The new Pact on Migration and Asylum, presented by the European Commission in September 2020, sets the objective of making the visa procedure fully digitalised by 2025, with a digital visa and the ability to submit visa applications online. The Commission presented the legislative proposal...
Eurosmart, the leading European association representing the digital security industry, welcomes the European Commission’s approach to give citizens the choice of their driving licence format. This technology-agnostic standpoint aligns with a holistic vision of inclusion without discrimination and empowering citizens with their data. Our organisation is...
On March 15, the European Parliament approved the decision to enter interinstitutional negotiations. Ahead of the Trilogues meetings to starts on March 21, and as a complement to Eurosmart’s comments on the Council’s General Approach, Eurosmart shares its policy and technical position to initiate an...
Eurosmart’s recommendations on Council’s general approach The Council of the European Union announced, on 6 December 2022, the adoption of its general approach on the Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards Establishing a Framework for a European Digital Identity. Ahead of the...
The discussion around assurance level "high" is rightfully confusing for many following the revision of the eIDAS Regulation. What is meant by assurance level "high"? Does it mean resistance to skilled attackers, so a high level of cybersecurity for a given product? Does it mean...
Eurosmart, the Voice of the Digital Security Industry, started working on digital identity topics in 1999 – long before the eIDAS Regulation was even enacted. The association has developed strong expertise in the field, including standardisation aspects. In this new document, Eurosmart would like to focus...
Eurosmart welcomes the Commission's proposal to update Regulation 1025/2012 to ensure that National Standardisation Bodies (NSBs) are in the driving seat for European standardisation. If adopted, the legislation will rule that only European NSBs have the decision-making power to handle standardisation requests and prepare harmonised...
Eurosmart welcomes the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements (the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)). Download PDF Over the last decade, the European Union has been developing a solid cybersecurity legislative corpus which provides more legal certainty for the...
Sometimes, the security industry must make a critical balancing act between market realities and security. Chip-based documents are a prime example of this fact. Identity cards, passports and other documents usually have a long lifetime, typically ten years. That’s the reality of the identity document...
They used to be a piece of paper easily torn. They have now the size and the texture of a credit card. Driving licences in Europe have kept evolving for the past decades. Today, the European Commission envisages revising the legislation on driving licences to...
