The Belgian Digital Act Law of 21 July 2016 implements the eIDAS Regulation 910/2014 in Belgium and adds the qualified electronic archive as an additional trust services. The certification scheme for the qualified electronic archive was finalized in April 2021 and defines requirements for Scanning Services and for Preservation Services for documents or other data.
By satisfying the audit criteria from this e-Archiving certification scheme, a service provider and the e-Archiving service(s) he provides or operates can demonstrate compliance with the statutory requirements for e-Archiving services laid down in the above mentioned legislation.
It should be observed that the use of this e-Archiving certification scheme is voluntary and that demonstration of compliance with the applicable statutory requirements can be done on the basis of other certification schemes or technical standards.
The electronic archiving services are:
The e-Archiving service for digitisation of information (IDS) relating to the scanning of paperbased documents with the aim of digitisation of the contained information, and the creation of a faithful and durable electronic copy of the document;
The long-term preservation e-Archiving service (LTPS) for retaining electronic documents or electronic information in a way as to preserve the enclosed information from loss and from any modification other than changes related to its preservation format or storage medium.
QES not mandatory, but recommended. Digitalised invoices must be retained anywhere.
Source: https://economie.fgov.be/sites/default/files/Files/Online/BE-e-Archiving-Certification-Scheme.pdf