae66&auth=ff9bf8e7070cf45d05b48c5ddfe8c577253e1ba1-1e2c83e837940a600b64cd8fdbe3271ae61f65ae">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://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fdata.europa.eu%2feli%2fdir%2f2020%2f1756%2foj&umid=be7cf619-01d7-48f6-a07c-0c408903ae66&auth=ff9bf8e7070cf45d05b48c5ddfe8c577253e1ba1-c09d5da9f0dcfaf2820a4bfb3be57bce0608fc0c">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://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2fcabforum%2fservercert%2fpull%2f473&umid=be7cf619-01d7-48f6-a07c-0c408903ae66&auth=ff9bf8e7070cf45d05b48c5ddfe8c577253e1ba1-276217a59b335002e66512bc3ec5d1a1b4e0a03e" target="_blank">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:0cm'><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://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2fcabforum%2fservercert%2fcompare%2fda89d0e9700c6dd89a8263526addc39f472bf54c&umid=be7cf619-01d7-48f6-a07c-0c408903ae66&auth=ff9bf8e7070cf45d05b48c5ddfe8c577253e1ba1-072f77dbc83bb8c7abc8b5df42a59a503a84a56d">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/da89d0e9700c6dd89a8263526addc39f472bf54c</a>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p style='margin:0cm'><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></body></html>