Art. 45k · Legal effects of electronic ledgers

Version in force 20 May 2024, Inserted +459 −0§

Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 32024R1183 on EUR-Lex (external, EUR-Lex)

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This is a newly inserted article stating that an electronic ledger cannot be denied legal effect or use as evidence in legal proceedings merely because it is electronic or fails to meet qualified electronic ledger requirements.

It also states that data records held in a qualified electronic ledger benefit from a presumption of unique, accurate, sequential chronological ordering and of integrity.

Cited: Art. 45k, v2 (external, EUR-Lex)

v1 is the previous version, v2 this one.

Article 45k
Legal effects of electronic ledgers
1. An electronic ledger shall not be denied legal effect or admissibility as evidence in legal proceedings solely on the grounds that it is in an electronic form or that it does not meet the requirements for qualified electronic ledgers.
2. Data records contained in a qualified electronic ledger shall enjoy the presumption of their unique and accurate sequential chronological ordering and of their integrity.