Technical specifications for the issuance of qualified electronic attestations of attributes and electronic attestations of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source referred to in Article 3
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II Technical specifications for the issuance of qualified electronic attestations of attributes and electronic attestations of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source referred to in Article 3 (1) Providers of qualified electronic attestations of attributes and providers of electronic attestation of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source shall issue their attestations in a format according to one of the standards listed in Annex II of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2979 ( 1 ) . (2) For the issuance of attestations to natural or legal persons, providers of qualified electronic attestation of attributes and providers of electronic attestation of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source shall: (a) where applicable, verify that the requester of the attestation has the right to act on behalf of the person that is the subject of the attestation; (b) where applicable, verify the identity of the authentic source used as a source for the attributes included in the attestation; (c) process only the minimum set of attributes necessary for the issuance and management of the attestation. (3) In addition, where the attestation is issued to a European Digital Identity Wallet, the attestation provider shall: (a) authenticate to the wallet unit; (b) verify that the wallet unit is not revoked or suspended. ( 1 ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2979 of 28 November 2024 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the integrity and core functionalities of European Digital Identity Wallets ( OJ L, 2024/2979, 4.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2979/oj ).