Published on August 13, 2026 · The mitza.es team
The European Digital Identity Regulation, in force since May 2024, updates the earlier eIDAS framework and requires every EU member state to offer at least one certified European Digital Identity Wallet to its citizens and residents by December 24, 2026.
What exactly the European Digital Wallet is
The EUDI Wallet will let citizens, residents and businesses across the European Union securely store and manage their digital identity, along with documents such as national ID cards, driving licences or academic qualifications, and use them to identify themselves to public administrations and private companies. It will be free for individuals and its use will always be voluntary.
How it will arrive in Spain
Spain will develop its wallet in line with the European timeline, integrating it with Cl@ve, the electronic national ID card (DNIe) and the FNMT ecosystem, under the coordination of the Ministry for Digital Transformation. The idea isn't to build a completely new, isolated system, but a layer that builds on the digital identity infrastructure the country already has.
Why it also affects businesses
Although eIDAS2 was designed mainly with citizens in mind, its impact reaches the business world too, through a complementary initiative: the European Business Wallet, designed so companies can also identify themselves and sign digitally in an interoperable way across the entire European Union. In the medium term, this could simplify processes such as verifying customer identity, signing contracts or accessing administrative procedures directly from a business's own website.
What's worth keeping in mind now
- This isn't a change that requires immediate action for most SMEs, but it's worth following its progress.
- If your business depends on verifying customers' identity online, this infrastructure could simplify that in the medium term.
- It's one more piece of the same European regulatory movement that includes the AI Act and the NIS2 directive itself.
- As with other EU timeline-driven rules, it's best to check official sources rather than individual articles, given how easily this kind of information goes out of date.
How we're tracking it at Mitza
Just as we did with the VeriFactu delay, we'll keep a close eye on how this infrastructure rolls out in Spain, so we can flag it when there are concrete steps that affect SME and freelancer websites. If you'd like to check how ready your website is for this kind of underlying change, you can request a general technical audit.