Digital identity: the guide to eIDAS 2 and the EU Wallet
Adopted 2026-06-20 · ≈ 1 min read · 
edited by Dirk Baaijen
The revised eIDAS Regulation requires member states to offer a European Digital Identity Wallet and renews trust services (signatures, seals). This guide brings together what the wallet means for citizens and businesses, the timeline and the links with transport.
Short answer: The revised eIDAS Regulation (eIDAS 2, Regulation (EU) 2024/1183) requires every member state to offer citizens and businesses a European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI wallet), and modernises trust services such as electronic signatures and seals. This guide brings together what it means for you.
What it comes down to
eIDAS 2 makes cross-border digital identification the norm: with the EUDI wallet you can prove your identity and attributes (diplomas, licences, company data) securely and across the EU. For businesses it touches onboarding, signing and compliance; for transport and logistics it connects to digital freight documents.
The files at a glance
- eIDAS 2 and the digital identity wallet — what the wallet is and what it governs.
- Timeline and availability of the EUDI wallet — when the wallet arrives.
- The wallet for businesses — what the wallet means for organisations.
- eIDAS trust services — signatures, seals, timestamps and their legal effect.
- Qualified signature and seal in transport — legally valid digital signing in the freight chain.
- eIDAS and the e-CMR — how trust services underpin the electronic consignment note.
Where to start
Identify where identity and signing sit in your processes (onboarding, contracts, freight documents) and which trust service fits. The free Transport & Logistics scan covers eIDAS alongside the other regimes that affect you — every result traceable to its source.
Sources
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1183/oj
Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 (eIDAS 2): the European framework for digital identity and the EU Digital Identity Wallet.
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