Lithuania’s communications regulator becomes supervisor of digital ID service providers

The Communications Regulatory Authority of Lithuania (RRT) is now the country’s official supervisory body for qualified electronic identification (eID) service providers, after its new role formally started on January 1^st of this year.

Per a news release, the RRT takes responsibility for digital ID supervision following the May 2023 adoption of amendments to the Law on Electronic Identification and Reliability Assurance Services of Electronic Transactions, which led to the establishment of the supervision model.

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