Mutual recognition mechanism of legally significant e-documents and data in cross-border document flow

Abstract In this article we will observe mutual recognition mechanism that can provide transparent and reliable environment for data and documents in electronic form exchange across borders. Implementation of the Mutual recognition mechanism concept will help to facilitate interaction and ensure trust between parties taking part in cross-border legally significant e-documents exchange. Mutual recognition mechanism is a set of legal, organizational, semantic and technical conditions for reciprocal recognition of the validity of data and documents in electronic form exchanged across borders among two or more countries. Mutual recognition mechanism allows public authorities, physical and legal entities to interact in the framework of relations arising during generation, sending, transmission, reception, storage and use of legally significant data and documents in electronic form exchange across borders. Cross-border exchange of legally significant data and documents in electronic form between countries can be exercised by the trust ensured by the Trust services providers. Trust in paperless transboundary interaction is a set of objective signs that are used in electronic interaction. For example, electronic signatures are recognized as electronic signatures and their signed electronic documents are validated as documents signed by subjects of legal relations (owners of electronic signatures), the identity of which is confirmed. In this article we will observe Transboundary trust environment (TTE). TTE is a set of normative and organizational-technical conditions which implementation provides the mode of trust in electronic interaction with the participation of a limited or unlimited number of members. TTE as an integral structure operates based on a set of trusted services and may include a trusted third party. Trusted Third Party (TTP) is the organization responsible for the relevant trust that should be provided to complex information technologies and organizational-legal measures to ensure legally significant electronic interaction. Also, the article describes conceptual model of the mutual recognition mechanism.