With a view to ensuring that a message that was required to be authenticated should not be denied legal value for the sole reason that it was not authenticated in a manner peculiar to paper documents, article 7 adopts a comprehensive approach.
73. 为了确保需要认证的电文不会仅仅因为其未经书面文件特有的认证方式加以认证而被否定法律价值，第7条采取了一种全面的方式。