Which EU Member States have published national implementing laws or guidance on physical identity documents since eIDAS 2.0 entered into force?
Executive summary
The available reporting does not identify any specific EU Member States that have published national implementing laws or guidance on physical identity documents since eIDAS 2.0 entered into force on 20 May 2024; instead, the sources describe the EU-level obligations, implementing‑act timetable and technical workstreams that will drive national measures [1] [2] [3]. This analysis explains what the question actually asks, summarizes the obligations created by eIDAS 2.0, documents what the sources do say about implementing acts and Member State duties, and sets out how to verify which Member States have taken national action because the provided reporting does not supply a country-by-country list.
1. What the question is really asking and why it matters
The user seeks a concrete list: which Member States have published national implementing laws or guidance specifically addressing physical identity documents (the “phygital” link between printed IDs and digital wallets) after eIDAS 2.0 came into force; this is distinct from asking which countries are developing digital wallets or IT nodes, because it targets formal national legal or guidance acts about physical identity documents and their interaction with the new EU Digital Identity framework [4].
2. What eIDAS 2.0 requires at EU level — the legal framework and timelines
eIDAS 2.0 (Regulation (EU) 2024/1183) entered into force on 20 May 2024 and creates the European Digital Identity Wallet framework, obliging Member States to issue wallets to citizens within a defined window tied to the adoption of Implementing Acts and certification rules; the regulation therefore sets EU-level requirements that Member States must implement domestically [1] [2] [5].
3. The role of Implementing Acts and why national measures follow them
The regulation is accompanied by Implementing Acts that define the technical specifications, user‑interface, security and certification requirements for wallets and trust services — acts published by the Commission that Member States and private actors must follow to interoperate; reporting highlights that these Implementing Acts are the practical detail setters and that the Commission published several such acts to accompany eIDAS 2.0 [3] [6].
4. What the provided reporting actually documents about national implementing laws or guidance
None of the supplied sources lists Member States that have published national implementing laws or guidance on physical identity documents since 20 May 2024; the materials focus on EU rules, timelines for wallets, the need for national transposition/operationalisation, and industry analysis rather than a catalogue of country‑level legal steps [1] [5] [7] [6]. Where national transposition is mentioned, it is described as necessary in principle but not enumerated by country in these sources [7] [8].
5. Why the absence of a country list in these sources is important and how to verify it
Because the sources are synthesis and industry/Commission overviews rather than a legal-tracking database, a definitive country list requires checking Member State official journals, national ministry or interior ministry press releases, and the EU’s eIDAS notification and Commission implemention trackers; the Commission’s eIDAS pages and EUR‑Lex show the EU framework and implementing acts but do not substitute for national gazettes listing implementing laws or guidance [5] [8].
6. Practical next steps to obtain the definitive list
To establish which Member States have published national implementing laws or guidance on physical identity documents since eIDAS 2.0 took effect, consult: (a) the Official Journals and websites of interior/ministry of digital affairs for each Member State; (b) the European Commission’s eIDAS implementation pages and notification registers for national eID schemes; and (c) specialised legal trackers or national‑level regulatory briefs — the reporting confirms the need for national transposition but does not provide the country‑by‑country answers requested [5] [3] [6].
Conclusion
The question demands a country‑level inventory, but the provided reporting does not contain such an inventory; instead it sets the EU framework, the Implementing Acts timetable, and the obligation on Member States to implement, leaving the onus to verify the concrete national steps by checking national legal publications and the Commission’s notification channels [1] [2] [3] [6].