In short
Two wallet deadlines run from the entry into force of the implementing acts that specify it: 24 months to provide it, 36 months for certain private companies to accept it Art. 5a(1) Art. 5f(2). Acceptance by public services and by very large platforms comes with no deadline in the text Art. 5f(1) Art. 5f(3). The common technical framework is called the ARF; it is informative, only the regulation and its acts are mandatory § 1.3 Purpose, scope and audience. Depending on the implementing act that refers to it, a standard is imposed or compliance with it gives rise to a presumption of conformity Art. 8 Art. 19a(2).
This page supplements step 3 on the European wallet.
Timeline
The regulation does not give a fixed date. It counts the deadlines from the entry into force of the implementing acts it provides for the wallet and for its certification Art. 5a(1) Art. 5a(23) Art. 5c(6). The Commission, for its part, publishes indicative dates.
| Deadline | What is planned | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2024 | Entry into force of Regulation 2024/1183, which establishes the European Digital Identity Framework (the twentieth day after its publication) | Art. 2 When will you be able to use EU Digital Identity Wallets? |
| 28 November 2024 | Adoption of Implementing Regulations 2024/2977, 2024/2979, 2024/2980, 2024/2981 and 2024/2982 on the wallet | of 28 November 2024 of 28 November 2024 of 28 November 2024 of 28 November 2024 of 28 November 2024 |
| 24 months after the entry into force of the implementing acts provided for the wallet and for its certification | Each Member State provides at least one wallet | Art. 5a(1) |
| Commission’s indicative dates | Entry into force of the implementing acts announced for the end of May 2025; wallets available, as an indication, by the end of 2026 | When will you be able to use EU Digital Identity Wallets? |
| 15 July 2026 | Implementing Regulation 2026/1731 amends 2024/2977, 2024/2979, 2024/2980 and 2024/2982 as regards the applicable standards and specifications | of 15 July 2026 |
| 36 months after the entry into force of the same implementing acts | Mandatory acceptance by private relying parties required to use strong user authentication (excluding micro and small enterprises); according to the Commission’s FAQ, end of 2027 for strong authentication | Art. 5f(2) European Digital Identity Wallets |
| 11 August 2028 | The portrait becomes applicable in the PID | Annex |
| 24 months after deployment | Assessment by the Commission of demand and use | Art. 5f(5) |
The ARF and technical specifications
The regulation sets the obligations; the implementing acts set the standards. Between the two, a technical document serves as a common blueprint: the ARF (Architecture and Reference Framework), version 3.0.0 in this corpus ARF 3.0.0. It describes the architecture, the components and the interactions of the wallet ecosystem § 1.3 Purpose, scope and audience. It is developed within the common toolbox provided for by Recommendation 2021/946 § 1.2 Legal context. Several implementing acts state that they will be updated taking this work into account, in particular the architecture and reference framework Art. 1 Art. 1 Art. 1.
But the ARF is not law. It says so itself:
This ARF is informative and intended to support implementation
According to the ARF itself, only the regulation and its implementing and delegated acts are mandatory § 1.3 Purpose, scope and audience. An implementing act may make a standard mandatory, or make compliance with it a presumption of conformity with the requirements of the regulation, the requirement then remaining that of the regulation Art. 19a(2). For the wallet, some acts impose standards: for example, ETSI specification TS 119 472-1 for attestations Art. 8 Annex II ETSI TS 119 472-1 V1.2.1, or ISO/IEC 18013-5 for one of the profiles for presenting data to relying parties Annex II ISO/IEC 18013-5:2021. The ARF keeps a list of the standards considered essential for the wallet Purpose, and the Commission makes available an open-source reference implementation Reference Implementation.
Finally, the Commission maintains a public repository that tracks the standards needed for the wallet and lists the technical specifications it develops with the Member States and the European standardisation organisations Overview.
Non-final document
Technical specifications TS1 to TS14 from this repository are held in the corpus as a snapshot of the main branch of 27-10-2026: they are not final versions TS1 TS14. The repository presents itself as an information resource that does not constitute an official legal interpretation of the implementing acts Overview.
Consolidation without official value
This page cites the consolidated versions, published on EUR-Lex, of Regulation 910/2014 and of Implementing Regulations 2024/2977, 2024/2979, 2024/2980 and 2024/2982 Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 — consolidated version of 18/10/2024 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2977 — consolidated version of 11/08/2026. These consolidations are documentation tools: only the texts published in the Official Journal are authentic.
Key points
- The deadlines run from the entry into force of the implementing acts provided for by the regulation: 24 months to provide the wallet, 36 months for its acceptance by certain companies Art. 5a(1) Art. 5f(2).
- The end-2026 and end-2027 deadlines are indications from the Commission When will you be able to use EU Digital Identity Wallets? European Digital Identity Wallets.
- The ARF guides implementation but is not binding § 1.3 Purpose, scope and audience.
- Depending on the act that refers to it, a standard is imposed or compliance with it gives rise to a presumption of conformity Art. 19a(2); for the wallet, some acts impose, for example, ETSI TS 119 472-1 or ISO/IEC 18013-5 Annex II Annex II.
Written by Asphalia.