As of 19 August 2026, Articles 6 to 9 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1569 become applicable. The Regulation is one of the implementing measures completing the new European digital identity framework introduced by the revised eIDAS Regulation. The relevant provisions concern qualified electronic attestations of attributes and electronic attestations of attributes issued by, or on behalf of, public-sector bodies responsible for authentic sources.

Electronic attestations of attributes make it possible to provide digital proof of specific characteristics, qualifications or entitlements of a natural or legal person, without necessarily requiring the disclosure, on each occasion, of the full set of identifying information. They constitute one of the key building blocks of the European Digital Identity Wallet ecosystem.

From 19 August, the provisions requiring the Commission to establish and maintain a list of public-sector bodies issuing attestations of attributes on the basis of authentic sources and to create a European catalogue of attributes, available both in human-readable and machine-readable form, become applicable.

The catalogue of attribute attestation schemes also becomes operational. Its purpose is to support interoperability, integrity and common trust models, together with the framework through which qualified trust service providers may verify attributes directly against authentic sources or against intermediaries designated by the Member States.

The Regulation expressly provides for safeguards concerning integrity, authenticity, confidentiality and the protection of personal data, thereby confirming the central role of data minimisation and selective disclosure in the architecture of the new European digital identity framework.

The 19 August milestone therefore represents a further step towards the operational implementation of the European Digital Identity Wallet, which is intended to enable EU citizens and businesses to identify themselves and provide digital proof of identity, qualifications and other attributes when accessing public and private services across the Union.