ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

European Union Trusted Lists

Okay, so in Europe there's this group of countries that decided to work together on things like trading, traveling, and making rules. They call themselves the European Union (EU) and they have a lot of different ways they work together.

One thing they do is make sure that everyone is using the same rules when it comes to electronic stuff like online signatures and documents. To do this, they made something called "trusted lists." These lists are basically a bunch of names of companies and organizations that the EU trusts to follow their rules for things like electronic signatures.

When a company or organization gets put on the trusted list, it means that they have proven to the EU that they are following all the right rules and procedures for electronic stuff. So if you need to sign a document online, you can look at the trusted list and see which companies and organizations you can trust to do it the right way.

Think about it like a list of your friends that you can trust to follow the rules when you play a game. If someone's not on the list, you might not want to play with them because you don't know if they'll follow the rules. But if they are on the list, it means they've proven to your parent or teacher that they know how to play by the rules. So you can trust them to be a good player.

That's basically what a trusted list is in the EU. It's a list of companies and organizations they trust to follow their rules for electronic stuff like online signatures.