Key takeaways
- Only 4 Member States (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy) offer a public sandbox for relying parties to test against.
- 9 countries plan to upgrade an existing national identity app rather than build from scratch.
- Industry analysts expect a first wave of roughly 8 to 12 notified wallets by the December 2026 deadline, with varying features.
- For banks, the 24 December 2027 acceptance obligation stands regardless of how fast each country moves.
The deadline
Under eIDAS 2 (Regulation (EU) 2024/1183) and its first implementing acts adopted on 28 November 2024, each Member State must make at least one EUDI Wallet available by 24 December 2026. Twelve months later, on 24 December 2027, regulated private relying parties, including banks and payment firms that must use strong customer authentication, must accept it.
Country-by-country readiness
The table below groups the 27 Member States using the categories of the September 2026 tracker published by eIDEasy, based on publicly available information. It measures how visible and testable each national project is, not whether a wallet is already certified.
| Readiness signal | Member States | What it means for integrators |
|---|---|---|
| Public sandbox available | Denmark, France, Germany, Italy | You can start technical testing now. |
| Developer repository published | Bulgaria, Finland, Netherlands, Romania | Specifications are visible; testing access may be limited. |
| Existing national app to be upgraded | Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia | Large existing user bases; timing of EUDI features to confirm. |
| Project announced, no public sandbox | Czechia, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden | Monitor closely; plan later integration. |
| No confirmed status found | Cyprus | Treat as uncertain. |
Three trends to watch
1. Existing apps are the fast lane
Countries with widely used identity apps, such as Poland's mObywatel or Italy's IO app with IT-Wallet, are upgrading them rather than starting from zero. For banks, these markets are likely to deliver the first real wallet users.
2. Feature breadth will vary at launch
Analysts expect some early wallets to launch with a subset of features, for example identity data and age verification first, and other attestations later. Your integration should handle wallets that present different sets of attributes.
3. Business wallets lag behind
Wallets for legal persons, which are useful for Know Your Business (KYB) checks, are progressing more slowly than consumer wallets. Corporate onboarding will rely on existing processes for longer.
What it means for your KYC roadmap
| If you operate in… | Recommended action |
|---|---|
| France, Germany, Italy or Denmark | Start sandbox testing in Q4 2026 with your KYC provider. |
| Countries upgrading existing apps | Ask your provider when it will support each national wallet; plan pilots for 2027. |
| Several EU markets | Prefer one integration that covers all wallets through a provider, instead of country-by-country builds. |
| Business banking | Keep current KYB processes; track legal-person wallet timelines separately. |
Whatever the national pace, plan backwards from the 24 December 2027 acceptance deadline and the application of the EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation on 10 July 2027. See our integration guide for a quarter-by-quarter plan.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 (eIDAS 2) and implementing regulations of 28 November 2024; eIDEasy, EU Digital Identity Wallet Status Update, September 2026; B2Trust, eIDAS 2.0 implementation status across the EU-27 (April 2026). This article is general information, not legal advice. We will update it as national wallets launch.