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<div class="container"><p>The regulation introduces the EU Digital Identity Wallet, which will allow citizens to
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identify and authenticate themselves online to a range of public and private services,
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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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against for not using the wallet. The wallet will be open-source, to further encourage transparency, <p class="quote-writer">Thierry Breton Commissioner for Internal Market</p>
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innovation, and enhance security.</p>
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<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 /ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/digital-2024-bestuse-tech-06-trust?order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate&isExactMatch=true&status=31094501&frameworkProgramme=43152860">published</a>.
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<p>The open-source code of the wallet (also referred to as the reference implementation) is
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<h3 class="quote-txt">Today marks an important step in the development of the EU Digital Identity Wallet. builtAbout ontwo theyears specificationsfrom outlined in the ARF. It is based on a modular architecture composed
of a set of business agnostic, reusable components which will evolve in incremental steps
now, every European will be able to safely manage personal digital documents and access public and private online services with full control of personal data from a personal mobile app offered on a voluntary basis to all European citizens and residents.</h3>
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<p>Are you a developer or just interested<p>Now inthat the project?regulation Youis can dive-intoin force, the open-source code,
and consult the ARF, as well as contribute your feedback on <a href="https://eu-digital-identity-wallet.github.io/" target="_blank">our Github</a>Commission will prepare implementing acts defining the specifications needed to build inter-operable EU Digital Identity Wallets that all feature the same high level of security and data protection, while working seamlessly across the EU.</p>
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