1. If the Qualified Trust Service Provider that issued a Qualified Electronic Signature/Seal Authentication Certificate decides to revoke the certificate, at the request of its holder or for the reasons identified by the service provider, they shall record the revocation in their certificate database and publish the certificate revocation case status on the service of verifying the validity of certificates, within a period not exceeding (24) twenty four hours from the date of receiving the certificate holder’s request. The revocation shall take effect once published. 

2. The Qualified Trust Service Provider shall provide any Relying Party with any information related to the validity or revocation of authentication certificates issued by the same, even following the expiry of the Qualified Electronic Signature/Seal Authentication Certificate and for at least (15) fifteen years from the expiry thereof; provided that such information is free and automatically accessible at all times.