Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions in the Internal Market (EIDAS Regulation)

Abstract

The Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (eIDAS Regulation) was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on 23 July 2014. The eIDAS Regulation consists of two more or less autonomous sections. The first section deals with government-recognized electronic identification systems and establishes a legal framework that will allow all EU Member States to mutually recognize each other's identification systems. This section targets the public sector and requires Member States to permit citizens from other Member States to use their own electronic IDs for accessing online public services. The second section deals with trust services. The term 'trust services' refers to services related to electronic signatures, electronic seals, time stamps, electronic delivery services and website authentication. In practice the Regulation mainly addresses PKI-based services. It creates a category of 'qualified' trust services supervised by national public authorities in the Member States.