1. The Qualified Electronic Time Stamp creation service may be provided only by a Qualified Trust Service Provider that fulfills the provisions of Article (23) of the Decree-Law, and pursuant to the resolutions issued by the TDRA in this regard. 

2. The Qualified Trust Service Provider that provides the Qualified Electronic Time Stamp creation service shall identify a set of adequate policies and practices to create the Qualified Electronic Time Stamp. In all cases, such policies and practices shall fulfil the technical requirements and specifications of content and structure identified by a resolution issued by the TDRA.  

3. The Qualified Trust Service provider that provides the Qualified Electronic Time Stamp service shall be responsible for providing such service according to the procedures set forth in the service practice statement and the service policy. Where the Trust Service or part thereof is provided by third parties, the Qualified Trust Service Provider shall identify the responsibility of such parties and shall ensure that they will comply with any controls required by the Qualified Trust Service Provider.  

4. The TDRA shall issue the resolutions pertaining to technological standards and specifications to be complied with by the Qualified Service Provider, including: