(1) Every authority shall be obliged to open up a point of access for the transfer of electronic documents, including such documents provided with a qualified electronic signature.
(2) Every federal authority shall further be obliged to open up electronic access via a De-Mail address in accordance with the De-Mail Act, save where the federal authority concerned has no access to the central IT process provided for the federal administration via which the De-Mail services are provided for Federal authorities.
(3) In administrative procedures in which they are required to establish a person's identity by virtue of a legal provision or in which they consider identification to be necessary on other grounds, every federal authority shall be obliged to offer an electronic proof of identity pursuant to Section 18 of the Passport Act or pursuant to Section 78 (5) of the Residence Act.