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Glossary termPublished ineIDAS2

Electronic archiving

What does "Electronic archiving" mean under eIDAS 2?

A service ensuring the receipt, storage, retrieval and deletion of electronic documents in order to guarantee their durability and legibility as well as to preserve their integrity, confidentiality and proof of origin throughout the preservation period

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Last updated: 22 August 2026.

Regulations

  • electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services (eIDAS2)

    eIDAS2 is Regulation (EU) 2024/1183, which amends Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. It contains no calendar deadline: wallet availability runs 24 months from the entry into force of five implementing acts, and private relying-party acceptance 36 months. Those acts entered into force on 24 December 2024, giving end-2026 and end-2027.

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    Member States to provide at least one wallet (Art. 5a(1))

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