The eIDAS Regulation is a major step in building a Digital Single Market and in boosting trust, security and convenience on-line, for governments, businesses and consumers. Thanks to eIDAS, the EU has a predictable legal framework providing legal certainty beyond national borders for electronic identification (eID) and for electronic trust services (such as electronic signatures, seals, time stamping, delivery services and website authentication).

The rules on trust services entered into force on 1 July 2016, allowing these services to flow freely across the EU while enjoying full legal recognition. The rules on eIDs entered into force on 29 September 2018. From this date on, any citizen in the European Union can use his or her national eID means, notified according to eIDAS rules, to access online public services in any other Member State. To date 9 member states have notified their national eID schemes and others are in the process of completing this procedure, including Slovakia.