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Establishment of European Business Wallets
Document ITRE-AM-787816 · COM(2025)0838 – 2025/0358(COD)
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Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (1) In its Communication of 29 January 2025 ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’(2 ) the Commission announced that European Business Wallets, building on the European Digital Identity Framework, will constitute the cornerstone for conducting business in a simple and digital manner within the Union, providing companies with a seamless environment in which to interact with public administrations. | (1) In its Communication of 29 January 2025 ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’(2 ) the Commission announced that European Business Wallets, building on the European Digital Identity Framework, will constitute the cornerstone for conducting business in a simple, secure and digital manner within the Union, providing companies with a seamless environment in which to interact with public administrations and perform business transactions. |
| 2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’, COM(2025) 30 final. | 2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’, COM(2025) 30 final. |
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| (1) In its Communication of 29 January 2025 ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’(2) the Commission announced that European Business Wallets, building on the European Digital Identity Framework, will constitute the cornerstone for conducting business in a simple and digital manner within the Union, providing companies with a seamless environment in which to interact with public administrations. | (1) In its Communication of 29 January 2025 ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’(2) the Commission announced that European Business Wallets, building on the European Digital Identity Framework, will constitute the cornerstone for conducting business in a simple and digital manner within the Union, providing companies with a seamless environment in which to interact with public administrations and carry out business transactions. |
| 2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’, COM(2025) 30 final. | 2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’, COM(2025) 30 final. |
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| (1) In its Communication of 29 January 2025 ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’(2 ) the Commission announced that European Business Wallets, building on the European Digital Identity Framework, will constitute the cornerstone for conducting business in a simple and digital manner within the Union, providing companies with a seamless environment in which to interact with public administrations. | (1) In its Communication of 29 January 2025 ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’(2 ) the Commission announced that European Business Wallets, building on the European Digital Identity Framework, will constitute the cornerstone for conducting business in a simple and digital manner within the Union, providing companies with a seamless environment in which to interact with public administrations and other economic operators. |
| 2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’, COM(2025) 30 final. | 2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’, COM(2025) 30 final. |
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| (3) In order to foster a competitive and digital European economy, and to facilitate cross-border business, it is necessary to establish a seamless and secure environment for digital interaction between economic operators and public sector bodies in different configurations. | (3) In order to foster a competitive and digital European economy, and to facilitate cross-border business, it is necessary to establish a seamless and secure environment for digital interaction between economic operators and public sector bodies in different configurations, and to guarantee cross-border interoperability by establishing common technical standards and requiring Member States to accept Wallets issued by other Member States. |
The free movement of products and services in the EU is impossible without viable and seamless cross-border operations and the recognition of firms between Member States.
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| (3) In order to foster a competitive and digital European economy, and to facilitate cross-border business, it is necessary to establish a seamless and secure environment for digital interaction between economic operators and public sector bodies in different configurations. | (3) In order to foster a competitive and digital European economy, and to facilitate cross-border business, it is necessary to establish a seamless, efficient and secure environment, without disproportionate bureaucratic or financial burdens, for digital interaction among economic operators and between economic operators and public sector bodies in different configurations. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (3) In order to foster a competitive and digital European economy, and to facilitate cross-border business, it is necessary to establish a seamless and secure environment for digital interaction between economic operators and public sector bodies in different configurations. | (3) In order to foster a competitive and digital European economy, and to facilitate cross-border business, it is necessary to establish a seamless and secure environment for all types of digital interactions among economic operators and between economic operators and public sector bodies in different configurations. |
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| (4) In order to ensure the interoperability and security of European Business Wallets, the technical specifications established in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and subsequent implementing regulations established pursuant to that Regulation as well as the technology and standards developments and the work carried out on the basis of Recommendation (EU) 2021/946, and in particular the Architecture and Reference Framework, should apply, with the specifications laid down in this Regulation taking precedence in the event of any inconsistency. | (4) In order to ensure the interoperability, as well as trust, reliability and security of European Business Wallets, the technical and legal specifications established in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and subsequent implementing regulations established pursuant to that Regulation as well as the technology and standards developments and the work carried out on the basis of Recommendation (EU) 2021/946, and in particular the Architecture and Reference Framework, should apply. The architecture of the European Business Wallets should facilitate communication between economic operators and public sector bodies, without compromising on security and legal certainty. |
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| (4) In order to ensure the interoperability and security of European Business Wallets, the technical specifications established in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and subsequent implementing regulations established pursuant to that Regulation as well as the technology and standards developments and the work carried out on the basis of Recommendation (EU) 2021/946, and in particular the Architecture and Reference Framework, should apply, with the specifications laid down in this Regulation taking precedence in the event of any inconsistency. | (4) In order to ensure the interoperability and security of European Business Wallets, the technical specifications established in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and subsequent implementing regulations established pursuant to that Regulation as well as the technology and standards developments and the work carried out on the basis of Recommendation (EU) 2021/946, and in particular the Architecture and Reference Framework, should apply, with the specifications laid down in this Regulation taking precedence in the event of any inconsistency. The technical architecture underpinning the European Business Wallets should also rely on open standards, hence ensuring interoperability between systems and fostering innovation and market-driven solutions. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (4) In order to ensure the interoperability and security of European Business Wallets, the technical specifications established in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and subsequent implementing regulations established pursuant to that Regulation as well as the technology and standards developments and the work carried out on the basis of Recommendation (EU) 2021/946, and in particular the Architecture and Reference Framework, should apply, with the specifications laid down in this Regulation taking precedence in the event of any inconsistency. | (4) In order to ensure trustworthiness and a high degree of interoperability and security of European Business Wallets, the technical specifications established in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and subsequent implementing regulations established pursuant to that Regulation as well as the technology and standards developments and the work carried out on the basis of Recommendation (EU) 2021/946, and in particular the Architecture and Reference Framework, should apply, with the specifications laid down in this Regulation taking precedence in the event of any inconsistency. |
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| (4) In order to ensure the interoperability and security of European Business Wallets, the technical specifications established in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and subsequent implementing regulations established pursuant to that Regulation as well as the technology and standards developments and the work carried out on the basis of Recommendation (EU) 2021/946, and in particular the Architecture and Reference Framework, should apply, with the specifications laid down in this Regulation taking precedence in the event of any inconsistency. | (4) In order to ensure the interoperability, reliability and security of European Business Wallets, the technical specifications established in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and subsequent implementing regulations established pursuant to that Regulation as well as the technology and standards developments and the work carried out on the basis of Recommendation (EU) 2021/946, and in particular the Architecture and Reference Framework, should apply, with the specifications laid down in this Regulation taking precedence in the event of any inconsistency. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (5) In order to enhance the functioning of the digital single market, ensure interoperability and reduce administrative burdens, it is essential to ensure compatibility between and European Business Wallets and existing systems and solutions at both Union and national level. As prescribed by the Interoperable Europe Act and to enhance secure and efficient data exchanges across the Union, the implementation of the European Business Wallets should, to the extent possible, where appropriate and following technical analysis, make use of existing EU digital infrastructures and building blocks, including those developed under the Once Only Technical System, the Business Registers Interconnection System and the European Digital Identity Wallet, thereby ensuring complementarity, interoperability, and efficient use of public resources. | (5) In order to enhance the functioning of the digital single market, ensure interoperability and reduce administrative burdens, it is essential to ensure compatibility between European Business Wallets and existing systems and solutions at both Union and national level. This endeavor should be supported by the European Digital Identity Cooperation Group. As prescribed by the Interoperable Europe Act and to enhance secure and efficient data exchanges across the Union, the implementation of the European Business Wallets should, to the extent possible, where appropriate and following technical analysis, make use of existing EU digital infrastructures and building blocks, including those developed under the Once Only Technical System, the Business Registers Interconnection System and the European Digital Identity Wallet, thereby ensuring complementarity, interoperability, and efficient use of public resources. |
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| (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. | (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. This Regulation shall not affect aspects related to the conclusion and validity of contracts or other legal obligations where requirements as to form are laid down by Union or national law, including requirements of notarisation, authentication, registration or other preventive legality controls. The use of a European Business Wallet shall not, by itself, constitute compliance with any such requirement of form where that requirement is imposed as a condition of the validity or enforceability of the legal act concerned. Also, this Regulation should maintain the preventive administrative, judicial or notarial control or any combination thereof, respecting Member States’ legal systems and legal traditions, as provided for in Directive (EU) 2025/25 and Directive (EU) 2019/1151. |
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| (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. | (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, as Member States should be allowed to ensure preventive administration of justice. Mandatory preventive checks would also dovetail with other Union policies and could specifically contribute to ensuring that use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallet cannot serve to bypass other Union and Member State legislation aimed at protecting the public interest, such as laws relating to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. Public preventive checks may include, for example, verifications to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and that are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets, such as remote public audio-visual identity checks, including electronic identity photo checks. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be conducted within the framework of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. |
Acquis-ul UE în domeniul dreptului societăților comerciale recunoaște pericolul ca instrumentele digitale să fie deosebit de vulnerabile la a fi utilizate pentru a ascunde adevărații beneficiari ai tranzacțiilor juridice cu grad ridicat de risc. Prin urmare, statele membre trebuie să prevadă controale publice preventive ale identității, capacității juridice și legalității pentru a se asigura că informațiile privind societățile din registre sunt fiabile și actualizate, ceea ce ar contribui la combaterea spălării banilor și a finanțării terorismului (a se vedea articolul 10 și considerentul 10 din Directiva (UE) 2017/1132 privind dreptul societăților comerciale, astfel cum a fost modificată prin Directiva (UE) 2025/25).
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| (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. | (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications as Member States should be allowed to provide for a preventive administration of justice. Mandatory preventive controls would also be consistent with other Union policies and could, in particular, contribute to ensuring that the use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallet cannot be used to circumvent other Union and Member State law that aims to protect the public interest, such as those related to anti-money laundering and to combating the financing of terrorism. Public preventive controls may include, for example, checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets, such as public remote audiovisual identity controls, including electronic checks of identity photos. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. |
The EU company law acquis recognises the danger that digital tools are especially vulnerable to being used to hide the true beneficiaries of high-risk legal transactions. Member States are therefore to provide for preventive public controls of identity, legal capacity and legality to assure that company information in registers is reliable and up-to-date which would contribute to the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism (see Article 1- and Recital 10 of Company Law Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as amended by Directive (EU) 2025/25).
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| (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. | (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. In order to genuinely reduce administrative burdens, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises and small mid-caps, Member States and Union entities should review their relevant procedures so that, wherever European Business Wallet-based solutions are in place, they replace duplicative national or paper-based channels and do not simply add another digital layer on top of existing obligations. |
Clarifies that compatibility and interoperability must translate into real simplification, especially for SMEs and small mid‑caps, by phasing out duplicative parallel procedures rather than merely digitising existing burdens.
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. | (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, request or share electronic attestations of attributes, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. |
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| (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to identify and authenticate, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. | (6) The European Business Wallets are a digital tool for economic operators to interact with public sector bodies in the context of meeting reporting obligations and fulfilling administrative procedures. The use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets to present European Business Wallet owner identification data for authentication, sign or seal, submit documents and send or receive notifications should be without prejudice to procedural requirements that might be part of an administrative procedure and that cannot be fulfilled by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. These procedural requirements may include any additional safeguards or verifications, such as checks to ensure the awareness or understanding of the contents of a document or the implications of the signature of a contract, or specific actions that are required as part of an administrative procedure and are not supported by the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets. Public sector bodies should therefore ensure that all relevant procedural requirements are met, including any specific actions or processes which need to be fulfilled as part of an administrative procedure and which cannot be performed through the European Business Wallets. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (7) Public sector bodies have the flexibility to decide how to ensure that they can accept European Business Wallets considering the diversity of their IT infrastructure and their needs for interoperability. This approach allows public sector bodies to maintain their existing operational frameworks, while benefiting from the advantages of the European Business Wallets. | (7) Public sector bodies have the flexibility to decide how to ensure that they can accept European Business Wallets considering the diversity of their IT infrastructure and their needs for interoperability. This approach allows public sector bodies to maintain their existing operational frameworks, while benefiting from the advantages of the European Business Wallets. However, this flexibility should be exercised with due regard to the principle of proportionality and the need to avoid imposing disproportionate technical or administrative burdens, especially on micro-enterprises and small and medium enterprises. The design and deployment of European Business Wallets should therefore take into account the limited administrative capacities and resources of smaller businesses and should avoid creating additional reporting or compliance obligations. |
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| (7) Public sector bodies have the flexibility to decide how to ensure that they can accept European Business Wallets considering the diversity of their IT infrastructure and their needs for interoperability. This approach allows public sector bodies to maintain their existing operational frameworks, while benefiting from the advantages of the European Business Wallets. | (7) Public sector bodies have the flexibility to decide how to ensure that they can accept European Business Wallets considering the diversity of their IT infrastructure and their needs for interoperability. This approach allows public sector bodies to maintain their existing operational frameworks, including where administrative procedures are currently carried out electronically through other existing digital tools and services, while benefiting from the advantages of European Business Wallets. However, that flexibility should be exercised with due regard for the principle of proportionality and for the need to avoid imposing disproportionate technical or administrative burdens, especially on micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises. |
To ensure that public services do not impose excessive bureaucratic, administrative and IT requirements on users – especially micro-enterprises and SMEs – that hinder the implementation of this regulation and add further layers of complexity and bureaucracy at odds with the purposes of this regulation
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| (7) Public sector bodies have the flexibility to decide how to ensure that they can accept European Business Wallets considering the diversity of their IT infrastructure and their needs for interoperability. This approach allows public sector bodies to maintain their existing operational frameworks, while benefiting from the advantages of the European Business Wallets. | (7) Public sector bodies have the flexibility to decide how to ensure that they can accept European Business Wallets considering the diversity of their IT infrastructure and their needs for interoperability. This approach allows public sector bodies to maintain their existing operational frameworks, while benefiting from the advantages of the European Business Wallets. In addition, the responsibilities of the actors involved, including Wallet issuers and service providers, should be defined, as should the certification, oversight and liability mechanisms. |
IT infrastructure is highly diversified across Member States and there is therefore a need for flexibility on the part of public bodies, certification mechanisms, oversight and accountability in the event of incidents.
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (7 a) Particular attention should be paid to the challenges faced by smaller municipalities and local authorities. These could be addressed, for instance, through adequate financial support, shared IT infrastructure and targeted technical assistance, to ensure uniform and effective implementation across the Union. |
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| (8) This Regulation is without prejudice to the procedural autonomy, the constitutional requirements and the judicial independence that govern the organisation and functioning of national justice systems of the Member States, as well as to the framework, integrity and procedural safeguards of judicial proceedings. | (8) This Regulation is without prejudice to the procedural autonomy, the constitutional requirements and the judicial independence that govern the organisation and functioning of national justice systems of the Member States, as well as to the framework, integrity and procedural safeguards of judicial proceedings, administrative proceedings or notarial requirements. This Regulation shall also be without prejudice to substantive and procedural requirements laid down by national law, including those relating to the granting of mandates or powers of attorney. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (10) This Regulation should be without prejudice to the right of legal persons to submit only once information to public sector bodies as well as to the right of Member States to continue using other systems for the submission of documents and data between competent authorities as established under Union law, such as in Regulation 2018/1724(4 ) and Directive (EU) 2017/1132 establishing the Business Registers Interconnection System | (10) This Regulation should be without prejudice to the right of legal persons to submit information only once to public sector bodies as well as to the right of Member States to continue using other systems for the submission of documents and data between competent authorities as established under Union law, such as in Regulation 2018/1724(4 ) and Directive (EU) 2017/1132 establishing the Business Registers Interconnection System. |
| 4 Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, pp. 1, ELI: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1724/oj/eng) | 4 Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, pp. 1, ELI: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1724/oj/eng) |
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| (10 a) A core objective of administrative simplification should be that economic operators should not be required to submit the same information or documents more than once to public sector bodies of the Union or of the Member States. Where an economic operator has validly transmitted data or documents through a European Business Wallet in the context of a given administrative procedure, that operator shall have a legally enforceable right not to be required to submit the same data or documents again for the same or related purposes to the same or another public sector body within the same or another Member State. Public sector bodies shall be responsible for retrieving relevant data through the mechanisms established under this Regulation and national and Union law, and shall not transfer the burden of inter-institutional coordination to the economic operator. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons, sole traders and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets. To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, and should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. | (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons, sole traders and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets. Such economic operators can become European Business Wallet owners through various methods, for example through ownership, license, subscription or any other agreement granting a right of use of such a European Business Wallet. |
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| (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons, sole traders and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets. To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, and should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. | (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons, sole traders and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets. To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, and should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. Public sector bodies should progressively make this secure communication channel the primary interface for business-to-administration interactions covered by this Regulation, so that economic operators, and in particular SMEs, can rely on a single, trusted tool rather than navigating multiple, parallel national portals and procedures. |
Strengthens the simplification objective by encouraging the Wallet’s secure channel to become the main interface for covered procedures, reducing fragmentation and complexity for businesses, especially SMEs.
