--- title: "eIDAS Applicability Test" canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/eidas/applicability-test" source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/applicability-test" author: "Sorena AI" description: "A practical applicability test for eIDAS and eIDAS 2.0: identify your roles (relying party, trust service provider/QTSP, wallet provider, attribute issuer)." published_at: "2026-02-21" updated_at: "2026-02-21" keywords: - "eIDAS applicability test" - "is eIDAS applicable" - "eIDAS scope" - "am I a QTSP" - "relying party eIDAS" - "EUDI wallet relying party" - "eIDAS 2.0 applicability" - "eIDAS applicability" - "eIDAS scope test" - "QTSP" - "relying party" - "EUDI wallet" - "attribute issuer" --- **[SORENA](https://www.sorena.io/)** - AI-Powered GRC Platform [Home](https://www.sorena.io/) | [Solutions](https://www.sorena.io/solutions) | [Artifacts](https://www.sorena.io/artifacts) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) | [Contact](https://www.sorena.io/contact) | [Portal](https://app.sorena.io) --- # eIDAS Applicability Test A practical applicability test for eIDAS and eIDAS 2.0: identify your roles (relying party, trust service provider/QTSP, wallet provider, attribute issuer). *Applicability Test* *EU* ## EU eIDAS Applicability Test Identify your role(s), then build the right controls and evidence. Most organizations have multiple roles; this test helps you prioritize the correct workstreams. eIDAS obligations are role-dependent. Instead of asking "Does eIDAS apply?", ask "Which eIDAS role am I in this transaction?" Use this test to identify your role(s) and the implementation subpages to use next. ## Step 1 - Are you a relying party? You are a relying party if you accept or rely on electronic identification, wallet interactions, or trust services to make a decision (onboarding, authentication, contract signing, high-risk action). Relying parties need deterministic verification logic, logging, and user transparency controls. - Do you authenticate users online and need high assurance identity proofing? - Do you accept electronic signatures or seals and need to validate legal effect and certificate status? - Will you accept EUDI Wallet-based authentication or attribute presentation in user journeys? ## Step 2 - Are you a trust service provider (TSP) or qualified TSP (QTSP)? You are a TSP/QTSP if you provide trust services (signatures, seals, timestamps, registered delivery, website authentication) as a service. QTSP status introduces supervision and qualification expectations and typically requires strong alignment to standards and audits. - Do you issue certificates for signatures/seals, provide validation/preservation, or operate time stamping services? - Do you market or claim "qualified" services (QES/QSeal/QTimestamp/Qualified ERDS)? - Do you maintain a trust service operational platform (key management, HSMs, audit logs, incident response)? ## Step 3 - Are you building or operating EUDI Wallet capabilities? Wallet-related responsibilities may apply if you build wallet components, operate wallet services, or issue identity data/attributes to wallets. Even if you are not a wallet provider, you may be a relying party that must integrate wallet verification flows. - Do you provide a wallet app or wallet services (updates, security lifecycle, revocation/suspension handling)? - Do you issue identity data or electronic attestations of attributes to wallets? - Do you need interoperability and conformance testing across multiple wallet vendors and issuers? ## Step 4 - Choose your path (recommended next pages) Use your role to pick the right implementation workstreams. Don't build everything at once. Start with the highest risk/highest volume journey (e.g., onboarding, signing, or wallet-based authentication). - Relying party: start with electronic signatures legal effect + validation evidence, then wallet readiness. - QTSP/TSP: start with qualified trust services selection and a security + supervision evidence pack. - Wallet readiness: start with the technical architecture guide and interoperability test plan. - Program owners: start with checklist-and-evidence, then compliance playbook. *Recommended next step* *Placement: after the applicability result* ## Turn EU eIDAS Applicability Test into an operational assessment Assessment Autopilot can take EU eIDAS Applicability Test from deciding whether these obligations apply in practice to a reusable workflow inside Sorena. Teams working on EU eIDAS can keep owners, evidence, and next steps aligned without copying this guide into separate documents. - [Open Assessment Autopilot for EU eIDAS Applicability Test](/solutions/assessment.md): Start from EU eIDAS Applicability Test and turn the guidance into owned tasks, evidence requests, and review checkpoints. - [Talk through EU eIDAS](/contact.md): Review your current process, evidence gaps, and next steps for EU eIDAS Applicability Test. ## Primary sources - [Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (eIDAS) - Official Journal (as amended)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/910/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Definitions (including relying party) and trust services framework. - [Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 - eIDAS 2.0 amendment (EUDI Wallet)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1183/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Wallet-centric amendments and ecosystem role changes. ## Related Topic Guides - [eIDAS & eIDAS 2.0 Deadlines and Compliance Calendar | EUDI Wallet Key Dates + Readiness Plan](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/deadlines-and-compliance-calendar.md): An eIDAS deadlines calendar with the dates that matter: 1 July 2016 baseline application, the 2024 eIDAS amendment. - [eIDAS 2.0 vs eIDAS | What Changed: EUDI Wallet, Attributes, Trust Services, Relying Parties](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/eidas2-vs-eidas.md): A grounded eIDAS 2.0 vs eIDAS comparison covering what Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 changed: EUDI Wallets, electronic attestations of attributes. - [eIDAS Certificates and Authentication | Qualified Certificates, QWACs, Validation, and Implementation](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/certificates-and-authentication.md): A deep guide to eIDAS certificates and authentication: qualified certificates for signatures and seals, website authentication certificates. - [eIDAS Checklist and Evidence Pack | Audit-Ready Artifacts for Relying Parties and QTSP Programs](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/checklist-and-evidence.md): A deep eIDAS evidence guide: what artifacts auditors and supervisors ask for first, how to structure an evidence index. - [eIDAS Compliance Checklist | Trust Services, QTSP Selection, Wallet Readiness, Evidence](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/checklist.md): An audit-ready eIDAS checklist: scope your role (relying party vs QTSP vs wallet work), choose trust services and assurance levels. - [eIDAS Compliance Program | Operating Model, Controls, Tests, and Governance Cadence](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/compliance.md): A deep eIDAS compliance playbook: build a role-scoped operating model for trust services and EUDI Wallet readiness, define owners and controls. - [eIDAS FAQ (EU) | QES, QTSP, Trust Services, EUDI Wallet, Evidence, and Deadlines](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/faq.md): High-signal answers to the most searched eIDAS questions: what eIDAS covers, AdES vs QES, how to choose a QTSP, what evidence to retain. - [eIDAS Penalties, Liability, and Enforcement | Supervision, Audits, and Risk Reduction](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/penalties-and-fines.md): A practical eIDAS enforcement guide: how supervision and audits work for trust service providers and qualified trust services. - [eIDAS Requirements (EU) | Trust Services, QTSP Controls, Wallet Obligations, Evidence Mapping](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/requirements.md): An advanced eIDAS requirements breakdown: trust services obligations, QTSP security and supervision expectations, relying party validation duties. - [eIDAS vs E-SIGN Act vs UETA | EU vs US Electronic Signature Frameworks (Practical Comparison)](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/eidas-vs-esign-and-ueta.md): A practical comparison of EU eIDAS (Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183) vs the US E-SIGN Act and UETA: legal effect. - [Electronic Signatures under eIDAS | Advanced vs Qualified (AdES vs QES), Legal Effect, Validation](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/electronic-signatures-and-legal-effect.md): A deep eIDAS electronic signature guide: decide AdES vs QES, understand legal effect and evidentiary strength, design signing ceremonies and remote signing. - [EUDI Wallet Readiness (eIDAS 2.0) | Relying Party + Provider Checklist and Evidence Pack](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/eudi-wallet-readiness.md): A deep EUDI Wallet readiness guide for product, security, and compliance teams: relying party acceptance strategy, identity + attribute flows. - [EUDI Wallet Technical Architecture Guide | ARF-Aligned Components, Flows, and Controls](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/eudi-wallet-technical-architecture-guide.md): A deep technical architecture guide for the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet ecosystem: wallet components, issuer + verifier flows. - [Qualified Trust Services and QTSP Selection | Due Diligence, Security, Supervision, Evidence](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/qualified-trust-services-and-qtsp-selection.md): A deep guide to qualified trust services and QTSP selection under eIDAS: how qualification works in practice, what due diligence and contract clauses matter. - [What eIDAS Covers (EU) | Trust Services, eSignatures, Wallets, QTSPs, and Relying Parties](/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/what-eidas-covers.md): A practical eIDAS overview covering electronic identification, trust services, qualified trust services, electronic attestations of attributes. --- [Privacy Policy](https://www.sorena.io/privacy) | [Terms of Use](https://www.sorena.io/terms-of-use) | [DMCA](https://www.sorena.io/dmca) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) (c) 2026 Sorena AB (559573-7338). All rights reserved. Source: https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-regulation/applicability-test