Practical guide
How to send contracts for electronic signing?
Short answer
- 1Create a new contract from the 4mycontracts.net template library.
- 2Enter signatory details: name, email, and contractual role.
- 3Review the final document before sending.
- 4Send the contract — each signatory receives a unique signing link by email.
- 5See the signing status in the contract and download the executed contract.
What the law says
- eIDAS Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, Art. 25 — a qualified signature has the same effect as a handwritten one; an electronic signature cannot be denied as evidence solely for being electronic.
- Romanian Civil Code art. 1240 — consent may be validly expressed in electronic form.
- Law no. 455/2001 on electronic signatures — national legal framework for validity.
- GDPR art. 6 — processing signatory personal data requires an explicit legal basis.
- Law no. 135/2007 — electronic archiving of documents with legal standing.
Practical examples
- IT services contract sent for simultaneous signing by 3 directors from different companies.
- New employee contract completed and signed remotely before the first working day.
- Non-disclosure agreement (NDA) sent to an external freelancer with a 24-hour deadline.
- SaaS maintenance contract with SLA clauses, signed by both parties through a link, in a single workflow.
Common mistakes
- Sending a contract without setting a deadline — signatories postpone indefinitely.
- Not defining the signing order when legal approval must precede commercial sign-off.
- Using an incorrect signatory email without prior verification — the entire workflow stalls.
- Not saving the final negotiated version before sending — signatories receive an incomplete draft.
How 4mycontracts helps
- Each signatory receives an individual secure link — no app installation required.
- A signature certificate as PDF, with the IP address, time of signing and SHA-256 fingerprint of the document.
- Contract templates with fields to fill in, drafted on the basis of Romanian law.
- Reminders for signatories who have not signed yet.
- Archive in your account, with the event history of each contract.