Glossary / Regulation
eIDAS 2.0
eIDAS 2.0 is the European Union regulation that establishes a framework for a European Digital Identity Wallet, letting people across the EU prove their identity and share attributes digitally across borders.
Also: eIDAS 2, European Digital Identity, EUDI Wallet
eIDAS 2.0 is the 2024 amendment to the European Union’s electronic identification and trust services regulation. Its centerpiece is the European Digital Identity Wallet, which every member state must offer, letting residents store and present official identity and attributes from their phone across borders and across public and private services.
The framework builds on verifiable credentials and aims to give users control over what they share, supporting selective disclosure so a person can prove a single attribute, such as age, without handing over a full document. Member states are required to make the wallet available on the timeline set by the regulation.
For CIAM, eIDAS 2.0 signals a shift in Europe toward user-held, reusable, government-backed identity that customer-facing services will be able to accept rather than always proofing users themselves.
Sources
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1183: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1183/oj
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Standards
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1183