1. Member States shall ensure that the following electronic identification means can be used by applicants who are Union citizens in the online procedures referred to in this Chapter:
(a) an electronic identification means issued under an electronic identification scheme approved by their own Member State;
(b) an electronic identification means issued in another Member State and recognised for the purpose of crossborder authentication in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014.
2. Member States may refuse to recognise electronic identification means where the assurance levels of those electronic identification means do not comply with the conditions set out in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014.
3. All identification means recognised by Member States shall be made publicly available.
4. Where justified by reason of the public interest in preventing identity misuse or alteration, Member States may, for the purposes of verifying an applicant's identity, take mea
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