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| (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons, sole traders and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets. To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, and should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. | (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons, sole traders and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets. Those economic operators may become European Business Wallet owners in a number of ways, for example, through ownership, license, subscription or any other agreement granting a right of use for that European Business Wallet. To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, and should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. |
To ensure freedom of form for the act through which a user enters into a contract for, or becomes the holder of, a European business wallet
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| (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons, sole traders and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets. To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, and should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. | (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons, sole traders and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets on a voluntary basis. To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners and by users of European Digital Identity Wallets across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, while leaving European Business Wallet owners the discretion to opt in to this service based on their specific operational needs. The QERDS should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. |
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| (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons, sole traders and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets. To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, and should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. | (11) In order to reduce administrative burden and improve competitiveness, all entities conducting economic activities, including companies, organisations, self-employed persons and sole traders acting in a business capacity, and any other type of business, regardless of size, sector or legal form, should be able to use European Business Wallets. To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, and should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. |
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| (11 a) In order to ensure the effective and uniform deployment of European Business Wallets across the Union, public authorities at national, regional and local level should be able to receive, process and make use of data and documents provided through European Business Wallets where relevant for the exercise of their public tasks. Where significant implementation costs risk creating delays or unequal uptake, in particular for smaller or resource-constrained administrations, Member States should be able to make use of available Union financial support instruments to facilitate the necessary digital infrastructure, technical adaptation and administrative readiness. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (11 a) To ensure that legally valid notifications, and documents can be exchanged, and reporting obligations fulfilled by means of European Business Wallets, it is necessary to establish a reliable and secure communication channel that can be used by European Business Wallet owners across the Union. A qualified electronic registered delivery service (‘QERDS’) should therefore be integrated as a secure communication channel in the European Business Wallets, and should enable the secure and legally valid exchange of information between parties, as provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. |
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| (11 a) The European Business Wallets should be designed in a way that takes into account the needs and limited capacities of smaller businesses, to deliver affordable and user-friendly solutions. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (12) In order to provide a tailored solution for self-employed persons and sole traders, it is essential to ensure the seamless integration of European Digital Identity Wallets with European Business Wallets. That integration should enable those persons to authenticate using their European Digital Identity Wallet and access trust services offered for the European Business Wallets, including the QERDS established as a secure communication channel in this Regulation, using those Wallets, without the need to create a separate business identity. Providers of European Business Wallets should therefore be allowed to offer the secure communication channel as a standalone service to self-employed persons and sole traders that use European Digital Identity Wallets in a business capacity, with ensured interoperability to facilitate app switching, as well as trust services such as electronic signatures and qualified and non-qualified time stamping services. Such access to the secure communication channel for self-employed persons and sole traders, should be promoted by ensuring an offer, at reasonable and affordable prices, that reflects the usage needs and is accompanied by terms of use that do not impose an undue burden on those persons. | (12) In order to provide a tailored solution for self-employed persons and sole traders, it is essential to ensure the seamless integration of European Digital Identity Wallets with European Business Wallets. That integration should enable those persons to authenticate using their European Digital Identity Wallet and access trust services offered for the European Business Wallets, including the QERDS established as a secure communication channel in this Regulation, using those Wallets, without the need to create a separate business identity. Access to the services of the "European Business Wallets" should be designed in such a way that cases in which a person uses their "European Digital Identity Wallets" to authenticate in the context of business purposes can be clearly distinguished from those in which they use it as a private individual. Providers of European Business Wallets should therefore be allowed to offer the secure communication channel as a standalone service to self-employed persons and sole traders that use European Digital Identity Wallets in a business capacity, with ensured interoperability to facilitate app switching, as well as trust services such as electronic signatures and qualified and non-qualified time stamping services. Such access to the secure communication channel for self-employed persons and sole traders, should be promoted by ensuring an offer, at reasonable and affordable prices, that reflects the usage needs and is accompanied by terms of use that do not impose an undue burden on those persons. |
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| (12) In order to provide a tailored solution for self-employed persons and sole traders, it is essential to ensure the seamless integration of European Digital Identity Wallets with European Business Wallets. That integration should enable those persons to authenticate using their European Digital Identity Wallet and access trust services offered for the European Business Wallets, including the QERDS established as a secure communication channel in this Regulation, using those Wallets, without the need to create a separate business identity. Providers of European Business Wallets should therefore be allowed to offer the secure communication channel as a standalone service to self-employed persons and sole traders that use European Digital Identity Wallets in a business capacity, with ensured interoperability to facilitate app switching, as well as trust services such as electronic signatures and qualified and non-qualified time stamping services. Such access to the secure communication channel for self-employed persons and sole traders, should be promoted by ensuring an offer, at reasonable and affordable prices, that reflects the usage needs and is accompanied by terms of use that do not impose an undue burden on those persons. | (12) In order to provide a tailored solution for self-employed persons and sole traders, it is essential to ensure the seamless integration of European Digital Identity Wallets with European Business Wallets. That integration should enable to authenticate those persons using their European Digital Identity Wallet and access trust services offered for the European Business Wallets, including the QERDS established as a secure communication channel in this Regulation, using those Wallets, without the need to create a separate business identity. Providers of European Business Wallets should therefore be allowed to offer the secure communication channel as a standalone service to self-employed persons and sole traders that use European Digital Identity Wallets in a business capacity, with ensured interoperability to facilitate app switching, as well as trust services such as electronic signatures and qualified and non-qualified time stamping services. Such access to the secure communication channel for self-employed persons and sole traders, should be promoted by ensuring an offer, at reasonable and affordable prices, that reflects the usage needs and is accompanied by terms of use that do not impose an undue burden on those persons. |
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| (12) In order to provide a tailored solution for self-employed persons and sole traders, it is essential to ensure the seamless integration of European Digital Identity Wallets with European Business Wallets. That integration should enable those persons to authenticate using their European Digital Identity Wallet and access trust services offered for the European Business Wallets, including the QERDS established as a secure communication channel in this Regulation, using those Wallets, without the need to create a separate business identity. Providers of European Business Wallets should therefore be allowed to offer the secure communication channel as a standalone service to self-employed persons and sole traders that use European Digital Identity Wallets in a business capacity, with ensured interoperability to facilitate app switching, as well as trust services such as electronic signatures and qualified and non-qualified time stamping services. Such access to the secure communication channel for self-employed persons and sole traders, should be promoted by ensuring an offer, at reasonable and affordable prices, that reflects the usage needs and is accompanied by terms of use that do not impose an undue burden on those persons. | (12) In order to provide a tailored solution for self-employed persons and sole traders, it is essential to ensure the seamless integration of European Digital Identity Wallets with European Business Wallets. That integration should enable to authenticate those persons using their European Digital Identity Wallet and access trust services offered for the European Business Wallets, including the QERDS established as a secure communication channel in this Regulation, using those Wallets, without the need to create a separate business identity. Providers of European Business Wallets should therefore be allowed to offer the secure communication channel as a standalone service to self-employed persons and sole traders that use European Digital Identity Wallets in a business capacity, with ensured interoperability to facilitate app switching, as well as trust services such as electronic signatures and qualified and non-qualified time stamping services. Such access to the secure communication channel for self-employed persons and sole traders, should be promoted by ensuring an offer, at reasonable and affordable prices, that reflects the usage needs and is accompanied by terms of use that do not impose an undue burden on those persons. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (12 a) In order to ensure broad uptake of European Business Wallets, especially by micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the mobilisation of relevant Union funding instruments to support their deployment and use should be encouraged. Financial support under existing or new Union funding programmes within the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2028-2034 could help contribute to covering initial onboarding, training or integration costs for SMEs. |
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| (13) The European Business Wallets, in combination with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, should support the forthcoming 28th Regime(5 ) by providing the digital infrastructure for fully digital procedures, enabling start-ups and scale-ups to conduct EU-wide operations in a rapid and efficient manner. The Business Wallets should provide the digital infrastructure for the 28th Regime's digital-first strategy, streamlining cross-border interactions and reducing administrative burden, such as facilitating the secure storing and signature of contracts and certificates or submitting, receiving and sharing electronic applications and documents. By providing this infrastructure, the Business Wallets should help make the "digital by default" principle a reality, facilitating the growth and development of EU companies and enhancing their competitiveness. | deleted |
| 5 European Commission, Call for Evidence: 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU, 8th of July, available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14674-28th-regime-a-single-harmonized-set-of-rules-for-innovative-companies-throughout-the-EU_en |
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| (13) The European Business Wallets, in combination with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, should support the forthcoming 28th Regime(5 ) by providing the digital infrastructure for fully digital procedures, enabling start-ups and scale-ups to conduct EU-wide operations in a rapid and efficient manner. The Business Wallets should provide the digital infrastructure for the 28th Regime's digital-first strategy, streamlining cross-border interactions and reducing administrative burden, such as facilitating the secure storing and signature of contracts and certificates or submitting, receiving and sharing electronic applications and documents. By providing this infrastructure, the Business Wallets should help make the "digital by default" principle a reality, facilitating the growth and development of EU companies and enhancing their competitiveness. | (13) The European Business Wallets, in combination with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, should support the forthcoming 28th Regime(5 ) by providing the digital infrastructure for fully digital procedures, enabling start-ups and scale-ups to conduct EU-wide operations in a rapid and efficient manner. The Business Wallets should provide the digital infrastructure for the 28th Regime's digital-first strategy, streamlining cross-border interactions and reducing administrative burden, such as facilitating the secure storing and signature of contracts and certificates or submitting, receiving and sharing electronic applications and documents. By providing this infrastructure, the Business Wallets should help make the "digital by default" principle a reality, facilitating the growth and development of EU companies and enhancing their competitiveness. When developing and implementing European Business Wallets, particular attention should be paid to the needs and capacities of SMEs and small mid-caps, ensuring that requirements and onboarding processes remain proportionate and lead to a measurable reduction of administrative burdens for these operators. |
| 5 European Commission, Call for Evidence: 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU, 8th of July, available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14674-28th-regime-a-single-harmonized-set-of-rules-for-innovative-companies-throughout-the-EU_en | 5 European Commission, Call for Evidence: 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU, 8th of July, available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14674-28th-regime-a-single-harmonized-set-of-rules-for-innovative-companies-throughout-the-EU_en |
Ensures that the design and implementation of the Wallets are explicitly tested against the impact on SMEs and small mid‑caps. This reflects the political commitment in the proposal to make simplification for smaller operators a central outcome, not just an intention.
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| (13) The European Business Wallets, in combination with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, should support the forthcoming 28th Regime(5 ) by providing the digital infrastructure for fully digital procedures, enabling start-ups and scale-ups to conduct EU-wide operations in a rapid and efficient manner. The Business Wallets should provide the digital infrastructure for the 28th Regime's digital-first strategy, streamlining cross-border interactions and reducing administrative burden, such as facilitating the secure storing and signature of contracts and certificates or submitting, receiving and sharing electronic applications and documents. By providing this infrastructure, the Business Wallets should help make the "digital by default" principle a reality, facilitating the growth and development of EU companies and enhancing their competitiveness. | (13) The European Business Wallets, in combination with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, should support the forthcoming 28th Regime5 by providing the digital infrastructure for fully digital procedures, enabling start-ups and scale-ups to conduct EU-wide operations in a rapid and efficient while legally secure manner, allowing for tailor-made solutions. By providing this infrastructure, the Business Wallets should help make the "digital by default" principle a reality, facilitating the growth and development of EU companies and enhancing their competitiveness. |
| 5 European Commission, Call for Evidence: 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU, 8th of July, available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14674-28th-regime-a-single-harmonized-set-of-rules-for-innovative-companies-throughout-the-EU_en | 5 European Commission, Call for Evidence: 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU, 8th of July, available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14674-28th-regime-a-single-harmonized-set-of-rules-for-innovative-companies-throughout-the-EU_en |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (13) The European Business Wallets, in combination with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, should support the forthcoming 28th Regime(5 ) by providing the digital infrastructure for fully digital procedures, enabling start-ups and scale-ups to conduct EU-wide operations in a rapid and efficient manner. The Business Wallets should provide the digital infrastructure for the 28th Regime's digital-first strategy, streamlining cross-border interactions and reducing administrative burden, such as facilitating the secure storing and signature of contracts and certificates or submitting, receiving and sharing electronic applications and documents. By providing this infrastructure, the Business Wallets should help make the "digital by default" principle a reality, facilitating the growth and development of EU companies and enhancing their competitiveness. | (13) The European Business Wallets, in combination with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, should support the forthcoming 28th Regime(5 ) by providing the digital infrastructure for fully digital procedures, enabling start-ups and scale-ups to conduct EU-wide operations in a rapid and efficient manner. The Business Wallets should provide the digital infrastructure for the 28th Regime's digital-first strategy, streamlining cross-border interactions and reducing administrative burden, such as facilitating the secure storing and signature of contracts and certificates or submitting, receiving and sharing electronic applications and documents, including structured, machine-readable data as electronic attestations of attributes. By providing this infrastructure, the Business Wallets should help make the "digital by default" principle a reality, facilitating the growth and development of EU companies and enhancing their competitiveness. |
| 5 European Commission, Call for Evidence: 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU, 8th of July, available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14674-28th-regime-a-single-harmonized-set-of-rules-for-innovative-companies-throughout-the-EU_en | 5 European Commission, Call for Evidence: 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU, 8th of July, available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14674-28th-regime-a-single-harmonized-set-of-rules-for-innovative-companies-throughout-the-EU_en |
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| (13) The European Business Wallets, in combination with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, should support the forthcoming 28th Regime(5 ) by providing the digital infrastructure for fully digital procedures, enabling start-ups and scale-ups to conduct EU-wide operations in a rapid and efficient manner. The Business Wallets should provide the digital infrastructure for the 28th Regime's digital-first strategy, streamlining cross-border interactions and reducing administrative burden, such as facilitating the secure storing and signature of contracts and certificates or submitting, receiving and sharing electronic applications and documents. By providing this infrastructure, the Business Wallets should help make the "digital by default" principle a reality, facilitating the growth and development of EU companies and enhancing their competitiveness. | (13) The European Business Wallets, in combination with Regulation (EU) 2018/1724, should support the forthcoming 28th Regime(5) by providing the digital infrastructure for fully digital procedures, enabling innovative companies, start-ups and scale-ups to conduct EU-wide operations in a rapid and efficient manner. The Business Wallets should provide the digital infrastructure for the 28th Regime's digital-only strategy, streamlining cross-border interactions and reducing administrative burden, such as facilitating the secure storing and signature of contracts and certificates or submitting, receiving and sharing electronic applications and documents. By providing this infrastructure, the Business Wallets should help make the "digital by default" principle a reality, facilitating the growth and development of EU companies and enhancing their competitiveness. |
| 5 European Commission, Call for Evidence: 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU, 8th of July, available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14674-28th-regime-a-single-harmonized-set-of-rules-for-innovative-companies-throughout-the-EU_en |
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| (14) Given the objective of creating a unified digital ecosystem for electronic identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, and attestations of attributes, the inclusion of Union entities among public sector bodies covered this Regulation, is necessary. Such an inclusion should create a coherent framework for owners of European Business Wallets to engage with all levels of public administration thereby reducing administrative complexities and driving uptake of the European Business Wallets. | (14) Given the objective of creating a unified digital ecosystem for electronic identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, and attestations of attributes, the inclusion of Union entities among public sector bodies covered this Regulation, is necessary. Such an inclusion should create a coherent framework for owners of European Business Wallets to engage with all levels of public administration thereby reducing administrative complexities and driving uptake of the European Business Wallets. In addition, the responsibilities of the actors involved, including wallet issuers and service providers, should be clearly defined, as should the certification, oversight and liability mechanisms. |
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| (14) Given the objective of creating a unified digital ecosystem for electronic identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, and attestations of attributes, the inclusion of Union entities among public sector bodies covered this Regulation, is necessary. Such an inclusion should create a coherent framework for owners of European Business Wallets to engage with all levels of public administration thereby reducing administrative complexities and driving uptake of the European Business Wallets. | (14) Given the objective of creating a unified and secured digital ecosystem for electronic identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents, notifications and attestations of attributes, the inclusion of Union entities among the public sector bodies covered this Regulation, is necessary. Such an inclusion should create a coherent and secure framework for owners of European Business Wallets to engage with all levels of public administration in a secure environment, thereby reducing administrative complexities and driving uptake of the European Business Wallets. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (14) Given the objective of creating a unified digital ecosystem for electronic identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, and attestations of attributes, the inclusion of Union entities among public sector bodies covered this Regulation, is necessary. Such an inclusion should create a coherent framework for owners of European Business Wallets to engage with all levels of public administration thereby reducing administrative complexities and driving uptake of the European Business Wallets. | (14) Given the objective of creating a unified digital ecosystem for electronic identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, and attestations of attributes, the inclusion of Union entities among public sector bodies covered by this Regulation, is necessary. Such an inclusion should create a coherent framework for owners of European Business Wallets to engage with all levels of public administration thereby reducing administrative complexities and driving uptake of the European Business Wallets. |
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| (14) Given the objective of creating a unified digital ecosystem for electronic identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, and attestations of attributes, the inclusion of Union entities among public sector bodies covered this Regulation, is necessary. Such an inclusion should create a coherent framework for owners of European Business Wallets to engage with all levels of public administration thereby reducing administrative complexities and driving uptake of the European Business Wallets. | (14) Given the objective of creating a unified digital ecosystem for electronic identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, and attestations of attributes, the inclusion of Union entities among public sector bodies covered by this Regulation, is necessary. Such an inclusion should create a coherent framework for owners of European Business Wallets to engage with all levels of public administration thereby reducing administrative complexities and driving uptake of the European Business Wallets. |
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| (15) In order to ensure the proper issuance and integration of European Business Wallets throughout the operations and systems of Union entities, this Regulation should have due regard to the specific nature and structure of such institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. To ensure the respect of administrative autonomy and security of Union entities. They should be allowed to acquire European Business Wallets from already established providers of European Business Wallets, or develop their own European Business Wallets or act themselves as provider for Union entities. Where Union entities act as providers of European Business Wallets, they should also be subject to a supervisory framework. In such cases, the Commission should be tasked to the supervise the provision of European Business Wallets by Union entities. | (15) In order to ensure the proper issuance and integration of European Business Wallets throughout the operations and systems of Union entities, this Regulation should have due regard to the specific nature and structure of such institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. To ensure the respect of administrative autonomy and security of Union entities. They should be allowed to acquire European Business Wallets from already established providers of European Business Wallets, or develop their own European Business Wallets. |
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| (15) In order to ensure the proper issuance and integration of European Business Wallets throughout the operations and systems of Union entities, this Regulation should have due regard to the specific nature and structure of such institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. To ensure the respect of administrative autonomy and security of Union entities. They should be allowed to acquire European Business Wallets from already established providers of European Business Wallets, or develop their own European Business Wallets or act themselves as provider for Union entities. Where Union entities act as providers of European Business Wallets, they should also be subject to a supervisory framework. In such cases, the Commission should be tasked to the supervise the provision of European Business Wallets by Union entities. | (15) In order to ensure the proper issuance and integration of European Business Wallets throughout the operations and systems of Union entities, this Regulation should have due regard to the specific nature and structure of such institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. To ensure the respect of administrative autonomy and security of Union entities, they should be allowed to acquire European Business Wallets from already established providers of European Business Wallets, or develop their own European Business Wallets or act themselves as provider for Union entities, provided that they comply with the technical requirements laid down in this Regulation. Where Union entities act as providers of European Business Wallets, they should also be subject to a supervisory framework. In such cases, the Commission should be tasked to the supervise the provision of European Business Wallets by Union entities. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (15) In order to ensure the proper issuance and integration of European Business Wallets throughout the operations and systems of Union entities, this Regulation should have due regard to the specific nature and structure of such institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. To ensure the respect of administrative autonomy and security of Union entities. They should be allowed to acquire European Business Wallets from already established providers of European Business Wallets, or develop their own European Business Wallets or act themselves as provider for Union entities. Where Union entities act as providers of European Business Wallets, they should also be subject to a supervisory framework. In such cases, the Commission should be tasked to the supervise the provision of European Business Wallets by Union entities. | (15) In order to ensure the proper issuance and integration of European Business Wallets throughout the operations and systems of Union entities, this Regulation should have due regard to the specific nature and structure of such institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. To ensure the respect of administrative autonomy and security of Union entities, they should be allowed to acquire European Business Wallets from established providers of European Business Wallets, or develop their own European Business Wallets or act themselves as provider for Union entities. Where Union entities act as providers of European Business Wallets to other Union entities, they should also be subject to a supervisory framework. In such cases, the Commission should be tasked to supervise the provision of European Business Wallets by Union entities. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (15 a) To ensure a high level of security, trust and resilience within the European Business Wallets ecosystem, and to safeguard the Union’s digital sovereignty, providers of QERDS, as well as providers of supporting infrastructure services for hosting European Business Wallets data, notably cloud providers, should be established in the Union. To that end, the storage and processing of data within European Business Wallets should take place exclusively on infrastructure located within the Union and subject to Union law. Establishing such infrastructure within the Union serves to limit exposure to the extraterritorial application of laws of third countries, enables effective supervision by the competent authorities and contributes to the protection of sensitive business information, while simultaneously strengthening the Union's capacity to provide secure and trustworthy digital services to economic operators and public sector bodies. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (16) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 established a framework for electronic identification and trust services in the internal market. Building on the ecosystem established by Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, the European Business Wallets should offer economic operators and public sector bodies a secure and reliable solution for digital identification and authentication, data sharing, and the delivery of legally valid notifications. The trust framework for European Business Wallets, including the use of trusted lists, should build upon the structures established under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. | (16) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 established a framework for electronic identification and trust services in the internal market. Building on the ecosystem established by Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, the European Business Wallets should offer economic operators and public sector bodies a secure and reliable solution for digital identification and authentication, data sharing, and the delivery of legally valid notifications. The trust framework for European Business Wallets, including the use of trusted lists, should build upon the structures established under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. The identification and authentication within the European Business Wallets framework should rely on electronic attestations, issued by trusted entities, which attest to the identity, attributes or specific roles of a natural or legal person using these solutions and enable their verification in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation. |
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| (16) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 established a framework for electronic identification and trust services in the internal market. Building on the ecosystem established by Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, the European Business Wallets should offer economic operators and public sector bodies a secure and reliable solution for digital identification and authentication, data sharing, and the delivery of legally valid notifications. The trust framework for European Business Wallets, including the use of trusted lists, should build upon the structures established under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. | (16) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 established a framework for electronic identification and trust services in the internal market. Building on the ecosystem established by Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, the European Business Wallets should offer economic operators and public sector bodies a secure and reliable solution for digital identification and authentication, data sharing, and the delivery of legally valid notifications. The trust framework for European Business Wallets, including the use of trusted lists, should build upon the structures established under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. Identification and authentication within the European Business Wallets framework must be based on electronic certificates that certify the identity, attributes or specific functions of a natural or legal person using these solutions and allow for their verification in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation. |
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| (16) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 established a framework for electronic identification and trust services in the internal market. Building on the ecosystem established by Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, the European Business Wallets should offer economic operators and public sector bodies a secure and reliable solution for digital identification and authentication, data sharing, and the delivery of legally valid notifications. The trust framework for European Business Wallets, including the use of trusted lists, should build upon the structures established under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. | (16) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 established a framework for electronic identification and trust services in the internal market. Building on the ecosystem established by Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, the European Business Wallets should offer economic operators and public sector bodies a secure and reliable solution for digital identification and authentication, data sharing, and the delivery of legally valid notifications. The trust framework for European Business Wallets, including the use of trusted lists, should build upon the structures established under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and pursue a high level of security. |
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| (17) The European Business Wallets should allow individuals granted the power to act on behalf of an entity in legal, financial, and administrative matters to exercise their functions by signing any attestations, declarations, or documents executed through a legally valid electronic signature within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 910/2014, which establishes that electronic signatures shall have the equivalent legal effect of a handwritten signature. | (17) The European Business Wallets should allow individuals granted the power to act on behalf of an entity in legal, financial, and administrative matters to exercise their functions, for a clearly defined and documented period, by signing any attestations, declarations, or documents executed through a legally valid electronic signature within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 910/2014, which establishes that electronic signatures shall have the equivalent legal effect of a handwritten signature. |
