EUDI Wallet deadlines 2026 and 2027: all key dates

The key dates for the EU Digital Identity Wallet: by 24 December 2026 every EU member state must provide at least one EUDI Wallet, and from the same day the national registers of wallet-relying parties must be publicly available through a common API. By 24 December 2027 at the latest, private companies in regulated sectors must accept the wallet; micro and small enterprises are exempt. The wallet and acceptance deadlines are calculated from the legal text; the register date is stated in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/848. National launch dates differ from country to country and are announcements, not legal deadlines.

Confirmed, calculated, announced

Eudigo labels every date:

• Confirmed: the date appears as such in the legal text.
• Calculated: the legal text sets a period (“within 36 months of …”); the date follows from it.
• Announced: a government or authority has named the date, but it is not legally binding.

EU-wide dates

What the dates mean

24 December 2026: wallets and registers

Article 5a(1) of the eIDAS Regulation requires each member state to provide at least one wallet within 24 months of the entry into force of the implementing acts. Not every country will be on time: as of 12 October 2026, the Eudigo EUDI Index shows no certified wallet, seven national apps that are live and officially being upgraded, one pilot and 14 countries where a wallet is only announced.

On the same day, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/848 starts to apply. Each member state must keep at least one register of wallet-relying parties, designate a registrar and publish the register entries in human- and machine-readable form. The data must be signed or sealed and available through a common REST API that can be searched without prior login. Organisations that want to request wallet data must register in the member state where they are established and need an access certificate. See Relying party registration.

24 December 2027: mandatory acceptance

From this date at the latest, private relying parties that are required by EU or national law or by contract to use strong user authentication for online identification must accept the EUDI Wallet when a user chooses to use it (Art. 5f(2)). The regulation names sectors including transport, energy, banking and financial services, social security, health, drinking water, postal services, digital infrastructure, education and telecommunications.

Micro and small enterprises, as defined in Recommendation 2003/361/EC, are exempt. Very large online platforms under the Digital Services Act must also accept the wallet (Art. 5f(3)); that paragraph does not set its own date. Public sector bodies that require electronic identification for online services must accept the wallet as well (Art. 5f(1)); that paragraph does not set its own date either.

Details: Which companies must accept the EUDI Wallet? and Small business exemption.

National launch dates (examples)

Member states set their own schedules within the EU deadline. The following dates are announcements taken from the Eudigo index as of 12 October 2026; they can shift.

Some countries already run apps that are being upgraded, such as Denmark (AltID, live since 3 June 2026) and Italy (IT-Wallet, live since December 2024). The full list is in EUDI Wallets in the EU.

Why many sources say “end of 2026” and “end of 2027”

The regulation does not state calendar dates. It sets periods that run from the entry into force of the implementing acts. Many media therefore round to “end of 2026” and “end of 2027”. The exact dates above are calculated from those periods; Eudigo will add an official Commission confirmation as a source once available.

Still open

• National implementing laws: in several member states, including Germany and the Netherlands, the national law designating the registrar and supervisory bodies is still in progress. The German Bundestag is scheduled to vote on its Digital Identities Act on 15 October 2026.
• Registration portals: in many countries no start date for relying party registration has been published yet unverified.
• Fees: whether registration and access certificates will cost anything is still open in Germany; for most other countries Eudigo has no confirmed information yet.

Eudigo updates this overview when a date changes. Anyone advising organisations, or affected themselves, should mark two dates: 24 December 2026 (registers) and 24 December 2027 (mandatory acceptance).