eIDAS eID Profile
About the service
The technical specifications posted here will help Member States to develop their own eIDAS-compliant implementation. These specifications will be subject to further development and any subsequent changes will form part of the timed-release management process.
The specifications have been developed by the European Commission with the help of Member States collaborating in a technical sub-committee of the eIDAS Expert Group. The Commission also provides a sample implementation based on these technical specifications which Member States can adopt as an "off the shelf" implementation.
The technical specifications were developed in line with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, and with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1501 on the interoperability framework.
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Below are the most recent versions of technical specifications for you to view and download.
Current version | Technical specifications v.1.1
These version 1.1 specifications represent the latest set of eIDAS-compliant technical specifications. Compared to the previous version, only the eIDAS Message Format and eIDAS SAML Attribute Profile have been updated.
The current version 1.1 was endorsed by Opinion No. 2/2016 of the Cooperation Network on 16 December 2016. It consists of four separate documents, each concerning a specific area:
- eIDAS Message Format_v1.1-2.pdf
- eIDAS Interoperability Architecture v1.00.pdf
- eIDAS - Crypto Requirements for the eIDAS Interoperability Framework_v1.0.pdf
- eIDAS SAML Attribute Profile v1.1_2.pdf
Previous version | Technical specifications v.1.0
The version 1.0 technical specifications were endorsed by Opinion No.1/2016 of the Cooperation Network on 26 January 2016.
- eidas_message_format_v1.0.pdf
- eidas_interoperability_architecture_v1.00.pdf
- eidas_-_crypto_requirements_for_the_eidas_interoperability_framework_v1.0.pdf
- eidas_saml_attribute_profile_v1.0_2.pdf
