[Servercert-wg] [EXTERNAL]- Ballot SC-68: Allow VATEL and VATXI for organizationIdentifier

Tue Jan 16 09:18:27 UTC 2024

On 16/1/2024 10:17 π.μ., Pedro FUENTES wrote:
> 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.

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.

Dimitris.

>
>> On 16 Jan 2024, at 09:07, Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via 
>> Servercert-wg <servercert-wg at cabforum.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>       Purpose of the Ballot
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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 Council Directive 2006/112/EC 
>> <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=> 
>> 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 VIES VAT number 
>> validation website 
>> <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=> 
>> where Greece is listed as"EL".
>>
>> There is also Council Directive 2020/1756 
>> <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=> 
>> amending Directive 2006/112/EC that requires the prefix "XI" for the 
>> identification of taxable persons in Northern Ireland.
>>
>> This pull request 
>> <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=> 
>> proposes updates to the EV Guidelines to allow those additional 
>> prefixes. It also fixes some formatting issues.
>>
>> The following motion has been proposed by Dimitris Zacharopoulos of 
>> HARICA and endorsed by Ben Wilson of Mozilla and Corey Bonnell of 
>> Digicert.
>>
>>
>>       MOTION BEGINS
>>
>> This ballot modifies the “Guidelines for the Issuance and Management 
>> of Extended Validation Certificates” (“EV Guidelines”), based on 
>> Version 1.8.0.
>>
>> MODIFY the EV Guidelines as specified in the following Redline:
>>
>>   * https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/da89d0e9700c6dd89a8263526addc39f472bf54c.
>>
>>
>>       MOTION ENDS
>>
>> The procedure for this ballot is as follows:
>>
>> **
>> 	*Start time (8:00 UTC)* 	*End time (8:00 UTC)*
>> Discussion (at least 7 days) 	2024-01-16 	on or after 2024-01-23
>> Expected Vote for approval (7 days) 	TBD 	TBD
>>
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