eIDAS 2.0 and the introduction of the EUDI wallet will not be a green field in the German and European digital landscape. Numerous regulated and non-regulated sectors already have their own ecosystems that enable their participants to network and organise the exchange of information in accordance with the requirements of their domain. The best example of this is the telematics infrastructure in the German healthcare market controlled by gematik (as part of the Federal Ministry of Health and the representative in the healthcare ecosystem), created for insured persons, doctors, pharmacists, hospitals and other service providers as well as private and statutory health insurance companies. Starting with card technology and connectors to identify and connect the players, this infrastructure is currently being modernised with Internet capability and zero trust architecture approaches. Here, the telematics infrastructure still relies heavily on purely centralised applications with distributed, secure access to central data storage.
The interoperability, IT security and data protection requirements of the EUDI wallet ecosystem are similar to many aspects of the telematics infrastructure. However, the implementation here is decentralised and involves the users and the individual data providers and recipients are more responsible. This is a real challenge for existing ecosystems to adapt their mindset and the ongoing roadmap with regard to the eIDAS 2.0 reform.
How can such existing ecosystems be combined with the ideas and principles of eIDAS 2.0 and the EUDI Wallet ecosystem, also with regard to European aspects? What measures need to be taken on the part of EUDI Wallet and existing ecosystems in order to reduce existing redundancies? What impact will the eIDAS 2.0 Regulation have on the organisation and control of existing ecosystems such as the telematics infrastructure in Germany if it is truly integrated?