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| (17) The European Business Wallets should allow individuals granted the power to act on behalf of an entity in legal, financial, and administrative matters to exercise their functions by signing any attestations, declarations, or documents executed through a legally valid electronic signature within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 910/2014, which establishes that electronic signatures shall have the equivalent legal effect of a handwritten signature. | (17) The European Business Wallets should allow individuals granted the power to act on behalf of an entity in legal, financial, and administrative matters to exercise their functions by signing any attestations, declarations, or documents executed through a legally valid and qualified electronic signature within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 910/2014, which establishes that electronic signatures shall have the equivalent legal effect of a handwritten signature. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (17) The European Business Wallets should allow individuals granted the power to act on behalf of an entity in legal, financial, and administrative matters to exercise their functions by signing any attestations, declarations, or documents executed through a legally valid electronic signature within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 910/2014, which establishes that electronic signatures shall have the equivalent legal effect of a handwritten signature. | (17) The European Business Wallets should allow individuals granted the power to act on behalf of an entity in legal, financial, and administrative matters to exercise their functions by signing any attestations, declarations, or documents executed through a legally valid electronic signature within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 910/2014, which establishes that qualified electronic signatures shall have the equivalent legal effect of a handwritten signature. |
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| (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional context, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet. That system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign rights to authorised representatives through clearly defined technical mandates allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation. This authorisation system should ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6 . This authorisation system should be robust and scalable, to ensure that economic operators and public sector bodies, as the owners of European Business Wallets, can delegate authority to multiple users, including employees or other authorised natural or legal persons, thereby facilitating the efficient and secure management of internal activities and ensuring that access to European Business Wallets and their functions is controlled and auditable. This system should govern access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet, preserving the integrity of the owners' identities. | (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional context, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet. That system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign rights to authorised representatives through clearly defined technical mandates allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation in accordance with national legislation regarding the legal form that supports such mandates or representations regarding liability to third parties. This authorisation system should ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6 and with national company law provisions governing the representation of legal persons, including the rules on scope of authority, apparent authority and agency. Mandates issued and managed through a European Business Wallet shall have the same legal effect as equivalent instruments executed by traditional means, subject to the requirements of applicable national and Union company law. It shall allow companies to define granular, role-specific limits on the authority of each representative without requiring external legal advice or notarisation for internal operational delegations that do not create rights vis-à-vis third parties beyond the scope of an existing power of representation recognised under applicable national law." |
| 6 Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (OJ L, 2025/25, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/25/oj). | 6 Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (OJ L, 2025/25, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/25/oj). |
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| (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional context, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet. That system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign rights to authorised representatives through clearly defined technical mandates allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation. This authorisation system should ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6 . This authorisation system should be robust and scalable, to ensure that economic operators and public sector bodies, as the owners of European Business Wallets, can delegate authority to multiple users, including employees or other authorised natural or legal persons, thereby facilitating the efficient and secure management of internal activities and ensuring that access to European Business Wallets and their functions is controlled and auditable. This system should govern access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet, preserving the integrity of the owners' identities. | (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional context, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet, while ensuring that the holder of the European Business Wallet remains responsible, in accordance with applicable law and subject to appropriate safeguards, for actions carried out through the Wallet, including vis-à-vis third parties. That mandate and authorisation system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign rights to authorised representatives through clearly defined technical mandates allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation. This authorisation system should ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6 . This authorisation system should be robust and scalable, to ensure that economic operators and public sector bodies, as the owners of European Business Wallets, can delegate authority to multiple users, including employees or other authorised natural or legal persons, thereby facilitating the efficient and secure management of internal activities and ensuring that access to European Business Wallets and their functions is controlled, traceable, and auditable. This system should govern access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet, preserving the integrity of the owners' identities. |
| 6 Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (OJ L, 2025/25, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/25/oj). | 6 Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (OJ L, 2025/25, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/25/oj). |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional context, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet. That system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign rights to authorised representatives through clearly defined technical mandates allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation. This authorisation system should ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6 . This authorisation system should be robust and scalable, to ensure that economic operators and public sector bodies, as the owners of European Business Wallets, can delegate authority to multiple users, including employees or other authorised natural or legal persons, thereby facilitating the efficient and secure management of internal activities and ensuring that access to European Business Wallets and their functions is controlled and auditable. This system should govern access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet, preserving the integrity of the owners' identities. | (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional context, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to support the various business needs and to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet. That system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign and manage clearly defined rights to users through clearly defined technical mandates allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation. This authorisation system should support the use of European Digital Identity Wallets without imposing an obligation to obtain them, in accordance with the voluntary nature of such wallets. The authorisation system should ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6 . This authorisation system should be robust and scalable, to ensure that economic operators and public sector bodies, as the owners of European Business Wallets, can delegate authority to multiple users, including employees or other authorised natural or legal persons, thereby facilitating the efficient and secure management of internal activities and ensuring that access to European Business Wallets and their functions is controlled and auditable. This system should govern access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet, preserving the integrity of the owners' identities. |
| 6 Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (OJ L, 2025/25, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/25/oj). | 6 Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (OJ L, 2025/25, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/25/oj). |
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| (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional context, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet. That system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign rights to authorised representatives through clearly defined technical mandates allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation. This authorisation system should ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6. This authorisation system should be robust and scalable, to ensure that economic operators and public sector bodies, as the owners of European Business Wallets, can delegate authority to multiple users, including employees or other authorised natural or legal persons, thereby facilitating the efficient and secure management of internal activities and ensuring that access to European Business Wallets and their functions is controlled and auditable. This system should govern access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet, preserving the integrity of the owners' identities. | (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional and secure context, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and a secured role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet. That system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign rights to authorised representatives through clearly defined technical mandates allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation. This authorisation system should comply in full with a set of security requirements concerning the Wallet owner's identity, and ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6. This authorisation system should be robust and scalable, to ensure that economic operators and public sector bodies, as the owners of European Business Wallets, can delegate authority to multiple users, including employees or other authorised natural or legal persons, thereby facilitating the efficient and secure management of internal activities and ensuring that access to European Business Wallets and their functions is controlled and auditable. This system should govern access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet, securely preserving the integrity of the owners' identities. |
| 6 Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (OJ L, 2025/25, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/25/oj). |
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| (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional context, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet. That system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign rights to authorised representatives through clearly defined technical mandates allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation. This authorisation system should ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6. This authorisation system should be robust and scalable, to ensure that economic operators and public sector bodies, as the owners of European Business Wallets, can delegate authority to multiple users, including employees or other authorised natural or legal persons, thereby facilitating the efficient and secure management of internal activities and ensuring that access to European Business Wallets and their functions is controlled and auditable. This system should govern access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet, preserving the integrity of the owners' identities. | (18) To support the delegation of powers and mandates within a professional context, for a clearly defined and documented period, the European Business Wallets should incorporate a mandate and role-based authorisation system that governs access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet in such a way as to preserve the integrity of the identity of the owner of that Wallet. That system should enable economic operators and public sector bodies to assign rights to authorised representatives through clearly defined technical mandates and time periods, allowing the owner of a specific European Business Wallet to grant full rights to generally use the solution and act on its behalf, and an administrative mandate, allowing the owner of a Business Wallet to assign roles and responsibilities to various users of the solution within their organisation, for a clearly defined and documented period. This authorisation system should ensure compatibility with the EU digital power of attorney, as established by Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council6. This authorisation system should be robust and scalable, to ensure that economic operators and public sector bodies, as the owners of European Business Wallets, can delegate authority to multiple users, including employees or other authorised natural or legal persons, thereby facilitating the efficient and secure management of internal activities and ensuring that access to European Business Wallets and their functions is controlled and auditable. This system should govern access to services and transactions within the European Business Wallet, preserving the integrity of the owners' identities. |
| 6 Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (OJ L, 2025/25, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/25/oj). | 6 Directive (EU) 2025/25 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law (OJ L, 2025/25, 10.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/25/oj). |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (18 a) Given the sensitivity of data exchanged via the European Business Wallet, including trade secrets, Business Wallet-relying parties should adhere to strict security and transparency standards. To prevent misuse, they should be technically restricted to requesting only those attributes strictly necessary for a specific commercial procedure. Furthermore, when processing credentials provided by a European Business Wallet, Business Wallet-relying parties should implement state-of-the-art security measures to ensure the confidentiality and non-repudiation of the transactions, thereby protecting the legal entity's data against unauthorised access or exfiltration. |
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| (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. | (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. This should be without prejudice to national systems that require or provide for the intervention of professionals vested with public functions, through fully digital procedures, where such intervention is necessary to ensure the legality, authenticity, probative value and third-party effectiveness of certain acts or documents, in particular in cross-border situations. |
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| (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. | (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. In order to avoid merely digitising existing burdens, Member States and Union entities should, when implementing this Regulation, review their relevant administrative procedures so that the use of European Business Wallets replaces duplicative steps and channels wherever possible, in particular for SMEs and small mid-caps. |
Reinforces that the legal‑equivalence principle should translate into concrete removal of redundant steps and channels, rather than adding a new digital layer on top of existing procedures, with special attention to SMEs.
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| (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. | (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, especially on microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises, and to promote competitiveness and economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear, secure, accessible and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting among themselves and with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. |
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| (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. | (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should not be denied legal effect only based on the fact of it being in electronic form. The use of the core functionalities having the same legal effect of actions lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. |
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| (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. | (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities that are based on qualified trust services and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to present their identification data for authentication, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. |
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| (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. | (19) In order to facilitate the conduct of cross-border business transactions, reduce administrative burdens, and promote economic growth, it is necessary to establish a clear and predictable legal framework that recognises the legal equivalence between the use of the European Business Wallets, or their core functionalities and the secure communication channel where the latter is used by self-employed persons and sole traders, and other accepted methods for economic operators to identify, authenticate, submit documents and receive notifications when interacting with public sector bodies in the Union. To that end, the use of the core functionalities of a European Business Wallet, or the secure communication channel where the latter is offered as a standalone service to self-employed persons and sole traders, should have the same legal effect as if lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or process that would otherwise be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. |
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| (19a) The conditions governing access to European Business Wallets and the execution of acts and transactions by persons authorised by the user companies must take account of more complex circumstances, in particular those of corporate groups which frequently carry out their activities using shared services – common to the companies within the same group – for the performance of administrative tasks. European Business Wallets should therefore enable access for a number of authorised persons within the same corporate group, accommodating management practices at group level that are common in the European business environment, whilst always safeguarding the other requirements regarding the reduction of complexity and the reliability and security of operations and data to be transmitted. |
The scheme should not focus excessively on SMEs and should provide flexibility for large companies and groups. European Business Wallets should accommodate shared services and allow a number of authorised persons, within the same group, to perform acts and transactions on behalf of different related entities.
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (20) To ensure a consistent user experience and to guarantee the utility, reliability, and interoperability of European Business Wallets across the Union, providers of European Business Wallets should implement a core set of functionalities. They should retain the freedom to offer additional features as part of their commercial offering, fostering innovation and responding to market needs. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the development and use of the core functionalities, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to set out requirements and technical specifications necessary to ensure interoperability and seamless functioning across the Union. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council(7 ) and should include the powers to define the necessary standards and protocols for the secure communication channel, taking into account the latest technological developments. | (20) To ensure a consistent user experience and to guarantee the utility, reliability, and interoperability of European Business Wallets across the Union, providers of European Business Wallets should implement a core set of functionalities. They should retain the freedom to offer additional features as part of their commercial offering, fostering innovation and responding to market needs, provided that they adhere to the security requirements laid down in this Regulation. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the development and use of the core functionalities, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to set out requirements and technical specifications necessary to ensure interoperability and seamless functioning across the Union. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council(7 ) and should include the powers to define the necessary standards and protocols for the secure communication channel, taking into account the latest technological developments. |
| 7 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/182/oj). | 7 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/182/oj). |
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| (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination. | (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination, and by enhancing and integrating, where relevant, existing sector-specific IT systems containing data provided by economic operators and managed, intermediated or used by duly authorised or designated third parties, in accordance with applicable Union and national law. |
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| (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination. | (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination, also by leveraging and integrating, where appropriate, existing sectoral information systems based on data provided by economic operators and managed, intermediated or used by duly authorised or designated third parties, in compliance with applicable Union and national law. |
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| (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination. | (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination. It should also be possible to easily integrate European Business Wallets into other systems already in use by companies, such as management software or accounting systems. |
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| (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination. | (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and should also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden and costs on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors. |
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| (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination. | (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination and payments. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and could also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination. | (21) European Business Wallets should simplify the complex interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, and should also facilitate interactions among economic operators themselves, reducing administrative burden on economic operators in a broad range of economic sectors. In order to foster innovation and competitiveness, the European Business Wallets should enable sector-specific use cases and enhance operational efficiencies, while ensuring flexibility and adaptability to support the unique requirements of different sectors, including, but not limited to, agriculture, energy, environment, social security coordination. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (21 a) To ensure seamless integration across Union digital infrastructures and reduce administrative burden for economic operators, European Business Wallets should enable secure access to, as well as presentation and exchange of Digital Product Passport data. To this end, the technical frameworks governing European Business Wallets and Digital Product Passports should, where appropriate, rely on common or compatible interfaces and standardised technical protocols that enable secure and efficient data exchange between both systems. |
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| (22) The use of the European Business Wallets in such contexts can aid in the reduction of costs and promote a wide range of applications and use cases across the Union, such as the submission of declarations, applications for public funding, access to public services and facilitating secure data sharing and access within data spaces, such as the submission of A1 certificates concerning posted workers provided for under Regulation (EU) 883/2004. | (22) The use of the European Business Wallets in such contexts can aid in the reduction of costs and promote a wide range of applications and use cases across the Union, such as the submission of declarations, applications for public funding, access to public services and facilitating secure data sharing and access within data spaces, such as the submission of A1 certificates concerning posted workers provided for under Regulation (EU) 883/2004, and simplification of the administrative procedures relating to workforce mobility and the provision of cross-border services. In this respect, Wallets can ensure the swift, reliable and verifiable transmission of the requisite information to the competent authorities, hence reducing administrative burdens and the risk of errors or fraud. They can also support interoperability between national systems and contribute to better cooperation between the institutions involved, thereby strengthening the functioning of the internal market and the protection of workers’ rights. |
A viable European Business Wallet scheme, including interoperability between national systems, calls for the swift, reliable and verifiable transmission of the necessary information to the competent authorities, hence reducing administrative burdens and the risk of errors or fraud.
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (22) The use of the European Business Wallets in such contexts can aid in the reduction of costs and promote a wide range of applications and use cases across the Union, such as the submission of declarations, applications for public funding, access to public services and facilitating secure data sharing and access within data spaces, such as the submission of A1 certificates concerning posted workers provided for under Regulation (EU) 883/2004. | (22) The use of the European Business Wallets in such contexts can aid in the reduction of costs and promote a wide range of applications and use cases across the Union, such as the submission of declarations, applications for public funding, participation in public procurement procedures, access to public services and facilitating secure data sharing and access within data spaces, such as the submission of A1 certificates concerning posted workers provided for under Regulation (EU) 883/2004. European Business Wallets should also facilitate interactions between economic operators and public authorities in relation to regulatory compliance and administrative procedures. This includes the secure submission, sharing and reuse of verified information required for public procurement, tax and VAT-related procedures, electronic declarations, and sustainability-related disclosure, such as environmental, social and governance reporting, as defined by Union laws. |
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| (22) The use of the European Business Wallets in such contexts can aid in the reduction of costs and promote a wide range of applications and use cases across the Union, such as the submission of declarations, applications for public funding, access to public services and facilitating secure data sharing and access within data spaces, such as the submission of A1 certificates concerning posted workers provided for under Regulation (EU) 883/2004. | (22) The use of the European Business Wallets in such contexts can aid in the reduction of costs and promote a wide range of applications and use cases across the Union, such as business permits, beneficial ownership verification, public procurement, digital product passports, the submission of declarations, applications for public funding, access to public services, compliance with due diligence obligations and facilitating secure data sharing and access within data spaces, such as the submission of A1 certificates concerning posted workers provided for under Regulation (EU) 883/2004. |
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| (22) The use of the European Business Wallets in such contexts can aid in the reduction of costs and promote a wide range of applications and use cases across the Union, such as the submission of declarations, applications for public funding, access to public services and facilitating secure data sharing and access within data spaces, such as the submission of A1 certificates concerning posted workers provided for under Regulation (EU) 883/2004. | (22) The use of the European Business Wallets in such contexts will make it possible to reduce costs and promote a wide range of applications and use cases across the Union, such as the submission of declarations, applications for public funding, access to public services and facilitating secure data sharing and access within data spaces, such as the submission of A1 certificates concerning posted workers provided for under Regulation (EU) 883/2004. |
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| (22 a) In order to facilitate cross-border business transactions and reduce unnecessary administrative burden, the European Business Wallets should be able to support, through interoperable and technology-neutral implementations, business processes linked to the exchange of business data and documents between economic operators and with public sector bodies. Such processes may include, where relevant under Union or national law, the exchange of structured electronic invoices and related business documents. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| (23) The establishment of the European Business Wallets alongside the Once Only Technical System is expected to create powerful synergies that maximise efficiency and operational ease. In particular, economic operators should be able to use the European Business Wallet to hold and transmit evidence retrieved from competent public authorities through the Once-Only Technical System. Where appropriate, economic operators should also be able to combine evidence held in the European Business Wallet with evidence retrieved via the Once Only Technical System in the context of public procedures. Consequently, by providing a secure digital platform for storing and exchanging business documents, the European Business Wallets should facilitate the exchange of such documents between public sector bodies through the mechanisms established under Once-Only Technical System. | (23) The establishment of the European Business Wallets alongside the Once Only Technical System is expected to create powerful synergies that maximise efficiency and operational ease. In particular, economic operators should be able to use the European Business Wallet to hold and transmit evidence retrieved from competent public authorities through the Once-Only Technical System. Where appropriate, economic operators should also be able to combine evidence held in the European Business Wallet with evidence retrieved via the Once Only Technical System in the context of public procedures. Consequently, by providing a secure digital platform for storing and exchanging business documents, the European Business Wallets should facilitate the exchange of such documents between public sector bodies through the mechanisms established under Once-Only Technical System. Administrative simplification through the Once-Only Technical System should not restrict the ability of national competent authorities to exercise their supervisory functions, including the possibility to request further evidence when necessary to ensure the protection of the Union’s financial interests or to combat fraud. |
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| (23) The establishment of the European Business Wallets alongside the Once Only Technical System is expected to create powerful synergies that maximise efficiency and operational ease. In particular, economic operators should be able to use the European Business Wallet to hold and transmit evidence retrieved from competent public authorities through the Once-Only Technical System. Where appropriate, economic operators should also be able to combine evidence held in the European Business Wallet with evidence retrieved via the Once Only Technical System in the context of public procedures. Consequently, by providing a secure digital platform for storing and exchanging business documents, the European Business Wallets should facilitate the exchange of such documents between public sector bodies through the mechanisms established under Once-Only Technical System. | (23) The establishment of the European Business Wallets alongside the Once Only Technical System is expected to create powerful synergies that maximise efficiency and operational ease. In particular, economic operators should be able to use the European Business Wallet to hold and transmit evidence retrieved from competent public authorities through the Once-Only Technical System. Where appropriate, economic operators should also be able to combine evidence held in the European Business Wallet with evidence retrieved via the Once Only Technical System in the context of public procedures. Consequently, by providing a secure digital platform for combining, storing and exchanging business documents, the European Business Wallets should facilitate the exchange of such documents between public sector bodies through the mechanisms established under Once-Only Technical System. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (23) The establishment of the European Business Wallets alongside the Once Only Technical System is expected to create powerful synergies that maximise efficiency and operational ease. In particular, economic operators should be able to use the European Business Wallet to hold and transmit evidence retrieved from competent public authorities through the Once-Only Technical System. Where appropriate, economic operators should also be able to combine evidence held in the European Business Wallet with evidence retrieved via the Once Only Technical System in the context of public procedures. Consequently, by providing a secure digital platform for storing and exchanging business documents, the European Business Wallets should facilitate the exchange of such documents between public sector bodies through the mechanisms established under Once-Only Technical System. | (23) The establishment of the European Business Wallets alongside the Once Only Technical System is expected to create powerful synergies that maximise efficiency and operational ease. In particular, economic operators should be able to use the European Business Wallet to hold and transmit evidence retrieved from competent public authorities using components of the Once-Only Technical System. Where appropriate, economic operators should also be able to combine evidence held in the European Business Wallet with evidence retrieved via the Once Only Technical System in the context of public procedures. Consequently, by providing a secure digital platform for storing and exchanging business documents, the European Business Wallets should facilitate the exchange between public sector bodies of such documents retrieved through the Once-Only Technical System. |
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| (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union’s ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange, and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth interaction between such relevant systems. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, where a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification for European companies. | (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union's ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth and secure interaction between such relevant systems, along with cooperation mechanisms between the supervisory authorities of the Member States, and between those authorities and the Commission, where applicable, for the prevention, identification, reporting and regularisation of digital fraud, incorrect use of emerging technologies and other threats to the security of the operation, providing, inter alia, for exchanges of information between entities, on their own initiative or upon request, secure communication channels for the transmission of confidential information between authorities, limiting risks of data leakage, and coordinated supervisory actions between the supervisory bodies involved. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, where a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification for European companies. |
To ensure cooperation between supervisory bodies to prevent digital fraud and other crimes, making sure that operations are secure
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| (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union’s ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange, and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth interaction between such relevant systems. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, where a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification for European companies. | (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union’s ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange, and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth interaction between such relevant systems. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, where a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification for European companies. Such interaction should also contribute to interoperability with national systems that provide additional guarantees of authenticity and legality, including digital notarial systems and registry interconnection mechanisms, strengthening legal certainty in cross-border interactions. |
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| (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union’s ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange, and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth interaction between such relevant systems. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, where a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification for European companies. | (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union’s ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange, and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth interaction between such relevant systems. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, where a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification for European companies. The framework for European Business Wallets should remain technologically neutral and should not evolve into a single prescribed technical model by default, so that different compliant solutions can coexist and reflect national specificities while remaining fully interoperable. |
Ensures that the framework remains technology‑neutral and does not effectively mandate a single technical model, allowing Member States and providers to choose compliant architectures that fit their systems while preserving interoperability and simplification.
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| (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union’s ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange, and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth interaction between such relevant systems. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, where a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification for European companies. | (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union’s ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange, and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth interaction between such relevant systems, while also guaranteeing data security and protection by way of powerful authentication, encryption and full user control mechanisms over shared data. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, where a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification for European companies. |
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| (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union’s ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange, and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth interaction between such relevant systems. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, where a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification for European companies. | (24) In order to ensure coordination between the Union’s ongoing digitalisation of judicial cooperation, the modernisation of secure cross-border information exchange, and the need to provide economic operators with efficient digital tools to interact with authorities, it is necessary to establish a coherent framework that enables smooth interaction between such relevant systems. Enhancing such coordination will reduce administrative burden, improve legal certainty, and strengthen the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation, by ensuring that communication channels used by economic operators function seamlessly within the European digital market. In that context, European Business Wallets should complement the systems set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/2844 and Regulation (EU) 2023/969, and a seamless interaction between these systems and the Business Wallets should be maintained through the Business Wallets gateway, enabling relevant authorities to maintain these systems whilst promoting simplification. |
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| (25) To facilitate a flexible and efficient exchange of information and services when using European Business Wallets, and to ensure seamless integration of European Business Wallets with existing digital identity solutions, it should be possible to use European Digital Identity Wallets and electronic attestations of attributes for onboarding to and access management of the European Business Wallets. This should enable users to leverage existing digital identities and electronic attestations of attributes to access European Business Wallets, thereby streamlining the onboarding process and enhancing the overall user experience. The use of electronic attestations of attributes in the context of the European Business Wallets should cater to the diverse needs of European Business Wallet owners and may be used to issue and enable the secure and trustworthy verification of key attributes, such as an owner's current address, VAT registration number, tax reference number, Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number and excise number. European Business Wallets should support a wide range of use cases, from simple authentication and identification to more complex transactions and interactions. | (25) To facilitate a flexible and efficient exchange of information and services when using European Business Wallets, and to ensure seamless integration of European Business Wallets with existing digital identity solutions, it should be possible to use European Digital Identity Wallets and electronic attestations of attributes for onboarding to and access management of the European Business Wallets. This should enable users to leverage existing digital identities and electronic attestations of attributes to access European Business Wallets, thereby streamlining the onboarding process and enhancing the overall user experience. The use of electronic attestations of attributes in the context of the European Business Wallets should cater to the diverse needs of European Business Wallet owners and may be used to issue and enable the secure and trustworthy verification of key attributes, such as an owner's current address, VAT registration number, tax reference number, Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number and excise number. European Business Wallets should support a wide range of use cases, from simple authentication and identification to more complex transactions and interactions. Such use of European Digital Identity Wallets should remain strictly limited to what is necessary for the business-related purposes of this Regulation and should not be used to expand or repurpose European Business Wallets into broader schemes of personal identification, monitoring or profiling. Wherever technically feasible, economic operators should have the choice to rely on alternative, equally secure identification and authentication means, so that access to the European Business Wallet does not depend on the use of a specific digital identity wallet solution. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (25) To facilitate a flexible and efficient exchange of information and services when using European Business Wallets, and to ensure seamless integration of European Business Wallets with existing digital identity solutions, it should be possible to use European Digital Identity Wallets and electronic attestations of attributes for onboarding to and access management of the European Business Wallets. This should enable users to leverage existing digital identities and electronic attestations of attributes to access European Business Wallets, thereby streamlining the onboarding process and enhancing the overall user experience. The use of electronic attestations of attributes in the context of the European Business Wallets should cater to the diverse needs of European Business Wallet owners and may be used to issue and enable the secure and trustworthy verification of key attributes, such as an owner's current address, VAT registration number, tax reference number, Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number and excise number. European Business Wallets should support a wide range of use cases, from simple authentication and identification to more complex transactions and interactions. | (25) To facilitate a flexible and efficient exchange of information and services when using European Business Wallets, and to ensure seamless integration of European Business Wallets with existing digital identity solutions, it should be possible to use European Digital Identity Wallets, notified electronic identification means and electronic attestations of attributes for onboarding to and access management of the European Business Wallets. This should enable users to leverage existing digital identities and electronic attestations of attributes to access European Business Wallets, thereby streamlining the onboarding process and enhancing the overall user experience. The use of electronic attestations of attributes in the context of the European Business Wallets should cater to the diverse needs of European Business Wallet owners and may be used to issue and enable the secure and trustworthy verification of key attributes, such as an owner's current address, VAT registration number, tax reference number, Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number and excise number. European Business Wallets should support a wide range of use cases, from simple authentication and identification to more complex transactions and interactions. |
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| (26) In order to ensure the secure and trustworthy operation of European Business Wallets, providers of European Business Wallets should ensure that each European Business Wallet they provide is pre-configured to interact with certain trust services, which are required to enable the core functionalities of European Business Wallets, including the creation of qualified electronic signatures, the creation of qualified electronic seals, and the issuance and validation of qualified and non-qualified electronic attestations of attributes. To support these functionalities, European Business Wallets should allow for the sharing and storage of specific information and documents relating to the owner, such as messages and documents for the secure communication channel, signed and sealed documents, and sets of attributes for attestation-related services. | (26) In order to ensure the secure and trustworthy operation of European Business Wallets, providers of European Business Wallets should ensure that each European Business Wallet they provide is pre-configured to interact with certain trust services, which are required to enable the core functionalities of European Business Wallets, including the creation of qualified electronic signatures, the creation of qualified electronic seals, and the issuance and validation of qualified and non-qualified electronic attestations of attributes. In order to strengthen legal certainty, user confidence and third-party confidence, European Business Wallets should be compatible with trust and attestation services provided by entities that offer enhanced guarantees of independence, impartiality and legal accountability, in accordance with national legal systems. The interaction with these services ensures the authenticity, integrity and probative value of the documents, signatures, seals and attestations managed through the wallets. To support these functionalities, European Business Wallets should allow for the sharing and storage of specific information and documents relating to the owner, such as messages and documents for the secure communication channel, signed and sealed documents, and sets of attributes for attestation-related services guaranteeing their conservation and availability as evidence, without prejudice to the applicable national rules on document preservation. |
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| (26) In order to ensure the secure and trustworthy operation of European Business Wallets, providers of European Business Wallets should ensure that each European Business Wallet they provide is pre-configured to interact with certain trust services, which are required to enable the core functionalities of European Business Wallets, including the creation of qualified electronic signatures, the creation of qualified electronic seals, and the issuance and validation of qualified and non-qualified electronic attestations of attributes. To support these functionalities, European Business Wallets should allow for the sharing and storage of specific information and documents relating to the owner, such as messages and documents for the secure communication channel, signed and sealed documents, and sets of attributes for attestation-related services. | (26) In order to ensure the secure and trustworthy operation of European Business Wallets, providers of European Business Wallets should ensure that each European Business Wallet they provide is pre-configured to interact with certain trust services, which are required to enable the core functionalities of European Business Wallets, including the creation of qualified electronic signatures, the creation of qualified electronic seals, and the issuance and validation of qualified and non-qualified electronic attestations of attributes. To support these functionalities, European Business Wallets should allow for the sharing and storage of specific information and documents relating to the owner, such as messages and documents for the secure communication channel, signed and sealed documents, and sets of attributes for attestation-related services. Providers of European Business Wallets should also ensure that European Business Wallet solutions can securely interface with at least one local, external or remotely managed qualified signature or seal creation device, in order to support competition in this market segment and prevent vendor lock-in. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (26) In order to ensure the secure and trustworthy operation of European Business Wallets, providers of European Business Wallets should ensure that each European Business Wallet they provide is pre-configured to interact with certain trust services, which are required to enable the core functionalities of European Business Wallets, including the creation of qualified electronic signatures, the creation of qualified electronic seals, and the issuance and validation of qualified and non-qualified electronic attestations of attributes. To support these functionalities, European Business Wallets should allow for the sharing and storage of specific information and documents relating to the owner, such as messages and documents for the secure communication channel, signed and sealed documents, and sets of attributes for attestation-related services. | (26) In order to ensure the highest level of security and trustworthiness for the operation of European Business Wallets, providers of European Business Wallets should ensure that each European Business Wallet they provide is pre-configured to interact with certain trust services, which are required to enable the core functionalities of European Business Wallets, including the creation of qualified electronic signatures, the creation of qualified electronic seals, and the issuance and validation of qualified and non-qualified electronic attestations of attributes. To support these functionalities, European Business Wallets should allow for the sharing, storage, and verification of specific information and documents relating to the owner, such as messages and documents for the secure communication channel, signed and sealed documents, and sets of attributes for attestation-related services. |
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| (26) In order to ensure the secure and trustworthy operation of European Business Wallets, providers of European Business Wallets should ensure that each European Business Wallet they provide is pre-configured to interact with certain trust services, which are required to enable the core functionalities of European Business Wallets, including the creation of qualified electronic signatures, the creation of qualified electronic seals, and the issuance and validation of qualified and non-qualified electronic attestations of attributes. To support these functionalities, European Business Wallets should allow for the sharing and storage of specific information and documents relating to the owner, such as messages and documents for the secure communication channel, signed and sealed documents, and sets of attributes for attestation-related services. | (26) In order to ensure the secure and trustworthy operation of European Business Wallets, providers of European Business Wallets should ensure that each European Business Wallet they provide is pre-configured to interact with certain trust services, which are required to enable the core functionalities of European Business Wallets, including the creation of qualified electronic signatures, the creation of qualified electronic seals, and the issuance and validation of qualified and non-qualified electronic attestations of attributes. To support these functionalities, European Business Wallets should allow for the sharing, storage and verification of specific information and documents relating to the owner, such as messages and documents for the secure communication channel, signed and sealed documents, and sets of attributes for attestation-related services. |
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| (27) To allow for the legal recognition of electronic attestations of attributes presented via European Business Wallets, it is necessary to allow for the creation and validation of linked attestations, whereby one attestation is cryptographically linked to another in a manner that allows the verification of the authenticity and integrity of each individual attestation, and of all linked attestations collectively. To that end, the European Business Wallet infrastructure should, through the use of the chain of attestations, enable the submission of a single instance of an attestation and facilitate its subsequent reuse across relevant procedures. Such functionality should allow European Business Wallet owners to transmit a reference to a document where appropriate with a cryptographic element, such as a hash key to a sealed attestation issued by a European Business Wallet, thereby attesting to the integrity and authenticity of the original submission. | (27) To allow for the legal recognition of electronic attestations of attributes presented via European Business Wallets, it is necessary to allow for the creation and validation of linked attestations, whereby one attestation is cryptographically linked to another in a manner that allows the verification of the authenticity and integrity of each individual attestation, and of all linked attestations collectively. To that end, the European Business Wallet infrastructure should, through the use of the chain of attestations, enable the submission of a single instance of an attestation and facilitate its subsequent reuse across relevant procedures. Such functionality should allow European Business Wallet owners to transmit a reference to a document where appropriate with a cryptographic element, such as a hash key to a sealed attestation issued by a European Business Wallet, thereby attesting to the integrity and authenticity of the original submission. The conditions for issuing, linking, validating, using and verifying attestations should be laid down and rigorously applied in order to ensure a high level of security and at the same time guarantee full traceability of the operations conducted on attestations, for example by recording and storing relevant records; any failure to comply with the predetermined conditions should result in the attestations concerned being invalidated and, if need be, to appropriate coercive measures being applied. |
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| (27 a) In order to ensure a competitive market for providers and owners of European Business Wallets, to enhance consumer choice and avoid vendor lock-in, European Business Wallet owners should be able to export their data, including issued European Business Wallet owner identification data, electronic attestations of attributes, communication logs, and interaction records, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format to another European Business Wallet. |
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| (28) In order to ensure that the standards and technical specifications for European Business Wallets ensure harmonisation across various solutions, it is necessary to define the standards and protocols for the core functionalities and technical requirements for European Business Wallets in an Annex to this Regulation. The Annex should set out the requirements for the implementation of European Business Wallets. To ensure the long-term viability and effectiveness of the European Business Wallets, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish and update the procedures and technical specifications on the implementation of core functionalities, thereby allowing for the integration of additional features and new technologies that would enable new use cases, such as agentic AI or the provision of a digital identity to an owner’s asset, and enabling the European Business Wallets to continue to support the evolving needs of economic operators in a secure and trustworthy manner. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council. To the extent possible, the standards and technical specifications of the European Business Wallet should take into account relevant technical solutions and standards used by existing ICT systems by economic operators, facilitating the alignment of these systems to be aligned to and made interoperable with the European Business Wallet. | (28) In order to ensure that the standards and technical specifications for European Business Wallets ensure harmonisation across various solutions, it is necessary to define the standards and protocols for the core functionalities and technical requirements for European Business Wallets in an Annex to this Regulation. The Annex should set out the requirements for the implementation of European Business Wallets. To ensure the long-term viability and effectiveness of the European Business Wallets, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish and update the procedures and technical specifications on the implementation of core functionalities, thereby allowing for the integration of additional features and new technologies that would enable new use cases, such as agentic AI or the provision of a digital identity to an owner’s asset, and enabling the European Business Wallets to continue to support the evolving needs of economic operators in a secure and trustworthy manner. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council. To the extent possible, the standards and technical specifications of the European Business Wallet should take into account relevant technical solutions and standards used by existing ICT systems by economic operators, facilitating the alignment of these systems to be aligned to and made interoperable with the European Business Wallet. In exercising those powers, the Commission should keep the European Parliament and the Council fully and promptly informed, and take due account of their positions, given the structural importance of these implementing acts for the Union’s trust infrastructure. |
Reinforces democratic oversight over implementing acts that will define much of the system’s technical substance. Ensuring timely information and consideration of Parliament’s position supports institutional balance without altering the comitology framework.
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| (28) In order to ensure that the standards and technical specifications for European Business Wallets ensure harmonisation across various solutions, it is necessary to define the standards and protocols for the core functionalities and technical requirements for European Business Wallets in an Annex to this Regulation. The Annex should set out the requirements for the implementation of European Business Wallets. To ensure the long-term viability and effectiveness of the European Business Wallets, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish and update the procedures and technical specifications on the implementation of core functionalities, thereby allowing for the integration of additional features and new technologies that would enable new use cases, such as agentic AI or the provision of a digital identity to an owner’s asset, and enabling the European Business Wallets to continue to support the evolving needs of economic operators in a secure and trustworthy manner. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council. To the extent possible, the standards and technical specifications of the European Business Wallet should take into account relevant technical solutions and standards used by existing ICT systems by economic operators, facilitating the alignment of these systems to be aligned to and made interoperable with the European Business Wallet. | (28) In order to ensure that the standards and technical specifications for European Business Wallets ensure harmonisation across various solutions, it is necessary to define the standards and protocols for the core functionalities and technical requirements for European Business Wallets in an Annex to this Regulation. The Annex should set out the requirements for the implementation of European Business Wallets. To ensure the long-term viability and effectiveness of the European Business Wallets, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish and update the procedures and technical specifications on the implementation of core functionalities, thereby allowing for the integration of additional features and new technologies that would enable new use cases, such as agentic AI or the provision of a digital identity to an owner’s asset, and enabling the European Business Wallets to continue to support the evolving needs of economic operators in a secure and trustworthy manner. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council. To the extent possible, the standards and technical specifications of the European Business Wallet should take into account relevant technical solutions and standards used by existing ICT systems by economic operators, facilitating the alignment of these systems to be aligned to and made interoperable with the European Business Wallet. In order to support interoperability and foster innovation, providers are encouraged to release the source code of the application software of European Business Wallets under an open source license. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (28) In order to ensure that the standards and technical specifications for European Business Wallets ensure harmonisation across various solutions, it is necessary to define the standards and protocols for the core functionalities and technical requirements for European Business Wallets in an Annex to this Regulation. The Annex should set out the requirements for the implementation of European Business Wallets. To ensure the long-term viability and effectiveness of the European Business Wallets, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish and update the procedures and technical specifications on the implementation of core functionalities, thereby allowing for the integration of additional features and new technologies that would enable new use cases, such as agentic AI or the provision of a digital identity to an owner’s asset, and enabling the European Business Wallets to continue to support the evolving needs of economic operators in a secure and trustworthy manner. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council. To the extent possible, the standards and technical specifications of the European Business Wallet should take into account relevant technical solutions and standards used by existing ICT systems by economic operators, facilitating the alignment of these systems to be aligned to and made interoperable with the European Business Wallet. | (28) In order to ensure that the standards and technical specifications for European Business Wallets ensure interoperability across various solutions, it is necessary to define the standards and protocols for the core functionalities and technical requirements for European Business Wallets in an Annex to this Regulation. The Annex should set out the requirements for the implementation of European Business Wallets. To ensure the long-term viability and effectiveness of the European Business Wallets, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish and update the procedures and technical specifications on the implementation of core functionalities, thereby allowing for the integration of additional features and new technologies that would enable new use cases, such as agentic AI or the provision of a digital identity to an owner’s asset, and enabling the European Business Wallets to continue to support the evolving needs of economic operators in a secure and trustworthy manner. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council. To the extent possible, the standards and technical specifications of the European Business Wallet should take into account relevant technical solutions and standards used by existing ICT systems of economic operators, thereby facilitating their alignment and interoperability with the European Business Wallets. To ensure the timely development and deployment of European Business Wallets throughout the Union, the implementing acts set out in this Regulation should be adopted within a limited timeframe after it comes into force. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| (28) In order to ensure that the standards and technical specifications for European Business Wallets ensure harmonisation across various solutions, it is necessary to define the standards and protocols for the core functionalities and technical requirements for European Business Wallets in an Annex to this Regulation. The Annex should set out the requirements for the implementation of European Business Wallets. To ensure the long-term viability and effectiveness of the European Business Wallets, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish and update the procedures and technical specifications on the implementation of core functionalities, thereby allowing for the integration of additional features and new technologies that would enable new use cases, such as agentic AI or the provision of a digital identity to an owner’s asset, and enabling the European Business Wallets to continue to support the evolving needs of economic operators in a secure and trustworthy manner. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council. To the extent possible, the standards and technical specifications of the European Business Wallet should take into account relevant technical solutions and standards used by existing ICT systems by economic operators, facilitating the alignment of these systems to be aligned to and made interoperable with the European Business Wallet. | (28) In order to ensure that the standards and technical specifications for European Business Wallets ensure harmonisation across various solutions, it is necessary to define the standards and protocols for the core functionalities and technical requirements for European Business Wallets in an Annex to this Regulation. The Annex should set out the requirements for the implementation of European Business Wallets. To ensure the long-term viability and effectiveness of the European Business Wallets, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish and update the procedures and technical specifications on the implementation of core functionalities, thereby allowing for the integration of additional features and new technologies strictly within the limits of the rules defined in this Regulation and its Annexes. These features, such as agentic AI or the provision of a digital identity to an owner’s asset, should ensure the strategic autonomy of the Union and the security of business data. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council. To the extent possible, the standards and technical specifications of the European Business Wallet should take into account the European Unique Identifier (EUID) as established under Directive (EU) 2017/1132 and take into account relevant technical solutions and standards used by existing ICT systems by economic operators, facilitating the alignment of these systems to be aligned to and made interoperable with the European Business Wallet. |
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| (29) To support the timely development of the market for European Business Wallets, the adoption of the implementing acts on core functionalities and the accompanying technical specifications should be prioritised. Where appropriate, these should build on the existing standards including those out in the Architecture and Reference Framework provided for in the context of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, to support the re-use of familiar technical standards and uptake of the European Business Wallets. | (29) To support the timely development of the market for European Business Wallets, the adoption of the implementing acts on core functionalities and the accompanying technical specifications should be prioritised. Where appropriate, these should build on the existing standards including those out in the Architecture and Reference Framework provided for in the context of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, to support the re-use of familiar technical standards and uptake of the European Business Wallets. Close collaboration between the public and private sectors, including with providers of trust services and technology solution developers, would also be of benefit in accelerating innovation and large-scale uptake. In this context, pilot testing and exchange of best practices can contribute significantly to the early identification and resolution of potential technical or operational challenges. Last but not least, it is important that the regulatory framework remain flexible enough to enable adaptation to future technological developments, while ensuring consistency with the European Union’s strategic objectives of digital identity and a digital single market. |
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| (29) To support the timely development of the market for European Business Wallets, the adoption of the implementing acts on core functionalities and the accompanying technical specifications should be prioritised. Where appropriate, these should build on the existing standards including those out in the Architecture and Reference Framework provided for in the context of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, to support the re-use of familiar technical standards and uptake of the European Business Wallets. | (29) To support the timely development of the market for European Business Wallets, the adoption of the implementing acts on core functionalities and the accompanying technical specifications should be prioritised. Where appropriate, these should build on the existing standards including those out in the Architecture and Reference Framework provided for in the context of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, to support the re-use of familiar technical standards and uptake of the European Business Wallets. Those implementing acts should be considered guidelines for the appropriate organisational and technical measures that Member States must adopt to enable the use of the core functionalities of the European Business Wallets, for example the creation of interfaces for solutions, and to fulfil their obligations under this Regulation. |
To pave the way for the growth and development of the European Business Wallet market by enshrining soft law instruments that increase legal and operational certainty for providers and users
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, András Gyürk, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek
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| (29) To support the timely development of the market for European Business Wallets, the adoption of the implementing acts on core functionalities and the accompanying technical specifications should be prioritised. Where appropriate, these should build on the existing standards including those out in the Architecture and Reference Framework provided for in the context of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, to support the re-use of familiar technical standards and uptake of the European Business Wallets. | (29) To support the timely development of the market for European Business Wallets, the adoption of the implementing acts on core functionalities and the accompanying technical specifications should be prioritised. Where appropriate, these should build on the existing standards including those out in the Architecture and Reference Framework provided for in the context of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, taking into account the European Unique Identifier (EUID) as established under Directive (EU) 2017/1132, which constitutes a key element for the identification of companies in the Union, in order to support the re-use of familiar technical standards and uptake of the European Business Wallets. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (29) To support the timely development of the market for European Business Wallets, the adoption of the implementing acts on core functionalities and the accompanying technical specifications should be prioritised. Where appropriate, these should build on the existing standards including those out in the Architecture and Reference Framework provided for in the context of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, to support the re-use of familiar technical standards and uptake of the European Business Wallets. | (29) To support the timely development of the market for European Business Wallets, the adoption of the implementing acts on core functionalities and the accompanying technical specifications should be prioritised. Where appropriate, these should build on the existing standards including those set out in the Architecture and Reference Framework provided for in the context of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, to support the re-use of familiar technical standards and uptake of the European Business Wallets. |
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| (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets necessary to the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations without being subject to additional national requirements. | (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets necessary to the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations without being subject to additional national requirements. At the same time, the legal framework should ensure a high level of security and protection of personal data, in line with the General Data Protection Regulation, including through strong authentication, encryption and full user control mechanisms over shared data. |
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| (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets necessary to the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations without being subject to additional national requirements. | (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets necessary to the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations without being subject to additional national requirements. They should also ensure that European Business Wallets and the supporting infrastructure are secure-by-design and comply with the relevant cybersecurity requirements laid down in Directive (EU) 2022/2555. |
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| (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets necessary to the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations without being subject to additional national requirements. | (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets necessary to the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations respecting existing high standards of cybersecurity based in Union or national law, and protecting digital sovereignty of the European Union. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets necessary to the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations without being subject to additional national requirements. | (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets for the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations as laid down at Union level in this Regulation, without being subject to additional national requirements. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek
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| (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets necessary to the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations without being subject to additional national requirements. | (30) To ensure the high level of trust, functionality, and security of European Business Wallets necessary to the cross-border provision of their services, and in particular to mitigate the risk of fraud, providers of European Business Wallets should be subject to clear and proportionate requirements and obligations. |
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| (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. | (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established and retain data sovereignty within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Providers already granted status as qualified trust service providers under the relevant eIDAS framework and EU Regulation are automatically eligible to provide European Business Wallet services. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to operational control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. For this purpose, operational control should be understood as the capacity to direct or exert day-to-day control over key managerial or operational decisions, including decisions typically exercised by the executive management, insofar as they concern the European Business Wallets services and data. The mere presence of foreign investment or shareholdings should not be considered as constituting operational control. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. |
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| (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. | (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. Operational control should be understood as the ability to determine or materially influence strategic or operational decisions relating to the governance, compliance, risk management, security or regulatory alignment of the provider. The Union’s critical digital infrastructure, including systems used for identification and trusted data exchange, should remain secure, resilient and free from undue external interference. |
Provides a clear and enforceable definition of the kind of third‑country influence that is incompatible with Union security, protecting critical trust infrastructure while avoiding crude tests based solely on ownership or nationality.
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| (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. | (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to operational control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. Operational control should be understood as the ability to determine or materially influence strategic or operational decisions relating to governance, compliance, risk management, security or regulatory alignment. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek
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| (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. | (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. | (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services, thereby enabling those supervisory bodies to assess whether the prospective providers meet the relevant requirements laid down in this Regulation. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. |
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| (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. | (31) To ensure proper supervision in line with this Regulation, entities that would like to become providers of European Business Wallets should be required to notify their intention to provide such European Business Wallets to the supervisory bodies prior to offering their services. In order to safeguard the integrity and accountability of European Business Wallet providers and to ensure the security of data stored or exchanged in the European Business Wallets ecosystem, providers should be established within the Union. This should ensure that such providers fall under the jurisdiction and supervision of a competent body in a Member State, allowing for effective enforcement of this Regulation and the protection of users' rights and data. In addition, data related to European Business Wallets should be processed and stored within the Union. Furthermore, providers of European Business Wallets should not present a risk to the security of the Union, namely by not being subject to either direct or indirect control by a third country or by a third-country entity, to ensure that the Union's critical digital infrastructure remains secure and resilient. The concept of control should be understood in line with Regulation (EU) 2019/452, and in particular having due regard to a company´s ownership structure. |
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| (31 a) In line with the requirements set out in this Regulation, the Commission may adopt implementing acts to ensure cooperation and interoperability with solutions established or endorsed by like-minded partners of the Union. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (32) The Union must protect its security interest against providers which could represent a persistent security risk due to the potential interference from third countries. To that end, it is necessary to reduce the risk of persisting dependency on high-risk suppliers in the internal market, including in the ICT supply chain, as they could have potentially serious negative impacts on the security of economic operators and public sector bodies across the Union and the Union’s critical infrastructure, especially with regards to the integrity, confidentiality and availability of data and services. Any restrictions should be based on a proportionate risk assessment and corresponding mitigation measures as defined in Union policies and laws. Such limitations may apply, for example, to high-risk suppliers, as identified under Union law. | (32) The Union must protect its security interest against providers which could represent a persistent or acute security risk due to the potential interference from third countries. To that end, it is necessary to reduce the risk of strategic dependencies on high-risk suppliers in the internal market, including in the ICT supply chain, as they could have potentially serious negative impacts on the security of economic operators and public sector bodies across the Union and the Union’s critical infrastructure, especially with regards to the integrity, confidentiality and availability of data and services. Any restrictions should be based on a proportionate risk assessment and corresponding mitigation measures as defined in Union policies and laws. Such limitations may apply, for example, to high-risk suppliers, as identified under Union law. |
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| (33) In order to establish the identity of economic operators in a secure and reliable manner, this Regulation should allow for the use of qualified electronic attestations of attributes to issue European Business Wallet owner identification data. Qualified electronic attestations of attributes can be easily updated or revoked. The use of qualified electronic attestations of attributes for establishing the identity of economic operators provides an efficient, and secure solution that is suited to the needs of the digital economy. Qualified trust service providers issuing these attestations are regulated under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and are subject to strict requirements and scrutiny, ensuring a high level of security and trust in the issuance process. The authentic sources used to verify the data contained in the qualified electronic attestations of attributes are business registers and other registers, and the use of the Business Registers Interconnection System (‘BRIS’) and the Beneficial Ownership Registers Interconnection System (‘BORIS’) should be promoted to facilitate the verification of this data, thereby ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the identification data. | (33) In order to establish the identity of economic operators in a secure and reliable manner, this Regulation should allow for the use of qualified electronic attestations of attributes to issue European Business Wallet owner identification data. Qualified electronic attestations of attributes can be easily updated or revoked. The use of qualified electronic attestations of attributes for establishing the identity of economic operators provides an efficient, and secure solution that is suited to the needs of the digital economy. Qualified trust service providers issuing these attestations are regulated under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and are subject to strict requirements and scrutiny, ensuring a high level of security and trust in the issuance process. The authentic sources used to verify the data contained in the qualified electronic attestations of attributes are business registers and other registers, and the use of the Business Registers Interconnection System (‘BRIS’) and the Beneficial Ownership Registers Interconnection System (‘BORIS’) should be promoted without prejudice to the legal value of attestations issued on the basis of other authentic sources recognized by national and Community law. |
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| (34) This Regulation should not affect the functioning or the role of business registers as authentic sources and should not alter the way they operate or the data filed therein but rather build upon and complement the existing infrastructure. In this regard, where electronic attestations of attributes are issued by or on behalf of an authentic source, such as a business register, the register could directly issue the relevant data, further enhancing the security and reliability of the identification process. | (34) This Regulation should not affect the functioning or the role of business registers as authentic sources and should not alter the way they operate or the data filed therein but rather build upon and complement the existing infrastructure. It follows that this Regulation should not prejudice national requirements regarding the form applicable to public registers, and in particular business registers and land registers. In this regard, where electronic attestations of attributes are issued by or on behalf of an authentic source, such as a business register, the register could directly issue the relevant data, further enhancing the security and reliability of the identification process. |
În conformitate cu considerentul 46 din Regulamentul (UE) 2024/1183 (Regulamentul eIDAS 2.0), propunerea ar trebui să protejeze în mod expres controalele preventive publice referitoare la registrele publice, pentru a se asigura că acestea continuă să fie o sursă de securitate juridică. Securitatea juridică este un punct de vânzare unic al sistemelor de drept civil, deoarece înseamnă că sunt evitate costurile de tranzacție care decurg din diligența necesară și din avizele juridice care sunt necesare în alte sisteme juridice, iar instanțele sunt degrevate prin axarea pe prevenire, mai degrabă decât pe litigii, ceea ce sporește eficiența globală a sistemului de justiție și accelerează accesul la justiție.
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| (34) This Regulation should not affect the functioning or the role of business registers as authentic sources and should not alter the way they operate or the data filed therein but rather build upon and complement the existing infrastructure. In this regard, where electronic attestations of attributes are issued by or on behalf of an authentic source, such as a business register, the register could directly issue the relevant data, further enhancing the security and reliability of the identification process. | (34) This Regulation should not affect the functioning or the role of business registers as authentic sources and should not alter the way they operate or the data filed therein but rather build upon and complement the existing infrastructure. Therefore, this regulation should not affect national form requirements pertaining to public registers, in particularly commercial and land registers. In this regard, where electronic attestations of attributes are issued by or on behalf of an authentic source, such as a business register, the register could directly issue the relevant data, further enhancing the security and reliability of the identification process. |
In line with Recital 46 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 (eIDAS-Regulation 2.0), the proposal should expressly protect public preventive controls in public registers to preserve their role in ensuring legal certainty. This reduces transaction costs, limits the need for extensive due diligence, and shifts focus from litigation to prevention, improving judicial efficiency and access to justice.
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (34) This Regulation should not affect the functioning or the role of business registers as authentic sources and should not alter the way they operate or the data filed therein but rather build upon and complement the existing infrastructure. In this regard, where electronic attestations of attributes are issued by or on behalf of an authentic source, such as a business register, the register could directly issue the relevant data, further enhancing the security and reliability of the identification process. | (34) This Regulation should, while recognising the role of business registers as authentic sources, build upon their existing functions and thereby contribute to their further digital development integration into an interoperable Union-wide framework. Member States should, in a timely manner, ensure that business registers are digitally accessible and technically capable of issuing electronic attestations of attributes. In this regard, where electronic attestations of attributes are issued by or on behalf of an authentic source, such as a business register, the register could directly issue the relevant data, further enhancing the security and reliability of the identification process. |
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| (35) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 requires Member States to ensure that measures are taken to allow qualified trust service providers to verify by electronic means, at the request of the user, the authenticity of the attributes listed in Annex VI of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, such as educational and professional qualifications, titles and licenses, powers and mandates to represent natural or legal persons, public permits and licenses and financial and company data. The European Business Wallets framework should build on this existing requirement that should cover all official data that is relevant for economic operators in the context of the European Business Wallets and enable the electronic verification of attributes to facilitate the issuance of European Business Wallet owner identification data and other electronic attestations of attributes. | (35) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 requires Member States to ensure that measures are taken to allow qualified trust service providers to verify by electronic means, at the request of the user, the authenticity of the attributes listed in Annex VI of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, such as educational and professional qualifications, titles and licenses, powers and mandates to represent natural or legal persons, public permits and licenses and financial and company data. The European Business Wallets framework should build on this existing requirement by including all official data that is relevant for economic operators in the context of the European Business Wallets and enable the electronic verification of attributes to facilitate the issuance of European Business Wallet owner identification data and other electronic attestations of attributes. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (36 a) To ensure the effective functioning and widespread use of European Business Wallets, Member States should ensure that all economic operators and public sector bodies established in their territory are assigned a European Unique Identifier within a clearly defined timeframe following the entry into force of this Regulation. Where appropriate, such identifiers should be derived from or linked to identifiers already used in national registers, notably company registers or other official registers, in order to promote interoperability and avoid duplication. Member States should also lay down procedures to ensure that economic operators that are not subject to registration in national company registers can be issued such an identifier by a competent national authority, thereby enabling all economic operators to make effective use of European Business Wallets. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek
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| (37) To ensure that all European Business Wallet owners can be reliably identified and their electronic attestation of attributes are associated with a unique entity, it is also necessary to assign a unique identifier to other economic operators and public sector bodies. To ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of unique identifiers, in particular their effectiveness and consistency, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to specify the detailed requirements for the unique identifiers. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Given the diverse approaches among Member States regarding the registration of some economic operators and public sector bodies, it is important to ensure transparency and accessibility for providers of European Business Wallet owner identification data. To this end, Member States should notify to the Commission the authentic sources that are relevant for the issuance of European Business Wallet owner identification data. | (37) To ensure that all European Business Wallet owners can be reliably identified and their electronic attestation of attributes are associated with a unique entity, it is also necessary to assign a unique identifier to other economic operators and public sector bodies. To ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of unique identifiers, in particular their effectiveness and consistency, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to specify the detailed requirements for the unique identifiers within the limits of the rules and Annexes established by this Regulation. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Given the diverse approaches among Member States regarding the registration of some economic operators and public sector bodies, it is important to ensure transparency and accessibility for providers of European Business Wallet owner identification data. To this end, Member States should notify to the Commission the authentic sources that are relevant for the issuance of European Business Wallet owner identification data. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (37) To ensure that all European Business Wallet owners can be reliably identified and their electronic attestation of attributes are associated with a unique entity, it is also necessary to assign a unique identifier to other economic operators and public sector bodies. To ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of unique identifiers, in particular their effectiveness and consistency, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to specify the detailed requirements for the unique identifiers. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Given the diverse approaches among Member States regarding the registration of some economic operators and public sector bodies, it is important to ensure transparency and accessibility for providers of European Business Wallet owner identification data. To this end, Member States should notify to the Commission the authentic sources that are relevant for the issuance of European Business Wallet owner identification data. | (37) To ensure that all European Business Wallet owners can be reliably identified and their electronic attestation of attributes are associated with a unique entity, it is also necessary to assign a European Unique Identifier to other economic operators and public sector bodies that do not yet have such an identifier under Union law. To ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of unique identifiers, in particular their effectiveness and consistency, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to specify the detailed requirements for the unique identifiers. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Given the diverse approaches among Member States regarding the registration of some economic operators and public sector bodies, it is important to ensure transparency and accessibility for providers of European Business Wallet owner identification data. To this end, Member States should notify to the Commission the authentic sources that are relevant for the issuance of European Business Wallet owner identification data. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (37 a) In order to reflect the organisational realities of economic operators active in the internal market, the European Unique Identifier framework should be capable of accommodating complex business structures. Given that economic operators may conduct their activities through subsidiaries, branches, establishments or operational units that require distinct identification in administrative procedures or digital transactions. The identifier framework should therefore allow for the association of identifiers with such entities while maintaining a clear link to the parent economic operator. Furthermore, where natural persons act in various economic capacities, notably as self-employed persons, entrepreneurs or representatives of legal entities, the framework should provide for the assignment of identifiers reflecting such distinct roles, insofar as necessary for the purposes of European Business Wallets. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| (38) In order to ensure the efficient, secure, and transparent functioning of the European Business Wallet framework, it is necessary to establish a European Digital Directory, that includes personal data of economic operators. The Commission should be empowered to set up and maintain this Directory, as a trusted source of information on economic operators and public sector bodies using European Business Wallets. The Directory should enable European Business Wallet owners to be easily contacted to promote legal certainty in relation to dealings between businesses and in relation to interactions with public sector bodies, particularly in the view of promoting trade between Member States. European Business Wallet Providers, liaising with the Commission, should submit the necessary information to support the functioning of the European Digital Directory and collaborate with the relevant qqualified trust service providers to ensure that the data submitted remains accurate. Such actions shall not indirectly create a requirement for economic operators to update such information. In this regard the Digital Directory will rely on the information made available by business registers also through BRIS while ensuring that such information will not be duplicated. | (38) In order to ensure the efficient, secure, and transparent functioning of the European Business Wallet framework, it is necessary to establish a European Digital Directory, that includes personal data of economic operators. The Commission should be empowered to set up and maintain this Directory, on secure and sovereign cloud infrastructures located within the Union, as a trusted source of information on economic operators and public sector bodies using European Business Wallets. The technical management of the Directory by the Commission must be neutral and ensure that no data or metadata related to the exchanges between wallets is collected or analysed for oversight purposes. The Directory should enable European Business Wallet owners to be easily contacted to promote legal certainty in relation to dealings between businesses and in relation to interactions with public sector bodies, particularly in the view of promoting trade between Member States. European Business Wallet Providers, liaising with the Commission, should submit the necessary information to support the functioning of the European Digital Directory and collaborate with the relevant qqualified trust service providers to ensure that the data submitted remains accurate. Such actions shall not indirectly create a requirement for economic operators to update such information. In this regard the Digital Directory will rely on the information made available by business registers also through BRIS while ensuring that such information will not be duplicated. |
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| (38) In order to ensure the efficient, secure, and transparent functioning of the European Business Wallet framework, it is necessary to establish a European Digital Directory, that includes personal data of economic operators. The Commission should be empowered to set up and maintain this Directory, as a trusted source of information on economic operators and public sector bodies using European Business Wallets. The Directory should enable European Business Wallet owners to be easily contacted to promote legal certainty in relation to dealings between businesses and in relation to interactions with public sector bodies, particularly in the view of promoting trade between Member States. European Business Wallet Providers, liaising with the Commission, should submit the necessary information to support the functioning of the European Digital Directory and collaborate with the relevant qqualified trust service providers to ensure that the data submitted remains accurate. Such actions shall not indirectly create a requirement for economic operators to update such information. In this regard the Digital Directory will rely on the information made available by business registers also through BRIS while ensuring that such information will not be duplicated. | (38) In order to ensure the efficient, secure, and transparent functioning of the European Business Wallet framework, it is necessary to establish a European Digital Directory, that includes personal data of economic operators. The European Digital Directory shall rely on national registers, especially business registers, as an authentic source for company data and by no means replace these sources for relevant identification data. The Commission should be empowered to set up and maintain this Directory, as a trusted source of information on economic operators and public sector bodies using European Business Wallets. The Directory should enable European Business Wallet owners to be easily contacted to promote legal certainty in relation to dealings between businesses and in relation to interactions with public sector bodies, particularly in the view of promoting trade between Member States. European Business Wallet Providers, liaising with the Commission, should submit the necessary information to support the functioning of the European Digital Directory and collaborate with the relevant qqualified trust service providers to ensure that the data submitted remains accurate. Such actions shall not indirectly create a requirement for economic operators to update such information. In this regard the Digital Directory will rely on the information made available by business registers also through BRIS while ensuring that such information will not be duplicated. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (38) In order to ensure the efficient, secure, and transparent functioning of the European Business Wallet framework, it is necessary to establish a European Digital Directory, that includes personal data of economic operators. The Commission should be empowered to set up and maintain this Directory, as a trusted source of information on economic operators and public sector bodies using European Business Wallets. The Directory should enable European Business Wallet owners to be easily contacted to promote legal certainty in relation to dealings between businesses and in relation to interactions with public sector bodies, particularly in the view of promoting trade between Member States. European Business Wallet Providers, liaising with the Commission, should submit the necessary information to support the functioning of the European Digital Directory and collaborate with the relevant qqualified trust service providers to ensure that the data submitted remains accurate. Such actions shall not indirectly create a requirement for economic operators to update such information. In this regard the Digital Directory will rely on the information made available by business registers also through BRIS while ensuring that such information will not be duplicated. | (38) In order to ensure the efficient, secure, and transparent functioning of the European Business Wallet framework, it is necessary to establish a European Digital Directory, that includes personal data of economic operators. The Commission should be empowered to set up and maintain this Directory, as a trusted source of information on economic operators and public sector bodies using European Business Wallets. The Directory should enable European Business Wallet owners to be easily contacted to promote legal certainty in relation to dealings between businesses and in relation to interactions with public sector bodies, particularly in the view of promoting trade between Member States. European Business Wallet Providers, liaising with the Commission, should submit the necessary information to support the functioning of the European Digital Directory and collaborate with the relevant qualified trust service providers, providers of electronic attestations of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source, and authentic sources, to ensure that the data submitted remains accurate. Such actions should not indirectly create a requirement for economic operators to update such information. In this regard the Digital Directory will rely on the information made available by business registers including, but not limited, to those accessible through BRIS while ensuring that such information will not be duplicated. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| (39) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council applies to all personal data processing activities under this Regulation. Where the European Digital Directory includes the processing of personal data this will be carried out in accordance with the relevant data protection principles, such as the data minimisation and purpose limitation principle, obligations, such as data protection by design and by default, and include, where appropriate, features of pseudonymisation. | (39) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council applies to all personal data processing activities under this Regulation. Where the European Digital Directory includes the processing of personal data this will be carried out in accordance with the relevant data protection principles, such as the data minimisation and purpose limitation principle, obligations, such as data protection by design and by default, and include, where appropriate, features of pseudonymisation. The framework must guarantee that the Directory's infrastructure is hosted exclusively within the Union under European jurisdiction. Furthermore, the establishment of this Directory should not give the Commission or any other authority any right of oversight, access, or monitoring of the specific content of the exchanges and transactions occurring between wallets. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (39) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council applies to all personal data processing activities under this Regulation. Where the European Digital Directory includes the processing of personal data this will be carried out in accordance with the relevant data protection principles, such as the data minimisation and purpose limitation principle, obligations, such as data protection by design and by default, and include, where appropriate, features of pseudonymisation. | (39) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council applies to all personal data processing activities under this Regulation. Where the operation of the European Digital Directory includes the processing of personal data this will be carried out in accordance with the relevant data protection principles, such as the data minimisation and purpose limitation principle, obligations, such as data protection by design and by default, and include, where appropriate, features of pseudonymisation. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (40) To avoid excessive regulatory burdens, ex post supervision of providers of European Business Wallets and monitoring of their activities should be provided for, rather than requiring prior compliance verification for every aspect of their operations. This approach should allow for a more flexible and efficient regulatory environment, while maintaining the necessary safeguards to protect users and ensure compliance with the requirements of the European Business Wallets framework. The notification process for providers of European Business Wallets should be streamlined and efficient, with clear requirements and timelines for applicants. Qualified trust service providers, which are already subject to a robust regulatory framework under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, should benefit from a particularly light process to be able to provide European Business Wallets. | (40) In order to ensure that regulatory burdens remain proportionate and are kept to a minimum, ex post supervision of providers of European Business Wallets and monitoring of their activities should be provided for, rather than requiring prior compliance verification for, complemented by proportionate compliance verification. This approach should allow for a more flexible and efficient regulatory environment, while maintaining the necessary safeguards to protect users and ensure compliance with the requirements of the European Business Wallets framework. The notification process for providers of European Business Wallets should be streamlined and efficient, with clear requirements and timelines for applicants. Nonetheless, national supervisory authorities should be given adequate time to review, assess, and validate the notified information to ensure the providers comply with the relevant requirements of this regulation. Qualified trust service providers, which are already subject to a robust regulatory framework under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, should benefit from a particularly light process to be able to provide European Business Wallets. |
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| (40) To avoid excessive regulatory burdens, ex post supervision of providers of European Business Wallets and monitoring of their activities should be provided for, rather than requiring prior compliance verification for every aspect of their operations. This approach should allow for a more flexible and efficient regulatory environment, while maintaining the necessary safeguards to protect users and ensure compliance with the requirements of the European Business Wallets framework. The notification process for providers of European Business Wallets should be streamlined and efficient, with clear requirements and timelines for applicants. Qualified trust service providers, which are already subject to a robust regulatory framework under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, should benefit from a particularly light process to be able to provide European Business Wallets. | (40) Ex post supervision of providers of European Business Wallets and monitoring of their activities should be provided for. While excessive regulatory burden should be avoided, prior compliance verification must be guaranteed to maintain the necessary safeguards to protect users and ensure compliance with the requirements of the European Business Wallets framework. The notification process for providers of European Business Wallets should be streamlined and efficient, with clear requirements and timelines for applicants. Qualified trust service providers, which are already subject to a robust regulatory framework under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, should benefit from a particularly light process to be able to provide European Business Wallets. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (41) In order to ensure transparency and accountability in the European Business Wallet ecosystem, a publicly available list of notified providers of European Business Wallets should be established and maintained by the Commission. That list should include information transmitted by the national supervisory bodies concerning providers, including qualified trust service providers, that have completed the notification process. Making that information publicly available should enable users to verify the authenticity and trustworthiness of providers, thereby promoting a high level of security and trust in the European Business Wallet ecosystem. | (41) In order to ensure transparency and accountability in the European Business Wallet ecosystem, a publicly available list of notified providers of European Business Wallets should be established and maintained by the Commission. That list should include information transmitted by the national supervisory bodies concerning providers, including qualified trust service providers, that have completed the notification process. Making that information publicly available should enable users to verify the authenticity and trustworthiness of providers, complying with the requirements as set out in this Regulation, thereby promoting a high level of security and trust in the European Business Wallet ecosystem. |
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| (42) Effective oversight by supervisory bodies, vested with sufficient powers and provided with adequate resources, is essential to ensure that European Business Wallets made available in the Union comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation. To best ensure such oversight and relevant expertise, Member States should designate the same supervisory body or bodies as designated pursuant to Article 46a(1) and Article 46b(1) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. | (42) Effective oversight by supervisory bodies, vested with sufficient powers and provided with adequate resources, is essential to ensure that European Business Wallets made available in the Union comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation. Member States should designate a supervisory body or bodies for the purposes of ensuring the application and enforcement of this Regulation, especially as regards data localisation and applicable cybersecurity requirements |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| (43) Due consideration should be given to ensuring effective cooperation between supervisory bodies designated under this Regulation, Article 46b of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and the competent authorities designated or established pursuant to Article 8(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council(12 )Since the competent authorities are distinct entities, they should cooperate closely and in a timely manner, including by exchanging relevant information to ensure effective supervision and compliance of European Business Wallet providers with the applicable obligations under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2022/2555. | (43) Due consideration should be given to ensuring effective cooperation between supervisory bodies designated under this Regulation, Article 46b of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and the competent authorities designated or established pursuant to Article 8(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council(12 )Since the competent authorities are distinct entities, they should cooperate closely and in a timely manner, including by exchanging relevant information to ensure effective supervision and compliance of European Business Wallet providers with the applicable obligations under Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2022/2555. In line with the principles of privacy and confidentiality, the supervisory framework should ensure that competent authorities do not interfere with or monitor the information flow between wallets. The mandate of these supervisory bodies should be limited to auditing the security and compliance of the platform before and after deployment. It should exclude any monitoring of the data exchanged between wallets once operational, in order to preserve the autonomy and privacy of economic operators. |
| 12 Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2018/1972, and repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 (OJ L 333, 27.12.2022, pp. 80–152, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2555/oj) | 12 Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2018/1972, and repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 (OJ L 333, 27.12.2022, pp. 80–152, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2555/oj) |
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| (44) To harmonise the enforcement of this Regulation, national supervisory bodies should be empowered to impose administrative fines. It is necessary to specify the upper limit of administrative fines and the criteria for their determination in order to promote equal treatment of providers of European Business Wallets across the Union regardless of their Member State of establishment. The competent supervisory authority should assess each case individually, taking into account all relevant circumstances, including the nature, gravity and duration of the infringement, its consequences and any measures taken to ensure compliance and mitigate harm. In this regard, Member States should notify the Commission of the rules laid down in national law allowing the supervisory body to impose penalties by [Publications Office, insert the date 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] and should notify the Commission without delay of any subsequent amendments to those rules. | (44) To harmonise the enforcement of this Regulation, national supervisory bodies should be empowered to impose administrative fines, while respecting the principle of proportionality but still ensuring that penalties are effective, proportionate and dissuasive, without going beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives of this Regulation. It is necessary, therefore, to specify the upper limit of administrative fines and the criteria for their determination in order to promote equal treatment of providers of European Business Wallets across the Union regardless of their Member State of establishment. The competent supervisory authority should assess each case individually, taking into account all relevant circumstances, including the nature, gravity and duration of the infringement, its consequences and any measures taken to ensure compliance and mitigate harm. In this regard, Member States should notify the Commission of the rules laid down in national law allowing the supervisory body to impose penalties by [Publications Office, insert the date 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] and should notify the Commission without delay of any subsequent amendments to those rules. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (44) To harmonise the enforcement of this Regulation, national supervisory bodies should be empowered to impose administrative fines. It is necessary to specify the upper limit of administrative fines and the criteria for their determination in order to promote equal treatment of providers of European Business Wallets across the Union regardless of their Member State of establishment. The competent supervisory authority should assess each case individually, taking into account all relevant circumstances, including the nature, gravity and duration of the infringement, its consequences and any measures taken to ensure compliance and mitigate harm. In this regard, Member States should notify the Commission of the rules laid down in national law allowing the supervisory body to impose penalties by [Publications Office, insert the date 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] and should notify the Commission without delay of any subsequent amendments to those rules. | (44) To ensure the enforcement of this Regulation, national supervisory bodies should be empowered to impose administrative fines. It is necessary to specify the upper limit of administrative fines and the criteria for their determination in order to promote equal treatment of providers of European Business Wallets across the Union regardless of their Member State of establishment. The competent supervisory authority should assess each case individually, taking into account all relevant circumstances, including the nature, gravity and duration of the infringement, its consequences and any measures taken to ensure compliance and mitigate harm. In this regard, Member States should notify the Commission of the rules laid down in national law allowing the supervisory body to impose penalties by [Publications Office, insert the date 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] and should notify the Commission without delay of any subsequent amendments to those rules. |
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| (45) In order to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and to protect the rights of economic operators, it is necessary to establish a mechanism for the Commission to intervene in cases where a provider of European Business Wallets is found to be non-compliant with the requirements of this Regulation and no effective measures have been taken by the competent supervisory authority to remedy the situation. This mechanism should allow for the Commission to carry out an evaluation of compliance, consult with the Member States concerned and the provider, and adopt implementing acts to provide for corrective or restrictive measures. This should enable the Commission to take swift and effective action to address any non-compliance and to ensure that the European Business Wallets are used in a secure and trustworthy manner. | deleted |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (45) In order to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and to protect the rights of economic operators, it is necessary to establish a mechanism for the Commission to intervene in cases where a provider of European Business Wallets is found to be non-compliant with the requirements of this Regulation and no effective measures have been taken by the competent supervisory authority to remedy the situation. This mechanism should allow for the Commission to carry out an evaluation of compliance, consult with the Member States concerned and the provider, and adopt implementing acts to provide for corrective or restrictive measures. This should enable the Commission to take swift and effective action to address any non-compliance and to ensure that the European Business Wallets are used in a secure and trustworthy manner. | (45) In order to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and to protect the rights of economic operators, it is necessary to establish a mechanism enabling the Commission to intervene in cases where a provider of European Business Wallets is found, based on objective evidence, to be systematically non-compliant with the requirements of this Regulation and where no effective, timely and proportionate measures have been taken by the competent supervisory authority to remedy the situation. This mechanism should allow for the Commission to carry out an evaluation of compliance, consult with the Member States concerned and the provider, and adopt implementing acts to provide for corrective or restrictive measures. This should enable the Commission to take swift and effective action to address any non-compliance and to ensure that the European Business Wallets are used in a secure and trustworthy manner. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (46) The Cooperation Group established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 should be given the additional responsibility for the coordination of national practices and policies related to this Regulation and facilitate discussions between competent authorities regarding the Regulation's application and enforcement, thereby delivering on the objectives of the Cooperations Group’s establishment and retaining expertise for the benefit of implementing the European Business Wallet framework. | (46) The Cooperation Group established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 should be given the additional responsibility for the coordination of national practices and policies related to this Regulation and facilitate discussions between competent authorities regarding the Regulation's application and enforcement, thereby delivering on the objectives of the Cooperations Group’s establishment and retaining expertise for the benefit of implementing the European Business Wallet framework. Furthermore, the Cooperation Group should also serve as a platform for sharing best practices concerning the most relevant use cases for European business wallets, especially with regard to SMEs and procedures that are particularly relevant for companies engaged in cross-border activities. |
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| (46) The Cooperation Group established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 should be given the additional responsibility for the coordination of national practices and policies related to this Regulation and facilitate discussions between competent authorities regarding the Regulation's application and enforcement, thereby delivering on the objectives of the Cooperations Group’s establishment and retaining expertise for the benefit of implementing the European Business Wallet framework. | (46) The Cooperation Group established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 should be given the additional responsibility for the coordination of national practices and policies related to this Regulation and facilitate discussions between competent authorities regarding the Regulation's application and enforcement, thereby delivering on the objectives of the Cooperations Group’s establishment and retaining expertise for the benefit of implementing the European Business Wallet framework. The Cooperation group should also act as a forum to exchange information and best practices, with the overall objective to foster interoperability of national and European solutions. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (47) In order to support effective take-up and interoperability, all public sector bodies should be required to enable the use of the European Business Wallet in all relevant administrative procedures for the purposes of identification and authentication, signing or sealing documents, submitting documents and sending or receiving notifications. In this regard, public sector bodies should by [Publications Office, please insert the date 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] ensure that the use of European Business Wallets by economic operators is possible and that, where the receipt or communication of documents or notifications is concerned, they are able to access the Business Wallets’ secure communication channel. To ensure seamless and interoperable application of this Regulation in this regard, public sector bodies should own a European Business Wallet for the purposes of receiving or sending documents and notifications. The obligation for public sector bodies to accept European Business Wallets by economic operators should not affect systems used for the exchange or submission of documents or data between competent authorities. | (47) In order to support effective take-up and interoperability, all public sector bodies should be required to enable the use of the European Business Wallet in all relevant administrative procedures for the purposes of identification and authentication, signing or sealing documents, submitting documents and sending or receiving notifications. To facilitate the effective implementation and deployment of European Business Wallets, Member States should provide public authorities, especially at local level, with the necessary financial resources and targeted technical assistance. In this regard, public sector bodies should by [Publications Office, please insert the date 18 months after the entry into force of the implementing acts referred to in Articles 5 and 6 ] ensure that the use of European Business Wallets by economic operators is possible and that, where the receipt or communication of documents or notifications is concerned, they are able to access the Business Wallets’ secure communication channel. To ensure seamless and interoperable application of this Regulation in this regard, public sector bodies should own a European Business Wallet for the purposes of receiving or sending documents and notifications. The obligation for public sector bodies to accept European Business Wallets by economic operators should not affect systems used for the exchange or submission of documents or data between competent authorities. |
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| (47) In order to support effective take-up and interoperability, all public sector bodies should be required to enable the use of the European Business Wallet in all relevant administrative procedures for the purposes of identification and authentication, signing or sealing documents, submitting documents and sending or receiving notifications. In this regard, public sector bodies should by [Publications Office, please insert the date 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] ensure that the use of European Business Wallets by economic operators is possible and that, where the receipt or communication of documents or notifications is concerned, they are able to access the Business Wallets’ secure communication channel. To ensure seamless and interoperable application of this Regulation in this regard, public sector bodies should own a European Business Wallet for the purposes of receiving or sending documents and notifications. The obligation for public sector bodies to accept European Business Wallets by economic operators should not affect systems used for the exchange or submission of documents or data between competent authorities. | (47) In order to support effective take-up and interoperability, all public sector bodies should be required to enable the use of the European Business Wallet in all relevant administrative procedures for the purposes of identification and authentication, signing or sealing documents, submitting documents and sending or receiving notifications. In this regard, public sector bodies should by [Publications Office, please insert the date 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] ensure that the use of European Business Wallets by economic operators is possible and that, where the receipt or communication of documents or notifications is concerned, they are able to access the Business Wallets’ secure communication channel. To ensure seamless and interoperable application of this Regulation in this regard, public sector bodies should own a European Business Wallet for the purposes of receiving or sending documents and notifications. The obligation for public sector bodies to accept European Business Wallets by economic operators should not affect systems used for the exchange or submission of documents or data between competent authorities. In order to further support effective take-up and interoperability, all public sector bodies should be entitled to the necessary technical and financial support by the European Union. |
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| (47) In order to support effective take-up and interoperability, all public sector bodies should be required to enable the use of the European Business Wallet in all relevant administrative procedures for the purposes of identification and authentication, signing or sealing documents, submitting documents and sending or receiving notifications. In this regard, public sector bodies should by [Publications Office, please insert the date 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] ensure that the use of European Business Wallets by economic operators is possible and that, where the receipt or communication of documents or notifications is concerned, they are able to access the Business Wallets’ secure communication channel. To ensure seamless and interoperable application of this Regulation in this regard, public sector bodies should own a European Business Wallet for the purposes of receiving or sending documents and notifications. The obligation for public sector bodies to accept European Business Wallets by economic operators should not affect systems used for the exchange or submission of documents or data between competent authorities. | (47) In order to support effective take-up and interoperability, all public sector bodies should be required to enable the use of the European Business Wallet in all relevant administrative procedures for the purposes of identification and authentication, signing or sealing documents, requesting or submitting documents and sending or receiving notifications. In this regard, all public sector bodies should by [Publications Office, please insert the date 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] ensure that the use of European Business Wallets by economic operators is possible and that, where the receipt or communication of documents or notifications is concerned, they are able to access the Business Wallets’ secure communication channel. To ensure seamless and interoperable application of this Regulation, public sector bodies should own or have a right to use a European Business Wallet for the purposes of receiving or sending documents and notifications. The obligation for public sector bodies to accept European Business Wallets by economic operators should not affect systems used for the exchange or submission of documents or data between competent authorities. |
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| (47 a) In order to ensure a faster take-up and create the right incentives for public administrations and businesses, while taking into due consideration the administrative capabilities and territorial differences, a phased-in implementation of the European Business Wallet should apply. In particular, municipalities with 50,000 inhabitants or more, as well as central and regional authorities, should be required to ensure that the use of European Business Wallets by economic operators is possible already by [Publications Office, please insert the date 12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation]. |
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| (47 b) To encourage voluntary uptake of the European Business Wallet by economic operators, Member States and the Commission should explore appropriate incentive mechanisms, including reduced administrative burdens, streamlined procedures, and faster processing where interactions take place through the European Business Wallet. Such incentives may include, where compatible with Union law, the use of financial or fiscal support instruments, particularly to facilitate adoption among small and medium-sized enterprises. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (48) In order to avoid disrupting existing interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to enable a transition period until [Publications Office, please insert the date 36 months after the entry into force of this Regulation]. During such period public sector bodies may choose not to offer the European Business Wallets' secure communication channel and instead support alternative solutions already in place which enable economic operators to communicate with public sector bodies prior to offering the European Business Wallets’ secure communication channel. In order to ensure an adequate level of security and interoperability, any alternative solution used during this transition period should comply with the requirements for Qualified Electronic Registered Delivery Services set out in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and offer a gateway to European Business Wallets. The gateway should enable users of European Business Wallets to access the alternative solutions used during the transition period. After this period, public sector bodies should support the secure communication channel of the European Business Wallets to ensure a harmonised and efficient means of communication across the Union, to the benefits of European businesses. | (48) In order to avoid disrupting existing interactions between economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to enable a transition period until [Publications Office, please insert the date 30 months after the entry into force of this Regulation]. During such period public sector bodies may choose not to offer the European Business Wallets' secure communication channel and instead support alternative solutions already in place which enable economic operators to communicate with public sector bodies prior to offering the European Business Wallets’ secure communication channel. In order to ensure an adequate level of security and interoperability, any alternative solution used during this transition period should comply with the requirements for Qualified Electronic Registered Delivery Services set out in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and offer a gateway to European Business Wallets. The gateway should enable users of European Business Wallets to access the alternative solutions used during the transition period. After this period, public sector bodies should support the secure communication channel of the European Business Wallets to ensure a harmonised and efficient means of communication across the Union, to the benefits of European businesses. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (48 a) In order to promote the widespread adoption of the European Business Wallets by economic operators, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), across all Member States, the Commission and the Member States should raise awareness of the benefits thereof. To ensure legal certainty and facilitate a seamless uptake, the Commission should provide targeted support to public authorities and SMEs. This support should include a comprehensive and forward-looking implementation roadmap, available in all official languages, which outlines key milestones and use cases for business-to-government (B2G), government-to-business (G2B), and business-to-business (B2B) interactions. Such an implementation roadmap should assist economic operators and public sector bodies in overcoming technical and administrative barriers, thereby fostering a consistent and interoperable digital ecosystem across the Union. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (50) To ensure that the European Business Wallets ecosystem continues to meet the needs of economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to assess its implementation and impact in light of the purpose of this Regulation. The evaluation should, in particular, take into account the risk of legal fragmentation within the internal market regarding the electronic submission of documents and attestations of attributes as well as the technological developments and progression of the market for European Business Wallets and associated trust services. | (50) To ensure that the European Business Wallets ecosystem continues to meet the needs of economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to assess its implementation and impact in light of the purpose of this Regulation. The evaluation should, in particular, take into account the risk of legal fragmentation within the internal market regarding the electronic submission of documents and attestations of attributes as well as the technological developments and progression of the market for European Business Wallets and associated trust services. The evaluation should also assess the uptake of European Business Wallets by economic operators, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-enterprises and the administrative and financial costs associated with their implementation and use. |
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| (50) To ensure that the European Business Wallets ecosystem continues to meet the needs of economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to assess its implementation and impact in light of the purpose of this Regulation. The evaluation should, in particular, take into account the risk of legal fragmentation within the internal market regarding the electronic submission of documents and attestations of attributes as well as the technological developments and progression of the market for European Business Wallets and associated trust services. | (50) To ensure that the European Business Wallets ecosystem continues to meet the needs of economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to assess its implementation and impact in light of the purpose of this Regulation. The evaluation should, in particular, take into account the risk of legal fragmentation within the internal market regarding the electronic submission of documents and attestations of attributes as well as the technological developments and progression of the market for European Business Wallets and associated trust services. Moreover, the evaluation should assess the extent to which this Regulation has reduced administrative burdens and costs for businesses, especially for SMEs, and identify obstacles to the interoperability of national and European systems. |
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| (50) To ensure that the European Business Wallets ecosystem continues to meet the needs of economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to assess its implementation and impact in light of the purpose of this Regulation. The evaluation should, in particular, take into account the risk of legal fragmentation within the internal market regarding the electronic submission of documents and attestations of attributes as well as the technological developments and progression of the market for European Business Wallets and associated trust services. | (50) To ensure that the European Business Wallets ecosystem continues to meet the needs of economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to assess its implementation and impact in light of the purpose of this Regulation, and to update it, where need be, to reflect the development of new technologies in this field. The evaluation should, in particular, take into account the risk of legal fragmentation within the internal market regarding the electronic submission of documents and attestations of attributes as well as the technological developments and progression of the market for European Business Wallets and associated trust services. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek
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| (51) To avoid duplication and reduce administrative burden, public sector bodies should not require the same information or documents to be submitted again through physical or alternative digital means, or in the inverse, once these have been validly transmitted via the European Business Wallet in accordance with this Regulation. Accordingly, Member States should not adopt or maintain additional national requirements regarding matters falling within the scope of this Regulation, unless explicitly provided for herein, since this would affect its direct and uniform application. | (51) To avoid duplication and reduce administrative burden, public sector bodies should not require the same information or documents to be submitted again through physical or alternative digital means, or in the inverse, once these have been validly transmitted via the European Business Wallet in accordance with this Regulation. |
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| (51) To avoid duplication and reduce administrative burden, public sector bodies should not require the same information or documents to be submitted again through physical or alternative digital means, or in the inverse, once these have been validly transmitted via the European Business Wallet in accordance with this Regulation. Accordingly, Member States should not adopt or maintain additional national requirements regarding matters falling within the scope of this Regulation, unless explicitly provided for herein, since this would affect its direct and uniform application. | (51) To avoid duplication and reduce administrative burden, public sector bodies should not require the same information or documents to be submitted again through physical or alternative digital means, or in the inverse, once these have been validly transmitted via the European Business Wallet in accordance with this Regulation, given that the information transmitted has been sufficiently checked and given that the validity of the transmitted information can be guaranteed. Accordingly, Member States should not adopt or maintain additional national requirements regarding matters falling within the scope of this Regulation, unless explicitly provided for herein, since this would affect its direct and uniform application. |
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| (53) The implementing act concerning the requirements and procedures for the unique identifier should encompass the conditions for their issuance to third country economic operators. In particular, it should set the conditions that promote coordination between providers of European Business Wallet owner identification data, ensuring that each third country economic operator is attributed only one unique identifier for the purpose of the European Business Wallet owner identification data. Prior to the provision of a European Business Wallet to an economic operator established outside the Union the relevant provider should confirm that the conditions for verifying the identity of the economic operator have been met. That should allow economic operators from third countries to use European Business Wallets, while preserving the security and trustworthiness of the ecosystem. | (53) The implementing act concerning the requirements and procedures for the unique identifier should encompass the conditions for their issuance to third country economic operators. In particular, it should set the conditions that promote coordination between providers of European Business Wallet owner identification data, ensuring that each third country economic operator is attributed only one unique identifier for the purpose of the European Business Wallet owner identification data. Prior to the provision of a European Business Wallet to an economic operator established outside the Union the relevant provider should confirm that the conditions for verifying the identity of the economic operator have been met. That should allow economic operators from third countries to use European Business Wallets, while preserving the security and trustworthiness of the ecosystem. In addition, that implementing act should provide for appropriate checks to verify that third-country economic operators are not engaged in activities contrary to the Union’s security, public order or strategic interests, including serious breaches of Union restrictive measures, persistent involvement in money-laundering or terrorist financing, or conduct aimed at undermining the integrity of the internal market. |
Introduces a strategic‑interest and sanctions‑compliance filter at implementing‑act level, ensuring that Wallet access for third‑country operators does not undermine EU security, sanctions or internal market integrity.
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| (53) The implementing act concerning the requirements and procedures for the unique identifier should encompass the conditions for their issuance to third country economic operators. In particular, it should set the conditions that promote coordination between providers of European Business Wallet owner identification data, ensuring that each third country economic operator is attributed only one unique identifier for the purpose of the European Business Wallet owner identification data. Prior to the provision of a European Business Wallet to an economic operator established outside the Union the relevant provider should confirm that the conditions for verifying the identity of the economic operator have been met. That should allow economic operators from third countries to use European Business Wallets, while preserving the security and trustworthiness of the ecosystem. | (53) The implementing act concerning the requirements and procedures for the unique identifier should encompass the conditions for their issuance to third country economic operators. In particular, it should set the conditions that promote coordination between providers of European Business Wallet owner identification data, ensuring that each third country economic operator is attributed only one unique identifier for the purpose of the European Business Wallet owner identification data and to avoid the potential fraud in the form of the registration of multiple companies in the name of the same owner. Prior to the provision of a European Business Wallet to an economic operator established outside the Union the relevant provider should confirm that the conditions for verifying the identity of the economic operator have been met. That should allow economic operators from third countries to use European Business Wallets, while preserving the security and trustworthiness of the ecosystem. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (54) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the recognition and interoperability of business wallets or similar systems and framework from third countries to support and promote partnerships and cooperation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to set the conditions under which such similar systems or framework benefit from the provisions of this Regulation. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council. | (54) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the recognition and interoperability of business wallets or similar systems and framework from third countries to support and promote partnerships and cooperation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to set the conditions under which such similar systems or framework benefit from the provisions of this Regulation. Before adopting these implementing acts, the Commission should conduct a comprehensive assessment to ensure that the third-country solution offers an equivalent level of protection to that guaranteed within the Union. In particular, it should evaluate data protection standards to prevent the unlawful processing of sensitive business data and ensure compliance with cybersecurity requirements to mitigate the risk of unauthorised access or systemic disruption. Furthermore, the independence of the third-country system and its providers from high-risk government control must be scrutinised to ensure that the wallet infrastructure remains resilient against extraterritorial interference, which could compromise the integrity of digital transactions and the autonomy of Union entities. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (55) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 offers a secure and convenient means for natural persons, such as citizens and residents, to identify themselves and access online services. It requires Member States to ensure that European Digital Identity Wallets are provided to legal persons, despite a lack of clarity on the specific technical implementation of European Digital Identity Wallets for legal persons. This uncertainty about the purpose and functioning of the European Digital Identity Wallets for legal persons increases legal and technical complexity for Member States. It is therefore necessary to amendment Article 5a of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 to ensure that the mandatory issuance of European Digital Identity Wallets relates only to natural persons. | (55) Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 offers secure and convenient means for Union citizens and residents in the Union as defined by national law, to identify themselves and access online services. It requires Member States to ensure that European Digital Identity Wallets are provided to legal persons, despite a lack of clarity on the specific technical implementation of European Digital Identity Wallets for legal persons. This uncertainty about the purpose and functioning of the European Digital Identity Wallets for legal persons increases legal and technical complexity for Member States. It is therefore necessary to amendment Article 5a of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 to ensure that the mandatory issuance of European Digital Identity Wallets relates only to natural persons. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| (56) The framework established by this Regulation should provide a secure, Union-wide digital infrastructure and should therefore constitute the principal instrument for such purposes. To fully realise the benefits of the European Business Wallet framework for both economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to promote its use as the default tool for secure digital identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents and attestations of attributes. | (56) The framework established by this Regulation should provide a secure, Union-wide digital infrastructure and should therefore constitute the principal instrument for such purposes. Given the sensitive nature of business data, it is essential that the European Business Wallet ecosystem relies on cloud and data infrastructures located within the Union, that guarantee European functional and legal sovereignty, preventing any unauthorised access by third-country jurisdictions. To fully realise the benefits of the European Business Wallet framework for both economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to promote its use as the default tool for secure digital identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents and attestations of attributes. |
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| (56) The framework established by this Regulation should provide a secure, Union-wide digital infrastructure and should therefore constitute the principal instrument for such purposes. To fully realise the benefits of the European Business Wallet framework for both economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to promote its use as the default tool for secure digital identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents and attestations of attributes. | (56) The framework established by this Regulation should provide a secure, Union-wide digital infrastructure and should therefore constitute the principal instrument for such purposes. To fully realise the benefits of the European Business Wallet framework for both economic operators and public sector bodies, it is necessary to promote its use as the default tool for secure digital identification, authentication, and the exchange of electronic documents and attestations of attributes, while also taking all the necessary measures to ensure data protection in accordance with the rules in force in that field. |
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| (57) To ensure a coherent and horizontal application across sectors of Union legislation, reduce administrative cost on economic operators and to improve budgetary efficiency, Union law concerning electronic identification, authentication, or the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, or attestations of attributes, particularly where specific technical requirements, systems, or protocols are established, should be applied in a manner consistent with this Regulation. Accordingly, any future legislative or non-legislative initiatives in these fields should adhere to the Business-Wallet-by-Default principle and should be designed and developed to build upon and enable the use of European Business Wallets. Where such alignment is not possible, the Commission should provide a written justification through an Impact Assessment, accompanying the relevant initiative, setting out the reasons for not enabling the use of European Business Wallets. The Commission should evaluate and review this Regulation by [Publications Office, please insert the date 3 years post adoption] and every four years thereafter and report to the European Parliament and the Council. This review is essential for assessing the continued relevance of the prescribed core functions and technical specifications, especially those associated with the QERDS as a secure communication channel, in the context of the latest technological advancements. Furthermore, the Commission should evaluate the notification procedures for providers of European Business Wallet, as well as the implementation and effectiveness of the rules on penalties established by Member States, to evaluate market developments and compliance levels. | (57) To ensure a coherent and horizontal application across sectors of Union legislation, reduce administrative cost on economic operators and to improve budgetary efficiency, Union law concerning electronic identification, authentication, or the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, or attestations of attributes, particularly where specific technical requirements, systems, or protocols are established, should be applied in a manner consistent with this Regulation. Accordingly, any future legislative or non-legislative initiatives in these fields should be designed and developed to be interoperable and to build upon existing Union solutions, such as EU digital identity wallets, Single Digital Gateway and Business Registries Interconnection System, and, where relevant, to enable the use of European Business Wallets, where this creates clear additional value and avoids duplication with already existing EU solutions. The Commission should evaluate and review this Regulation by [Publications Office, please insert the date 3 years post adoption] and every four years thereafter and report to the European Parliament and the Council. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (57) To ensure a coherent and horizontal application across sectors of Union legislation, reduce administrative cost on economic operators and to improve budgetary efficiency, Union law concerning electronic identification, authentication, or the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, or attestations of attributes, particularly where specific technical requirements, systems, or protocols are established, should be applied in a manner consistent with this Regulation. Accordingly, any future legislative or non-legislative initiatives in these fields should adhere to the Business-Wallet-by-Default principle and should be designed and developed to build upon and enable the use of European Business Wallets. Where such alignment is not possible, the Commission should provide a written justification through an Impact Assessment, accompanying the relevant initiative, setting out the reasons for not enabling the use of European Business Wallets. The Commission should evaluate and review this Regulation by [Publications Office, please insert the date 3 years post adoption] and every four years thereafter and report to the European Parliament and the Council. This review is essential for assessing the continued relevance of the prescribed core functions and technical specifications, especially those associated with the QERDS as a secure communication channel, in the context of the latest technological advancements. Furthermore, the Commission should evaluate the notification procedures for providers of European Business Wallet, as well as the implementation and effectiveness of the rules on penalties established by Member States, to evaluate market developments and compliance levels. | (57) To ensure a coherent and horizontal application across sectors of Union legislation, reduce administrative cost on economic operators and to improve budgetary efficiency, Union law concerning electronic identification, authentication, or the exchange of electronic documents, notifications, or attestations of attributes, particularly where specific technical requirements, systems, or protocols are established, should be applied in a manner consistent with this Regulation. Accordingly, any future legislative or non-legislative initiatives in these fields should adhere to the Business-Wallet-by-Default principle and should be designed and developed to build upon and enable the use of European Business Wallets. Where such alignment is not possible, the Commission should provide a written justification through an Impact Assessment, accompanying the relevant initiative, setting out the reasons for not enabling the use of European Business Wallets. The Commission should evaluate and review this Regulation by [Publications Office, please insert the date 48 months post adoption] and every four years thereafter and report to the European Parliament and the Council. This review is essential for assessing the continued relevance of the prescribed core functions and technical specifications, especially those associated with the QERDS as a secure communication channel, in the context of the latest technological advancements. Furthermore, the Commission should evaluate the notification procedures for providers of European Business Wallet, as well as the implementation and effectiveness of the rules on penalties established by Member States, to evaluate market developments and compliance levels. |
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| (1) establishes a framework for the provision of European Business Wallets; | (1) establishes a single European framework for the provision of European Business Wallets, with a view to reducing administrative burdens; |
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| (1) establishes a framework for the provision of European Business Wallets; | (1) establishes a secure framework for the provision of European Business Wallets; |
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| (2) establishes the principle of equivalence, giving equivalent legal effect to actions and transactions carried out through a European Business Wallet as to actions and transactions lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or processes that would be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements; | (2) establishes the principle of equivalence, giving equivalent legal effect to actions and transactions carried out through a European Business Wallet as a voluntary means of interaction, as to actions and transactions lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or processes that would be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements. This principle shall not confer on European Business Wallets any exclusive status as a means of interaction and shall not be construed as creating any obligation for private economic operators to use them in place of other legally compliant means; public sector bodies shall not refuse to accept communications, documents or notifications submitted through legally compliant means other than a European Business Wallet. |
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| (2) establishes the principle of equivalence, giving equivalent legal effect to actions and transactions carried out through a European Business Wallet as to actions and transactions lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or processes that would be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements; | (2) establishes the principle of equivalence, meaning that actions and transactions carried out through a European Business Wallet should not be denied legal effect only based on the fact of it being in electronic form. The use of the core functionalities having the same legal effect as actions and transactions lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or processes that would be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements; |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| (2) establishes the principle of equivalence, giving equivalent legal effect to actions and transactions carried out through a European Business Wallet as to actions and transactions lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or processes that would be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements; | (2) establishes the principle of equivalence, giving equivalent legal effect to actions and transactions carried out through a European Business Wallet as to actions and transactions lawfully carried out in person, in paper form, or via any other means or processes that would be deemed compliant with applicable legal, administrative, or procedural requirements, without affecting the underlying substantive national or Union law governing the transaction ; |
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| (2 a) This Regulation shall apply only to economic operators acting in their professional or commercial capacity and to public sector bodies. Natural persons acting outside the scope of an economic activity, including individuals acting in a purely private capacity, are outside the scope of this Regulation and shall not be required or expected to obtain or use a European Business Wallet. |
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| (3) establishes rules for the issuance of European Business Wallet owner identification data for the identification of economic operators and public sector bodies; | (3) establishes clear rules at European level for the issuance of European Business Wallet owner identification data for the identification of economic operators and public sector bodies and to ensure barrier-free operations throughout the EU; |
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| (4) establishes the European Digital Directory; | (4) establishes the European Digital Directory, with barrier-free access for all the relevant parties and with due respect for data protection measures; |
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| (5) designates the European unique identifier (EUID), as established and governed by Directive (EU) 2017/1132, as the unique identifier for European Business Wallet owners, and establishes a similar unique identifier for European Business Wallets owners to whom the European Unique Identifier is not available; | (5) designates the European unique identifier (EUID), as established and governed by Directive (EU) 2017/1132, as the unique identifier for European Business Wallet owners, and establishes a unique identifier for European Business Wallets owners to whom the European Unique Identifier is not available; |
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| (6) lays down the notification mechanism under which providers of European Business Wallets shall be established; | (6) lays down the notification mechanism under which providers of European Business Wallets shall be authorised to provide that service; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (8) provides a framework for the supervision of Union entities, where such public sector bodies provide European Business Wallets; | (8) provides a framework for the supervision of Union entities, where such public sector bodies provide European Business Wallets to other Union entities; |
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| (9) provides a framework for the recognition of third-country systems similar to the European Business Wallets and the issuance of European Business Wallets to third country economic operators. | (9) provides a framework for the mutual recognition of third-country systems similar to the European Business Wallets which offer the same level of security, trust and digital standards as European Business Wallets, and the issuance of European Business Wallets to third country economic operator. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (9) provides a framework for the recognition of third-country systems similar to the European Business Wallets and the issuance of European Business Wallets to third country economic operators. | (9) provides a framework for the recognition of third-country systems similar to the European Business Wallets which offer the same level of security, trust and digital standards as European Business Wallets and the issuance of European Business Wallets to third country economic operators. |
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| (9) provides a framework for the recognition of third-country systems similar to the European Business Wallets and the issuance of European Business Wallets to third country economic operators. | (9) provides a framework for the mutual recognition of third-country systems which offer a level of security and trustworthiness equivalent to the European Business Wallets and the issuance of European Business Wallets to third country economic operators. |
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| (9a.) clarifies that the requirements of this Regulation can be fulfilled, in full or in part, through existing sector-specific IT systems containing data provided by economic operators, managed and intermediated by duly authorised or designated third parties, in accordance with applicable Union and national law. |
The amendment aims to clarify that, in line with the objective of flexibility and adaptability for different sectoral contexts, European Business Wallets can enhance and integrate with already existing sector-specific IT systems. In various sectors characterised by high levels of administrative complexity, such systems manage data provided by economic operators and are operated through duly authorised third parties.
