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EU agrees provisional legislative framework for European Digital Identity Wallet

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
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The European Council and representatives of the European Parliament have reached provisional agreement on the legislative framework that will enable the issuance and usage of the EU’s European Digital Identity Wallet that will let EU citizens store their national ID card, driving licence and other digital credentials on their smartphone... More

EU begins work on digital visas for Schengen visitors

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
Sweden’s Minister for Migration Maria Malmer Stenergard

The European Union is to begin negotiating a proposal to enable travellers who require a visa to transit through — or make a short stay in countries within — the border-free Schengen area of Europe to apply for and store a digital version of the credential on their smartphone... More

EU takes next step towards approving legislative framework for European Digital Identity Wallet

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
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The European Council has reached agreement on and approved a revised proposal for the legislative framework for the issuance and usage of the EU’s European Digital Identity Wallet that will enable EU citizens to store digital identity credentials including their national ID, driving licence and bank account details on their smartphone... More

European Parliament passes law that requires Apple to open up its NFC chip

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
European Parliament building with flags

The European Parliament has adopted the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that will obligate Apple, Google and other “gatekeeper” technology companies to allow app developers and third-party service providers access to device functionalities “such as near-field communication technology, secure elements and processors, authentication mechanisms and the software used to operate those technologies”... More

New EU law to force Apple to open up its NFC chip?

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
EU spokesperson Andreas Schwab speaking in front of EU stars logo

Negotiators from the European Parliament and the European Council have provisionally agreed the text of a Digital Markets Act (DMA) that will obligate “gatekeeper” technology companies such as Apple and Google to “allow app developers fair access to the supplementary functionalities of smartphones (eg NFC chip)”... More

EU targets 1 July for European digital Covid certificate launch

By Tom Phillips • • Updated • nfcw.com
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The European Union’s proposed digital Covid certificate that will enable EU residents to confirm that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19, received a negative test result or recovered from the illness is “well on track to be ready by the end of June”, according to the European Commission... More

EU sets out plans for contactless European identity cards

By Sarah Clark • • Updated • nfcw.com

Better security for ID documents: Council Presidency and European Parliament reach provisional agreement — The Council of the European Union — “Under the proposed new rules, identity cards will have to be produced in a uniform, credit card format (ID-1), include a machine-readable zone, and follow the minimum security standards set out by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation). They will also need to include a photo and two fingerprints of the cardholder, stored in a digital format, on a contactless chip.”