eIDAS 2.0
eIDAS 2.0 is the revised European regulation on electronic identification and trust services. It mandates the EUDI Wallet and establishes the legal framework for verifiable credentials to carry legal validity across the European Union.
eIDAS 2.0 defines the roles every EUDI Wallet ecosystem needs: issuers of qualified and non-qualified attestations, trust service providers listed on national Trusted Lists, wallet providers accredited by a member state, and relying parties that must accept wallet credentials in regulated sectors such as banking, telecom, healthcare and transport. It also introduces Qualified Electronic Attestations of Attributes (QEAA), which carry the same legal weight as a notarised paper document, so a business can rely on a digital credential such as proof of company registration or a professional qualification without a manual check or a phone call to confirm it. The regulation builds on the original 2014 eIDAS framework's qualified trust services, such as qualified electronic signatures and seals, but extends legal recognition to the new credential formats and wallet architecture the EUDI Wallet is built on. Every member state must notify its national eID schemes and Trusted Lists to the European Commission, which publishes a combined EU Trusted List so any relying party or wallet in the Union can verify who is authorised to issue what, without maintaining 27 separate lists of trusted issuers itself. eIDAS 2.0 also sets binding deadlines: member states must make a EUDI Wallet available to citizens, and large online platforms and relying parties in regulated sectors must accept it, once the regulation's transition period runs out, turning what started as a voluntary pilot programme into a legal obligation across the internal market.
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Does eIDAS 2.0 replace the original 2014 eIDAS regulation?
No, it amends and extends it. The qualified trust services from the original regulation, such as qualified electronic signatures, seals and Trusted Lists, keep functioning as before. eIDAS 2.0 adds the EUDI Wallet, new attestation types like QEAA, and legal obligations on member states and relying parties on top of that existing foundation.