Estonian Online Services

Raino Paron

ESTONIAN E-SERVICES (1/2)

• Electronic State Gazette – official source of Estonian law, also un-official English translations of most important laws can be found there. Since 2007 State Gazette is published only in electronic form.

• Digital signature – enables concluding agreements digitally. Legally equal to a written form and in some cases also equal to notarial authentication.

• Online voting – votes at Estonian parliament, local council and European Parliament level elections can be cast online. At last Estonian parliament elections 25% and at last European Parliament elections ca 1/3 of the votes were „e-votes“.

• Establishment of a LLC – limited liability company can be established online in 15 minutes.

• Communication with the business registry – all communication with the business registry is online (filing annual reports, amending corporate documents, changing board members, etc.)

• E-School – communication between school, students and parents is also online

ESTONIAN E-SERVICES (2/2)

• Taxation is online – checking tax information, filling and submitting tax returns, paying taxes, etc. is fully online (both for natural and legal persons). Filling out and submitting a standard private income tax return takes less than 5 minutes.

• State registries are maintained online – all official registries are maintained and accessible online, e.g. Land Registry, Central Registry of Securities, Business Registry, Motor Vehicle Registry, Registry of Trademarks, Ship Registry, etc.

• Communication with public authorities – all communication between the public authorities and citizens can be via e-mail and with digitally signed documents

• E-court – exchange of documents with court and between parties is done either via e-mail or via special E-Court system. Attorneys and state officials are not allowed to submit documents in any other form, but electronically.

• E-Medcine – prescriptions are submitted only electronically and patients medical records are kept online.

NEXT STEP: ONLINE IDENTITY

• A possibility for non-Estonian residents to identify them-selves online and obtain access to Estonian e-services.

• First such concept in the world.

• Estonian consulates all over the world will be issuing chips which can be used to identify oneself online via a computer or a mobile phone.

• Not a right, but a privilege, i.e. if mis-used then the online-ID can be taken from the person.

What is it?• At the first stage the online ID is

for non- Estonian:

• Shareholders

• Board members of Estonian companies

• Diplomats

• Visiting students, scholars

• In the future:

• Persons not connected to Estonia so far, but who could benefit from secure online identification and e-services

For whom is it for?

ONLINE ID

THANK YOU!

RAINO PARONPartner/T. +372 6407 170E. raino.paron@rln.ee

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