eIDAS - Registration of relying parties (standards update)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1730 of 15 July 2026 amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/848 as regards applicable standards and specifications. It operates under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services, and refines the rules on the registration of wallet-relying parties so that Member States apply consistent, up to date technical specifications across the European Digital Identity ecosystem.
An electronic edition of the same is available here.
This regulation is an amending act. The summary below describes the changes it makes to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/848. For the authoritative wording of each amendment, refer to the official text in the Official Journal linked above.
Article 1: Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/848
This Article amends the rules for registering wallet-relying parties:
- It modifies the accuracy requirements for the information held in the registers (Article 6(3)).
- It inserts Article 6(3a), providing that registrars collect certain information automatically for transparency purposes, without a prior authorisation step.
- It amends Article 8 so that the responsible certificate authorities issue wallet-relying party registration certificates automatically and without undue delay.
- It updates the technical specifications set out in Annexes I, IV and V to reflect the applicable standards.
Article 2: Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 July 2026.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN