EU-wide recognition of the German eID card starts on September 29th 2018
The “eIDAS Regulation“ establishes a uniform framework for the cross-border use and mutual recognition of electronic identification means in Europe. Since the notification of the Ger-man eID card was successfully completed at the highest possible level of assurance ("high") in September 2017, the eID function of the German eID card and the German electronic res-idence permit will be recognized throughout Europe for electronic identification in digital ad-ministrative procedures from September 29th 2018 onwards.
SkIDentity offers “eID.gratis!” – Promotion until Christmas 2018
To facilitate the widespread use of electronic identity means across Europe, the eID experts from ecsec have now "preponed Christmas into August" and offer via their SkIDentity service
https://eID.gratis!
Service providers which book the award winning andcertified SkIDentity service until Christmas 2018, will be able to use the electronic identification function of the German eID card and further eID documents from Belgium, Estonia, Georgia, Luxembourg, Portugal and Serbia for half a year for free in their online services. In addition to reliable identification at the highest level of assurance, the electronic identity card also enables strong authentication and secure generation of privacy-friendly pseudonyms and electronic signatures. "Electronic identity cards are a highly interesting option for providers who want to support strong, privacy-friendly authentication and electronic signatures in their online services", adds Dr. Detlef Hühnlein, Managing Director of ecsec GmbH. "With ’eID.gratis!’ it is now a breeze to turn online services into 'Smart Services'".