According to the provisions of article 6.1 d) Royal Decree 1671/2009, dated 6 November 2009 (PDF, approx. 436.20 KB), partially developing the Citizens’ Electronic Access to Public Services Act 11/2007, dated 22 June ((PDF, approx. 532.58 KB), all electronic offices will have an office certificate verification system which will be directly accessible free of charge.
It will be possible to check the validity of the Ministry’s Electronic Central Office certificate directly and free of charge using the VALIDe
platform
Office certificates are used to ensure that relations with the public are carried out, using a secure channel, with a recognised public office which does not allow malicious intrusion by third parties.