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as well as store and share digital documents. Wallet users will also be able to create free digital signatures.</p>
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<p class="quote-writer">Thierry Breton Commissioner for Internal Market</p>
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Digital Identity Wallet in a range of everyday use-cases; including Mobile Driving Licences, payments, and education and professional qualifications.</p>
<p>A second call for <!-- <div class="img-wrapper">large-scale pilots to support the deployment of the wallets has just been <a target="_blank"
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<h4 class="h4">Open-source code and new version of the ARF released for public feedback.</h4>
<p>The open-source code of the EU Digital Identity Wallet, and the latest version of
the Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF) are now available on <a href="https://eu-digital-identity-wallet.github.io/" target="_blank">our Github</a>.</p>
<p>Version 1.3 of the ARF is now available to the public, to gather feedback before its adoption
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by the expert group. The ARF outlines how wallets distributed by Member States will function
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and contains a high level overview of the standards and practices that are needed to build the wallet.</p>
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<p>The open-source code of the wallet (also referred to as the reference implementation) is
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<p>Are you a developer or just interested in the project? You can dive-into the open-source code,<p>Now
that the regulation is in force, the Commission will prepare implementing acts defining the specifications needed to build inter-operable EU Digital Identity Wallets that andall consultfeature the ARF, as well as contribute your feedback on <a href="https://eu-digital-identity-wallet.github.io/" target="_blank">our Github</a> same high level of security and data protection, while working seamlessly across the EU.</p>
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