The tool lets users sign contracts such as apartment leases or private car sales from their phones.
During a one-year pilot, the service is free for up to five documents per month.
Deputy Digital Affairs Minister Dariusz Standerski said the rollout puts Poland ahead of the European Union’s schedule for digital identity services.
“We have launched a pilot of the qualified signature in mObywatel, a secure and trusted way to handle everyday formalities online,” he said.
He added that the signature has the same legal effect as a handwritten signature.
A qualified electronic signature, known across the EU under the eIDAS framework, is a top-tier, legally binding digital signature backed by a qualified certificate. It can be used for many routine matters, including submissions to public offices and civil-law contracts between individuals.
To sign, users open mObywatel, choose “qualified signature,” and select one of four certified trust providers offered in the app. Identity is then confirmed with Poland’s electronic ID card.
Officials say the new function will speed up administrative processing because documents can move end-to-end inside electronic document-management systems.
The ministry noted that mObywatel launched in 2017 and has since expanded from displaying basic personal data to hosting digital medicine prescriptions, a mobile driving licence, and a digital ID with the same legal force as the plastic card.
Some 10 million people use the app, a little under half the country's adult population.
(rt/gs)
Source: PAP