1. For the purpose of ensuring that all natural and legal persons in the Union have secure, trusted and seamless cross-border access to public and private services, while having full control over their data, each Member State shall provide at least one European Digital Identity Wallet within 24 months of the date of entry into force of the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 23 of this Article and in Article 5c(6).

2. European Digital Identity Wallets shall be provided in one or more of the following ways:

(a) directly by a Member State;

(b) under a mandate from a Member State;

(c) independently of a Member State but recognised by that Member State.

3. The source code of the application software components of European Digital Identity Wallets shall be open-source licensed. Member States may provide that, for duly justified reasons, the source code of specific components other than those installed on user devices shall not be disclosed.

4. European Digital Identity Wallets shall enable the user, in a manner that is user-friendly, transparent, and traceable by the user, to: