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the following points are added: “European Digital Identity Wallet” means an electronic identification means which allows the user to securely store, manage and validate person identification data and electronic attestations of attributes for the purpose of providing them to relying parties and other users of European Digital Identity Wallets, and to sign by means of qualified electronic signatures or to seal by means of qualified electronic seals; “attribute” means a characteristic, quality, right or permission of a natural or legal person or of an object; “electronic attestation of attributes” means an attestation in electronic form that allows attributes to be authenticated; “qualified electronic attestation of attributes” means an electronic attestation of attributes which is issued by a qualified trust service provider and meets the requirements laid down in Annex V; “electronic attestation of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source” means an electronic attestation of attributes issued by a public sector body that is responsible for an authentic source or by a public sector body that is designated by the Member State to issue such attestations of attributes on behalf of the public sector bodies responsible for authentic sources in accordance with Article 45f and with Annex VII; “authentic source” means a repository or system, held under the responsibility of a public sector body or private entity, that contains and provides attributes about a natural or legal person or object and that is considered to be a primary source of that information or recognised as authentic in accordance with Union or national law, including administrative practice; “electronic archiving” means a service ensuring the receipt, storage, retrieval and deletion of electronic data and electronic documents in order to ensure their durability and legibility as well as to preserve their integrity, confidentiality and proof of origin throughout the preservation period; “qualified electronic archiving service” means an electronic archiving service which is provided by a qualified trust service provider and which meets the requirements laid down in Article 45j; “EU Digital Identity Wallet Trust Mark” means a verifiable, simple and recognisable indication which is communicated in a clear manner that a European Digital Identity Wallet has been provided in accordance with this Regulation; “strong user authentication” means an authentication based on the use of at least two authentication factors from different categories of either knowledge, something only the user knows, possession, something only the user possesses or inherence, something the user is, that are independent, in that the breach of one does not compromise the reliability of the others, and is designed in such a way as to protect the confidentiality of the authentication data; “electronic ledger” means a sequence of electronic data records, ensuring the integrity of those records and the accuracy of the chronological ordering of those records; “qualified electronic ledger” means an electronic ledger which is provided by a qualified trust service provider and which meets the requirements laid down in Article 45l; “personal data” means any information as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679; “identity matching” means a process where person identification data, or electronic identification means are matched with or linked to an existing account belonging to the same person; “data record” means electronic data recorded with related meta-data supporting the processing of the data; “offline mode” means, as regards the use of European Digital Identity Wallets, an interaction between a user and a third party at a physical location using close proximity technologies, whereby the European Digital Identity Wallet is not required to access remote systems via electronic communication networks for the purpose of the interaction.’;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.