A European Union regulation establishing a framework for electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions across the internal market, defining assurance levels, legal effects for electronic signatures, seals, timestamps and certificates, and mandating mutual recognition of notified national identity schemes.
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- The eIDAS regulation sets out rules for electronic identification schemes and for trust services such as electronic signatures, seals, time stamps and certificates within the European Union. It provides for mutual recognition of notified national identification schemes across member states.
- By defining assurance levels and legal effect for these services, the regulation supports cross-border electronic transactions. Subsequent revisions have introduced provisions for a European digital identity framework and associated wallets.