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Deadlines for relying parties (2026–2027)

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How to read this page

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  • Stated means the date appears in the legal text.
  • Calculated means we derived it from a period in the text (“within 24 months of…”) and the publication date in the Official Journal. Calculated dates are our reading. The Regulation does not print them.
  • An implementing regulation “shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication”. We count the day after publication as day one.

Timeline

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Date What happens Basis Stated or calculated
20 May 2024 Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 (eIDAS 2) enters into force Published 30 April 2024; Article 2 of 2024/1183: twentieth day after publication Calculated
24 Dec 2024 Implementing Regulations 2024/2977, 2024/2979, 2024/2980, 2024/2981 and 2024/2982 enter into force Published 4 December 2024; twentieth day after publication Calculated
27 May 2025 2025/848 (registration) enters into force Published 7 May 2025; Article 11 Calculated
11 Aug 2026 2026/1730 (amending 2025/848) and 2026/1731 (amending the wallet acts) enter into force Both published 22 July 2026; twentieth day after publication Calculated
24 Dec 2026 2025/848 applies: national registers, registrars and registration Article 11 of 2025/848: “It shall apply from the 24 December 2026” Stated
24 Dec 2026 Each Member State provides at least one wallet Article 5a(1): “within 24 months of the date of entry into force of the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 23 of this Article and in Article 5c(6)” Calculated
24 Dec 2027 Private relying parties that must use strong user authentication by law or contract, other than micro and small enterprises, must accept wallets on the user’s voluntary request Article 5f(2): “no later than 36 months from the date of entry into force of the implementing acts referred to in Article 5a(23) and Article 5c(6)” Calculated
11 Aug 2028 Wallets must authenticate and validate registration certificates Article 8 of 2024/2982, as replaced by 2026/1731: “Article 3(4) shall apply from 11 August 2028” Stated
11 Aug 2028 The user’s portrait can be part of the mandatory person identification data only from this date Recital 4 of 2026/1731; Article 1 and Annex I of 2026/1731 (replacing the Annex to 2024/2977) Stated

The sectors covered by Article 5f(2) are transport, energy, banking and financial services, social security, health, drinking water, postal services, digital infrastructure, education and telecommunications.

Duties without a fixed date

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  • Public sector bodies (Article 5f(1)). Where a Member State requires electronic identification and authentication to access an online public service, it must also accept wallets. The Regulation sets no separate date. In practice this works once wallets are available.
  • Very large online platforms (Article 5f(3)). Where they require user authentication, they must accept and facilitate wallets on the user’s voluntary request, for the minimum data necessary. No separate date is set.
  • Registration (Article 5b). You register before relying on wallets. National registers have to exist from 24 December 2026.
  • Review. The Commission assesses demand and availability of wallets within 24 months of their deployment (Article 5f(5)).

National dates

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Member States can set national transitional dates for their own registers. For example, Finland’s Act 810/2026 sets a transitional deadline of 24 December 2026 for its register (see National registers).

What is not settled yet

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  • Which acts start the clock. We use 24 December 2024, when the implementing acts under Articles 5a(23) and 5c(6) entered into force. The amending acts of 2026 (2026/1730 and 2026/1731) did not restate the deadlines. We do not read them as restarting the clock, but the Regulation does not say this expressly.
  • Wallets “available” vs “used”. Article 5a(1) obliges Member States to provide a wallet. It does not oblige relying parties to go live on that date unless another duty applies.
  • Enforcement of Article 5f(2) is national. Penalties depend on national law.
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Last reviewed: 28 Oct 2026

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