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EU Wallet Tracker · Country evidence

Portugal digital identity wallet: progress, builders and timeline

ARTE upgrading the public gov.pt app towards EUDI; POTENTIAL pilot May 2025; RP software tendered Mar 2026; H2-2026/by-2027 targets, no launch day.

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Evidenced stage
Pilot / testing
Wallet and approach
gov.pt (EUDI upgrade)

built into existing app

Delivery and supplier
Delivery body: Agência para a Reforma Tecnológica do Estado (ARTE, former AMA)

Builder: Not named yet

Next target
Q3 2026

EUDI alignment of gov.pt (H2 2026)

vs 24 Dec 2026
around

APTITUDE names ARTE wallet provider; AMA/IRN POTENTIAL pilot with 31 interoperability tests (May 2025); gov.pt public but EUDI onboarding, certification and launch date unconfirmed.

Researched 7 Oct 2026

EU Wallet Scorecard v1.0

Overall D, 47.5Rank 22 of 27 by score

Wallet delivery
10.0 Limited 17% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources
  • Legal basis: target No official source found (checked 7 Oct 2026)
  • Builder named: unconfirmed No official source found (checked 7 Oct 2026)
  • Pilot evidenced: done IRN participa no evento Potential Interop Vilnius (opens in a new tab) (checked 4 Jun 2025)
  • Public beta: unknown No official source found (checked 7 Oct 2026)
  • Generally available: target No official source found (checked 7 Oct 2026)
  • EUDI certified: unknown No official source found (checked 7 Oct 2026)
Rules and governance
0.0 Limited 0% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources
  • Wallet-specific national law: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
  • Wallet supervisor: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
  • Relying-party registration: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
  • National wallet certification scheme: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
  • Accredited conformity assessor: none-found No official source found (checked 16 Oct 2026)
eID foundation
91.5 A 100% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources
Cross-border
69.5 B 100% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources
People and use
66.3 B 100% evidence coverage
Inputs and sources

Grades describe published evidence, not legal compliance. Open the full scorecard.

Opportunities and next steps

Open tenders

None publicly listed as of 2026-10-07.

Named builders and suppliers

None publicly listed as of 2026-10-07.

Relying-party registration

Not open yet. No confirmed registration route

Source

Delivery body official page

Agência para a Reforma Tecnológica do Estado (ARTE, former AMA): IRN participa no evento Potential Interop Vilnius (opens in a new tab)

Alerts and contact

The wallet and what you can use today

Wallet name
gov.pt (EUDI upgrade)
Approach
built into existing app

gov.pt app (former id.gov.pt / Autenticação.gov)

CMD and Citizen Card for public and private login and signing; gov.pt shows domestic documents with QR check; business wallet for company reps. No certified EUDI wallet.

Existing eID

Chave Móvel Digital (CMD), Cartão de Cidadão; gov.pt app

generally available

CMD notified at high assurance; 9.7m enrolments, 4.4m active (Oct 2025). gov.pt documents are domestic, not certified EUDI.

Milestone ladder

  • Law in forcetarget

    Existing eIDAS law (DL 12/2021) and action plan RCM 214/2025; EUDI-specific mandates not confirmed

  • Builder namednot publicly confirmed · 22 Aug 2025

    ARTE created from AMA (DL 96/2025); named wallet provider/coordinator in APTITUDE

  • Pilot evidenceddone · 27 May 2025

    POTENTIAL pilot: AMA wallet, IRN/SIBS relying parties, 31 interop tests

  • Public betanot publicly confirmed
  • Generally availabletarget · Q3 2026

    Action plan 10.10 targets EUDI alignment through H2 2026; APTITUDE says full alignment by 2027

  • EUDI certifiednot publicly confirmed

    IPAC accreditation criteria updated Feb 2026; no wallet certificate or scheme confirmed

Who is accountable

Policy
Ministry of State Reform
Delivery
Agência para a Reforma Tecnológica do Estado (ARTE, former AMA)
Builder
Not publicly confirmed