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| (9 a) (10) ensures the confidentiality of business exchanges by preventing any oversight by the Commission or supervisory bodies over the content of the data exchanged between European Business Wallets. |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| 2. This Regulation is without prejudice to the existing systems and procedures mandated by Union law governing the exchange of documents and data between competent authorities. | 2. This Regulation is without prejudice to the existing systems and procedures mandated by Union law governing the exchange of documents and data between competent authorities. It shall not affect the substantive rules of Union or national law governing the formation, validity, or performance of contracts and other legal obligations, nor shall it impose disproportionate administrative or financial burdens on small public sector bodies, such as local municipalities. |
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| 2. This Regulation is without prejudice to the existing systems and procedures mandated by Union law governing the exchange of documents and data between competent authorities. | 2. This Regulation is without prejudice to the existing systems and procedures mandated by Union law governing the exchange of documents and data between competent authorities. In particular, it is without prejudice to Directive (EU) 2017/1132, as amended by Directive (EU) 2025/25. |
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| 2. This Regulation is without prejudice to the existing systems and procedures mandated by Union law governing the exchange of documents and data between competent authorities. | 2. This Regulation is without prejudice to the existing systems and procedures mandated by Union law or Member State legislation governing the exchange of documents and data between competent authorities. |
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| 2a. This Regulation does not affect Union or national law relating to the conclusion and validity of contracts, other legal or procedural obligations relating to form, or sector-specific requirements relating to form. |
Articolul 2 alineatul (3) din Regulamentul (UE) nr. 910/2014, astfel cum a fost modificat prin Regulamentul (UE) 2024/1183, permite statelor membre să asigure cetățenilor lor o administrare preventivă a justiției. Controalele preventive publice care asigură în special legalitatea documentelor juridice, valoarea lor probatorie și protecția consumatorilor sunt realizate prin intermediul legislației naționale referitoare la încheierea și valabilitatea contractelor, al altor obligații juridice sau procedurale referitoare la formă sau al cerințelor sectoriale specifice referitoare la formă. Considerentul 6 din propunerea de regulament exprimă această preocupare explicând că regulamentul nu ar trebui să aducă atingere cerințelor procedurale care ar putea face parte dintr-o procedură administrativă și care nu pot fi îndeplinite de funcționalitățile de bază ale portofelelor europene pentru întreprinderi.
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| 2a. This Regulation shall not affect measures taken by Member States to uphold and protect public order and public safety. |
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| This Regulation does not affect Union or national law related to the conclusion and validity of contracts, other legal or procedural obligations relating to form, or sector-specific requirements relating to form. | |
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| 1a Amendment for a new paragraph 3 |
Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) 910/2014 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 allows Member States to provide preventive administration of justice to their citizens. Public preventive controls, ensuring the legality and probative values of documents and consumer protection, are governed by national laws on contract formation and validity, formal requirements, and sector-specific obligations. Recital 6 clarifies that the regulation is without prejudice to procedural requirements in administrative procedures that cannot be fulfilled by the European Business Wallet.
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| ‘European Business Wallet’ means a digital solution that allows European Business Wallet owners to securely store, manage, and present European Business Wallet owner identification data and electronic attestations of attributes to Business Wallet-relying parties and other entities using European Business Wallets and European Digital Identity Wallets for the following purposes: | ‘European Business Wallet’ means a digital solution that allows European Business Wallet owners to securely store, manage, combine, request, obtain and present European Business Wallet owner identification data and electronic attestations of attributes to Business Wallet-relying parties and other entities using European Business Wallets and European Digital Identity Wallets for the following purposes: |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| ‘European Business Wallet’ means a digital solution that allows European Business Wallet owners to securely store, manage, and present European Business Wallet owner identification data and electronic attestations of attributes to Business Wallet-relying parties and other entities using European Business Wallets and European Digital Identity Wallets for the following purposes: | ‘European Business Wallet’ means a digital solution that allows European Business Wallet owners to securely request, receive, store, manage, combine and present European Business Wallet owner identification data and electronic attestations of attributes to European Business Wallet-relying parties for the following purposes: |
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| ‘European Business Wallet’ means a digital solution that allows European Business Wallet owners to securely store, manage, and present European Business Wallet owner identification data and electronic attestations of attributes to Business Wallet-relying parties and other entities using European Business Wallets and European Digital Identity Wallets for the following purposes: | ‘European Business Wallet’ means a digital solution that allows European Business Wallet owners to securely receive, store, manage, and present European Business Wallet owner identification data and electronic attestations of attributes to Business Wallet-relying parties and other entities using European Business Wallets and European Digital Identity Wallets for the following purposes: |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (a) to authenticate and provide the verified proofs required by a relying party; | (a) to authenticate and provide the European Business Wallet owner identification data required by a European Business Wallet-relying party; |
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| (a) to authenticate and provide the verified proofs required by a relying party; | (a) to provide the verified proofs required by a European Business Wallet-relying party for authentication; |
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| (a) to authenticate and provide the verified proofs required by a relying party; | (a) to provide the verified proofs required by a European Business Wallet-relying party for authentication; |
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| (b) to access and use electronic attestations of attributes, electronic signatures, electronic seals, electronic registered delivery services, and electronic time stamps; | (b) to access and use electronic attestations of attributes, electronic signatures, electronic seals, electronic registered delivery services, and electronic time stamps, in a manner the complies with data protection rules; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (c) to enable the creation, management and delegation of mandates to authorised representatives; | (c) to create, manage, and delegate authorisations to users; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (3) ‘provider of European Business Wallet owner identification data’ means a qualified trust service provider or public sector body or the Commission issuing European Business Wallet owner identification data; | (3) ‘provider of European Business Wallet owner identification data’ means a qualified trust service provider or public sector body issuing European Business Wallet owner identification data; |
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| (4) ‘economic operator’ means any natural or legal person, or a group of such persons, including temporary associations of undertakings, acting in a commercial or professional capacity for purposes related to their trade, business, craft or profession; | (4) ‘economic operator’ means any legal persons and entities explicitly covered by Union company law and anti-money laundering legislation; |
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| (4) ‘economic operator’ means any natural or legal person, or a group of such persons, including temporary associations of undertakings, acting in a commercial or professional capacity for purposes related to their trade, business, craft or profession; | (4) ‘Economic operator’ means any natural or legal person, or a group of such persons, including but not limited to undertakings, corporate groups, partnerships, foundations, associations, along with sole traders and self-employed individuals, acting in a commercial or professional capacity. |
Ensure that the range of legal personalities in the Member States is covered, including corporate groups
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| (5) ‘public sector body’ means a Union entity, a national, state, regional or local authority, a body governed by public law or an association formed by one or several such entities or bodies , or a private entity mandated by at least one such entities, authorities, bodies or associations to provide public services, when acting under such a mandate; | (5) ‘public sector body’ means a Union entity, a national, state, regional or local authority, a body governed by public law or an association formed by one or several such entities or bodies , or a private entity mandated by at least one such entities, authorities, bodies or associations to provide public services, when acting under such a mandate, for a clearly defined period; |
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| (5) ‘public sector body’ means a Union entity, a national, state, regional or local authority, a body governed by public law or an association formed by one or several such entities or bodies , or a private entity mandated by at least one such entities, authorities, bodies or associations to provide public services, when acting under such a mandate; | (5) ‘public sector body’ means a national, state, regional or local authority, a body governed by public law or an association formed by one or several such entities or bodies , or a private entity mandated one such entities, authorities, bodies or associations to provide public services, when acting under such a mandate; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (5) ‘public sector body’ means a Union entity, a national, state, regional or local authority, a body governed by public law or an association formed by one or several such entities or bodies , or a private entity mandated by at least one such entities, authorities, bodies or associations to provide public services, when acting under such a mandate; | (5) ‘public sector body’ means a Union entity, a national, state, regional or local authority, a body governed by public law or an association formed by one or several such entities or bodies, or a private entity mandated by such entities, authorities, bodies or associations to provide public services, when acting under such a mandate; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (7) ‘European Business Wallet owner’ means an economic operator or public sector body that owns or has a right of use of a European Business Wallet; | (7) ‘European Business Wallet owner’ means an economic operator or public sector body that owns a European Business Wallet; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (8) ‘trust service’ means trust service as defined in Article 3, point (16) of Regulation (EU) 910/2014; | (8) ‘trust service’ means trust service as defined in Article 3, point (16) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (8 a) ‘trust service provider’ means a trust service provider as defined in Article 3, point (19) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (8 b) ‘qualified trust service provider’ means qualified trust service provider as defined in Article 3, point (20) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (9) ‘attribute’ means attribute as defined in Article 3, point (43) of Regulation (EU) 910/2014; | (9) ‘attribute’ means attribute as defined in Article 3, point (43) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; |
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| (11) ‘qualified attestation of attributes’ means qualified attestation of attributes as defined in Article 3, point (45) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; | (11) ‘qualified electronic attestation of attributes’ means qualified electronic attestation of attributes as defined in Article 3, point (45) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (11) ‘qualified attestation of attributes’ means qualified attestation of attributes as defined in Article 3, point (45) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; | (11) ‘qualified electronic attestation of attributes’ means qualified electronic attestation of attributes as defined in Article 3, point (45) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; |
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| (11) ‘qualified attestation of attributes’ means qualified attestation of attributes as defined in Article 3, point (45) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; | (11) ‘qualified electronic attestation of attributes’ means qualified electronic attestation of attributes as defined in Article 3, point (45) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; |
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| (17) ‘qualified electronic stamp’ means a qualified electronic stamp as defined in Article 3, point (34) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; | (17) ‘qualified electronic time stamp’ means a qualified electronic time stamp as defined in Article 3, point (34) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (17) ‘qualified electronic stamp’ means a qualified electronic stamp as defined in Article 3, point (34) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; | (17) ‘qualified electronic time stamp’ means a qualified electronic time stamp as defined in Article 3, point (34) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (18) ‘authorised representative’ means a natural or legal person acting on behalf of the European Business Wallet owner in executing and operating functions of a designated European Business Wallet on the basis of an authorisation granted by a European Business Wallet owner; | deleted |
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| (19) ‘mandate’ means the authorisation granted by a European Business Wallet owner to an authorised representative, enabling that representative to act on behalf of the owner in executing and operating functions of a designated European Business Wallet; | (19) ‘mandate’ means the authorisation granted by a European Business Wallet owner to an authorised representative, enabling that representative to act on behalf of the owner in executing and operating functions of a designated European Business Wallet; the mandate should be understood as authorisation to define roles for internal purposes of the use of the European Business Wallet by employees of the Legal Person owning the Wallet. If these authorisations were to take effect against third parties, legally binding the Legal Person to third parties, for reasons of legal certainty they should be granted in the manner determined by the legislation of each Member State and may be subject to registration in the Commercial Register; in the same sense as established in Article 16(c) of Directive 25/2025 for the EU Digital Power of Attorney. |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (19) ‘mandate’ means the authorisation granted by a European Business Wallet owner to an authorised representative, enabling that representative to act on behalf of the owner in executing and operating functions of a designated European Business Wallet; | (19) ‘authorisation’ means the granting or recognition of a right or permission by a European Business Wallet owner to a European Business Wallet user to perform specified actions on specified resources or functionalities, and the corresponding access-control decision that permits each concrete request in accordance with applicable access-control policy and any required conditions of a designated European Business Wallet; |
Mélanie Disdier, Julie Rechagneux, Pascale Piera, Auke Zijlstra, Jorge Martín Frías, Jana Nagyová, Tomáš Kubín, Ondřej Knotek, Barbara Bonte
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| (19) ‘mandate’ means the authorisation granted by a European Business Wallet owner to an authorised representative, enabling that representative to act on behalf of the owner in executing and operating functions of a designated European Business Wallet; | (19) ‘mandate’ means the authorisation granted by a European Business Wallet owner to an authorised representative, enabling that representative to act on behalf of the owner, within a predefined and limited scope of functions as determined by the owner, in executing and operating functions of a designated European Business Wallet; |
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| (19) ‘mandate’ means the authorisation granted by a European Business Wallet owner to an authorised representative, enabling that representative to act on behalf of the owner in executing and operating functions of a designated European Business Wallet; | (19) ‘mandate’ means the authorisation granted by a European Business Wallet owner to an authorised representative, enabling that representative to act on behalf of the owner in executing and operating functions of a designated European Business Wallet permanently or for a clearly defined period; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (22) ‘user’ means a natural or legal person, or a natural person representing another natural person or a legal person, that uses European Business Wallets or European Business Wallet electronic identification means provided in accordance with this Regulation; | (22) ‘user’ means a natural or legal person, or a natural person representing another natural person or a legal person, that uses European Business Wallets provided in accordance with this Regulation; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (24) ‘wallet unit attestation’ means a data object that describes the components of the European Business Wallet unit or allows authentication and validation of those components; | (24) ‘European Business Wallet unit attestation’ means a data object that describes the components of the European Business Wallet unit or allows authentication and validation of those components; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (27) ‘critical assets’ means assets within or in relation to a European Business Wallet unit of such extraordinary importance that where their availability, confidentiality or integrity are compromised, that would have a very serious, debilitating effect on the ability to rely on the European Business Wallet unit; | (27) ‘critical assets’ means assets within or in relation to a European Business Wallet unit of such extraordinary importance that where their availability, confidentiality or integrity are compromised, that would have a very serious, debilitating effect on the ability to rely on the European Business Wallet unit or have significant operational, financial or reputational impact on the European Business Wallet owner; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (30) ‘trust service provider’ means a trust service provider as defined in Article 3, point (19) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; | deleted |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (31) ‘qualified trust service provider’ means qualified trust service provider as defined in Article 3, point (20) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014; | deleted |
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| (33a) ‘significant incident’ means an incident within the meaning of Article 23(3) of Directive (EU) 2022/2555; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (33 a) ‘significant incident’ means an incident within the meaning of Article 23(3) of Directive (EU) 2022/2555; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (35) ‘catalogue of schemes means a digital repository listing schemes for the attestation of attributes registered in accordance with this Regulation and that is maintained and published online by the Commission; | (35) ‘catalogue of schemes means a digital repository listing schemes for the electronic attestation of attributes registered in accordance with this Regulation and that is maintained and published online by the Commission; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (37) ‘national register’ means an official database or system established and maintained by or on behalf of a national government or its designated authority, which records, stores, and manages information pertaining to legal entities, including but not limited to companies, partnerships, foundations, associations as well as businesses as natural persons such as sole-traders and self-employed persons or other registrable persons or organisations; | (37) ‘national register’ means an official database or system established and maintained by or on behalf of a national government or its designated authority, which records, stores, and manages information pertaining to public sector bodies and economic operators; |
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| (37) ‘national register’ means an official database or system established and maintained by or on behalf of a national government or its designated authority, which records, stores, and manages information pertaining to legal entities, including but not limited to companies, partnerships, foundations, associations as well as businesses as natural persons such as sole-traders and self-employed persons or other registrable persons or organisations; | (37) ‘national register’ means an official database or system established and maintained by or on behalf of a national government or its designated authority, which records, stores, and manages information pertaining to legal entities, including but not limited to companies, partnerships, foundations, associations as well as businesses as natural persons such as sole-traders and self-employed persons or other registrable persons or organisations, and which ensures the protection of their data in accordance with the rules in force; |
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| (37) ‘national register’ means an official database or system established and maintained by or on behalf of a national government or its designated authority, which records, stores, and manages information pertaining to legal entities, including but not limited to companies, partnerships, foundations, associations as well as businesses as natural persons such as sole-traders and self-employed persons or other registrable persons or organisations; | (37) ‘national register’ means a public database or system established and maintained by or on behalf of a national government or its designated authority, which records, stores, and manages information pertaining to legal entities, including but not limited to companies, partnerships, foundations, associations as well as businesses as natural persons such as sole-traders and self-employed persons or other registrable persons or organisations; |
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| (39) ‘submission’ or ‘submit 'means any transmission of structured or unstructured data, files, forms, or records by between a public sector body and an economic operator or between economic operators or between public sector bodies, where such transmission is required, requested, or permitted under Union or national law, and is intended to support a legal, administrative, or procedural purpose; | (39) ‘submission’ or ‘submit 'means any transmission of structured or unstructured data, files, forms, or records by between a public sector body and an economic operator or between economic operators or between public sector bodies, where such transmission is required, requested, or permitted under Union or national law, and is intended to support a legal, administrative, or procedural purpose, and which ensures the protection of their data in accordance with rules in force; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (39) ‘submission’ or ‘submit 'means any transmission of structured or unstructured data, files, forms, or records by between a public sector body and an economic operator or between economic operators or between public sector bodies, where such transmission is required, requested, or permitted under Union or national law, and is intended to support a legal, administrative, or procedural purpose; | (39) ‘submission’ or ‘submit 'means any transmission of structured or unstructured data, files, forms, or records between a public sector body and an economic operator or between economic operators or between public sector bodies, where such transmission is required, requested, or permitted under Union or national law, and is intended to support a legal, administrative, or procedural purpose; |
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| (40) ‘notification’ means any transmission of information, decisions, requests, or acknowledgements between a public sector body and an economic operator or between economic operators or between public sector bodies, which is required, requested, or permitted under Union or national law, and which is intended to produce legal effects or inform the recipient of rights, obligations, or procedural developments; | (40) ‘notification’ means any transmission, in electronic or paper format, of information, decisions, requests, or acknowledgements between a public sector body and an economic operator or between economic operators or between public sector bodies, which is required, requested, or permitted under Union or national law, and which is intended to produce legal effects or inform the recipient of rights, obligations, or procedural developments; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (41) ‘administrative procedure’ means a sequence of actions, defined by Union or national law, that must be taken by economic operators or public sector bodies to comply with obligations, provide information, or obtain a decision, authorisation, or benefit from a public sector body in the exercise of administrative functions; | (41) ‘administrative procedure’ means a sequence of actions, defined by Union or national law, that must be taken by economic operators or public sector bodies to comply with obligations, provide information, or obtain a decision, an authorisation, a service or a benefit from a public sector body in the exercise of administrative functions; |
Marion Walsmann, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Norbert Lins, Christian Doleschal, Angelika Niebler, Alexandra Mehnert, Matej Tonin
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| (42) 'European Business Wallet front-end' means the user interface component, regardless of platform or form factor, that interacts with users acting on behalf of the owner, and is part of the European Business Wallet unit; | (42) 'European Business Wallet front-end' means the user interface component, regardless of platform or form factor, that interacts with users and is part of the European Business Wallet unit; |
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@misc{epw-text-itre-am-787816,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{AMENDMENTS 141 - 370 - Draft report Establishment of European Business Wallets}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-04-23},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ITRE-AM-787816}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ITRE-AM-787816},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. docId ITRE-AM-787816. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
}