diff --git a/frontend/src/data.rs b/frontend/src/data.rs
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+use orbtk::prelude::*;
+
+use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
+//use serde::de;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+//use std::fmt;
+
+/*
+struct NaiveDateTimeVisitor;
+
+impl<'de> de::Visitor<'de> for NaiveDateTimeVisitor {
+    type Value = NaiveDateTime;
+
+    fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+	write!(formatter, "a string represents chrono::NaiveDateTime")
+    }
+
+    fn visit_str<E>(self, s: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+    where
+	E: de::Error,
+    {
+	match NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f") {
+	    Ok(t) => Ok(t),
+	    Err(_) => Err(de::Error::invalid_value(de::Unexpected::Str(s), &self)),
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+fn from_timestamp<'de, D>(d: D) -> Result<NaiveDateTime, D::Error>
+where
+    D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    d.deserialize_str(NaiveDateTimeVisitor)
+}
+*/
+
+/// Structure used to verify a policy data element.
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct PolicyCheck {
+    pub policy_code: String,
+    pub isvalid: bool
+}
+
+#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct PolicyList {
+    pub policy_list: Vec<PolicyData>,
+}
+
+/// implements helper methods, that manage lists of policy data collections
+impl PolicyList {
+    pub fn get(&self, index: usize) -> Option<&PolicyData> {
+	self.policy_list.get(index)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_mut(&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<&mut PolicyData> {
+	self.policy_list.get_mut(index)
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert_front(&mut self, policy_list: PolicyData) {
+	self.policy_list.insert(0, policy_list);
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+	self.policy_list.is_empty()
+    }
+
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+	self.policy_list.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn push(&mut self, policy_list: PolicyData) {
+	self.policy_list.push(policy_list);
+    }
+    pub fn remove(&mut self, index: usize) -> PolicyData {
+	self.policy_list.remove(index)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Structure representing a policy data element.
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct PolicyElement {
+    // is String16 a better default-type?
+    pub policy_code: String,
+    pub date_inserted: Option<NaiveDateTime>,
+    pub isvalid: bool
+}
+
+/// Structure grouping valid policy data elemnts
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct PolicyData {
+    pub date_valid_until: Option<NaiveDateTime>,
+    pub policy_elements: Vec<PolicyElement>,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub selected: bool
+}
+
+/// implements helper methods, that manage the policy data collections.
+impl PolicyData {
+    pub fn new(name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+	// the new inserted element will be active by default
+	PolicyData {
+	    name: name.into(),
+	    date_valid_until: None,
+	    selected: true,
+	    ..Default::default()
+	}
+    }
+
+    pub fn push(&mut self, policy_element: PolicyElement) {
+	self.list.push(policy_element);
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert_front(&mut self, policy_element: PolicyElement) {
+	self.list.insert(0, policy_element);
+    }
+
+    pub fn remove(&mut self, index: usize) -> PolicyElement {
+	self.list.remove(index)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get(&self, index: usize) -> Option<&PolicyElement> {
+	self.list.get(index)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_mut(&mut self, index: usize) -> Option<&mut PolicyElement> {
+	self.list.get_mut(index)
+    }
+
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+	self.list.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+	self.list.is_empty()
+    }
+}
+
+into_property_source!(PolicyCheck);
+into_property_source!(PolicyData);
+into_property_source!(PolicyList);