Category: Certificates
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What Is a QEAA and Why Should Your Organisation Start Issuing Them Now?
There is a concept within the EUDI Wallet ecosystem that many organisations are not yet aware of and that will determine who gains a competitive advantage in the digital trust market over the coming years: QEAAs, Qualified Electronic Attestations of Attributes. In simple terms, a QEAA is a verifiable credential with full legal validity throughout…
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The End of VAT and LEI in EPREL with the Introduction of the NTR/EUID
whose verification has its days numbered. These are companies that completed the electronic verification process between 22 October 2024, when verification became mandatory, and 22 April 2025, using an identifier other than the NTR: VAT (value added tax number), LEI (global legal entity identifier), PSD (payment service provider authorisation number) or a local code. For…
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Hybrid Certificates: The Technical Bridge Needed for Quantum Resistance
The transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) will not be a switch that is turned off and on overnight. There is a dangerous transition period in which legacy systems must coexist with the new security standards. The technical solution that guarantees simultaneous interoperability and security is hybrid certificates. These cryptographic artefacts allow organisations to begin deploying…
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Who is required to register in EPREL? Manufacturers, importers, and authorized representatives
The obligation to register in EPREL applies to manufacturers, importers of Asian products, authorized representatives of non-EU manufacturers, suppliers, but… “Do I need to register, or does the manufacturer do it?” This is the question most frequently raised by importers and distributors when they encounter EPREL for the first time. And the confusion is understandable:…
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Which products require EPREL? A practical list to determine whether your company has registration obligations
Some of the products that require EPREL registration include: light sources, smartphones and tablets, household dishwashers, tyres, and others. But there is one question that reaches compliance departments far more often than it should: “Does our product fall within EPREL or not?” The answer is not always obvious because the system does not operate as…
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The European energy label in 2026: everything a manufacturer or importer needs to know
The European energy label is a comprehensive regulatory system that determines what you are allowed to market, how you must present it, what documentation you are required to generate, and for how long you must retain it. A system that, moreover, continues to evolve constantly: over the last twelve months, the first changes arising from…
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What is EPREL? The European energy labelling database explained for businesses
If you manufacture, import, or represent products with energy labels in the European Union, EPREL is not something you should simply know about: it is something you are already legally required to comply with. EPREL — short for European Product Registry for Energy Labelling — is the official European Commission database where suppliers register their…
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The PSD2 directive and the role of qualified certificates in new financial services
Introduction to the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) Directive (EU) 2015/2366 on payment services in the internal market, commonly known as PSD2, is a key piece of legislation in the European Union’s financial regulatory framework. Its purpose is twofold: on the one hand, to harmonise the regulation of new payment and account information services with…
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How to avoid penalties during the process of registering electrical products with energy labels in EPREL
The free movement of electrical products within the European Union (EU) requires thatproducts comply with Union harmonisation legislation in a framework of healthy competition. Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 regulates the registration of products subject to energy labelling in the European Register for Energy Labelling (EPREL), and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 regulates market surveillance in the field of…
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Registration of products in the EPREL database with EADTrust certificates
The European Product Registry for Energy Labelling (EPREL) is a European Commission database where suppliers must register their products in order to obtain the energy label required to market them. EADTrust has verified the compatibility of its electronic certificates with the new EPREL (European Product Registry for Energy Labelling) guidelines for electrical product efficiency. From…