Regulation (EU) 2024/1183

What it is

PURPOSE: to amend Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European digital identity. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: the electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market Regulation ( Regulation 910/2014 ) (eIDAS) is the only cross-border framework for trusted electronic identification (eID) of natural and legal persons, and trust services. eIDAS, adopted in 2014, is based on national eID systems following diverse standards and focuses on a relatively small segment of the electronic identifications needs of citizens and businesses: secure cross-border access to public services. Since then, digitalisation of all functions of society has increased dramatically with the COVID-19 pandemic having a very strong effect on the speed of digitalisation. As a consequence, the demand for means to identify and authenticate online, as well as to digitally exchange information related to our identity, attributes or qualifications (identity, addresses, age, but also professional qualifications, driving licences and other permits and payment systems), securely and with a high level of data protection, has increased radically. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted the report by Romana JERKOVIĆ (S&D, HR) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity. The new European Digital Identity would allow citizen to safely participate in the digital society and facilitate unrestricted access to online public services throughout the Union for any natural or legal person. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows: Members clarified the definition of ‘European Digital Identity Wallet’ to mean an electronic identification means which securely stores, manages and validates identity data and electronic attestations of attributes, to provide them to relying parties and other users of European Digital Identity Wallets on request, and which enables the creation of qualified electronic signatures and seals. To ensure that all natural and legal persons in the Union have secure, reliable, trusted and seamless access to cross-border public and private services, while having full control over their data, each Member State should issue at least one European Digital Identity Wallet by 18 months after the date of entry into force of this amending Regulation. - be issued and managed in any of the following ways: (i) directly by a Member State; (ii) under a mandate from a Member State; (iii) independently from a Member State but recognised by that Member State; - provide common protocols and interfaces: (i) to establish unique, private and secure peer-to peer connections between two European Digital Identity Wallets…

Official title: Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing the European Digital Identity Framework