The EU is drafting legislation on the European Digital Identity Wallet. The Wallet enables electronic identification, reliable demonstration of other personal data and electronic signatures in the entire EU area. The pilot for the Wallet will run from 2023 to 2025 throughout Europe. Each member state must offer at least one European Digital Identity Wallet.la. Lompakkoa pilotoidaan Euroopan laajuisesti vuosina 2023-2025. Jokaisen jäsenvaltion tulee tarjota vähintään yksi eurooppalainen digitaalisen identiteetin lompakko.
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom is a part of the European POTENTIAL consortium (External link) where the use of a mobile driving licence in the EU area is being piloted.
The pilot project involves testing the demonstration of a valid driving licence with the help of a wallet produced by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. Additionally, a use case where a citizen of another EU country demonstrates their right to drive in Finland is tested. In the pilot project, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency will produce a wallet application, to which the data on driving licences will be produced by Traficom.
The piloting started in April 2023 and the EU Commission will fund up to half of them. The Finnish contribution of the remaining half is funded by the Ministry of Finance.
The Regulation regarding the European Digital Identity Wallet will enter into force in early 2024, and digital wallets will have to be available in all Member States in 2026.
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