Organisations involved

state

ARTE (Agência para a Reforma Tecnológica do Estado)

Runs CMD, Autenticação.gov and gov.pt; named wallet provider in APTITUDE

state

Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado (IRN)

Issues Cartão de Cidadão; POTENTIAL pilot participant

state

Imprensa Nacional–Casa da Moeda (INCM)

Manufactures the Citizen Card for IRN

state

Gabinete Nacional de Segurança (GNS)

Trust-service supervisor; maintains national trusted list

private

SIBS Multicert

Qualified trust provider; mTrust CMD signing; POTENTIAL relying party

Next target and schedule

Q3 2026 · EUDI alignment of gov.pt (H2 2026)

Against the EU baseline: 24 Dec 2026

around

National plan says H2 2026 (spans the 24 Dec 2026 baseline); APTITUDE text says full alignment by 2027. No exact day announced.

Unknown means not publicly confirmed. It is not a finding that a deadline was missed.

Dated milestones

Consortia

Consortia

  • POTENTIAL
  • APTITUDE
What isn’t publicly confirmed

What isn't publicly confirmed

  • Statutory Art 5a wallet provider designation and EUDI bill
  • Wallet certification scheme, assessor and certificate
  • Commission Art 5d notification and listing
  • Exact launch date and EUDI onboarding rules
  • RP-software tender award and vendor
  • Production RP register, access and registration certificates
  • Art 45e authentic-source route and Art 48a statistics

Why it matters for Ireland

A state folding the wallet into an existing public app with 4.4m active CMD users; Irish firms should verify issuer and powers, not trust a gov.pt screen.

Companies and projects in the explorer

Companies and projects in the explorer

ARTE

Public-service app developer

Wallets

CGD

Bank

Identity verification

AMA

Named pilot organisation

Wallets

IRN

Public body

Identity verification

SIBS

Named pilot participant; entity unspecified

Identity verification

gov.pt app

Government identity and document app

Wallets

Veridas

Private identity-verification provider

Identity verification

DC4EU

Digital identity consortium programme

Wallets

Sources

  1. Nova APP GOV.PT já está disponível (opens in a new tab) · 6 Jan 2025
  2. Aplicação móvel gov.pt (opens in a new tab) · 19 Aug 2026
  3. Carteira Digital da Empresa chega à app gov.pt (opens in a new tab) · 26 Jan 2026
  4. Decreto-Lei n.º 96/2025, de 21 de agosto (opens in a new tab) · 21 Aug 2025
  5. APTITUDE: Portugal (opens in a new tab) · Publication date not recorded
  6. Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 214/2025 (opens in a new tab) · 29 Dec 2025
  7. IPAC OEC028 eIDAS accreditation requirements (opens in a new tab) · 20 Feb 2026
  8. Anúncio de procedimento n.º 6976/2026 (RP-management software) (opens in a new tab) · 19 Mar 2026
  9. IRN participa no evento Potential Interop Vilnius (opens in a new tab) · 4 Jun 2025
  10. Identidade Digital (CMD statistics) (opens in a new tab) · 23 Oct 2025

Corrections

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Compare with Ireland

Compare with Ireland

Portugal

Evidenced stage
Pilot / testing
Wallet and approach
gov.pt (EUDI upgrade)

built into existing app

Delivery and supplier
Delivery body: Agência para a Reforma Tecnológica do Estado (ARTE, former AMA)

Builder: Not named yet

Next target
Q3 2026

EUDI alignment of gov.pt (H2 2026)

vs 24 Dec 2026
around

Ireland

Evidenced stage
Pilot / testing
Wallet and approach
Government Digital Wallet

dedicated app

Delivery and supplier
Delivery body: Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), DPER

Builder: Built in-house by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), DPER

Next target
2026

Wider public launch of the Government Digital Wallet

Banks and other private services required to use strong customer authentication must accept EU wallets from 24 Dec 2027 under eIDAS 2 Art. 5f(2) (opens in a new tab); micro and small enterprises are exempt.

vs 24 Dec 2026
around