Feedback is now open. The European Commission’s Have your Say service has announced the opportunity for European citizens to offer their opinions on two upcoming European implementing acts. The deadline for submission to both is midnight on 7 May 2026.
Good news
The very first implementing act relevant to the EHDS – on its EHDS Board – has already been successfully adopted!
Background
Two further draft implementing acts are geared to supporting the MyHealth@EU service, the provision of an infrastructure aimed at ensuring continuity of care for European citizens travelling around Europe.
The topics of the acts are:
Ultimately, following public feedback, these two implementing acts are expected to be adopted before end June 2026.
More on identity management
The identity management implementing act is linked with European Plans for the EU Digital Identity Wallet.
Topics covered by the implementing act include in detail:
- National sets of healthcare attributes of natural persons
- Identification and authentication of natural persons for the cross-border exchange of personal electronic health data
- Requirements for the cross-border exchange of healthcare attributes of natural persons
- Identification, authentication and authorisation of health professionals and healthcare providers for the cross-border exchange of personal electronic health data
- Requirements for the exchange of the health professional and healthcare provider identification data
- Mechanism for the exchange of identification data through MyHealth@EU.
More on requirements for cross-border exchange
The implementing act on cross-border exchange is far-reaching, covering such issues as interoperability, authorisations, compliance, critical incidents, and various responsibilities.
Topics cover 15 elements. Just a sample are highlighted here:
- Central interoperability platform for digital health
- Requirements catalogue and technical specifications
- Compliance checks and technical tests, and their frequency
- Managing authorisation and authorisation to start, upgrade, and continue the exchange of personal electronic health data
- Critical incidents
- Operations, management, and processing of MyHealth@EU and personal data in MyHealth@EU
- Responsibilities of the national contact points for digital health as joint controllers and of the Commission as processor
- Security of MyHealth@EU.
Want to understand more about EHDS-related implementing acts?
On 25-26 March 2026, Ms Fulvia Raffaelli of the European Commission gave a keynote speech on the European Health Data Space – state of play.
This information was shared at the IHE® Europe Experience Days, held on the first year anniversary of the entry into force of the European Health Data Space.
Access the keynote speech PowerPoints to find out more about European EHDS-related implementing acts and their:
- Timelines and phases
- Processes
- Coverage of the relevant articles of the EHDS (e.g., Article 16).
- MyHealth@EU service relationship
- … and much more!