Swiss E-ID · swiyu · timeline
The trust infrastructure is coming — and with it the agent mandate as an electronic credential
The federal government is building an infrastructure on which authorities and private parties issue and verify their own digital credentials. For the agent economy this is the moment when "some account agreed" becomes a state-verified legal person has granted authority. Mandact issues mandates in the same formats and is preparing registration as issuer and verifier.
The federal timeline
28 September 2025
Popular vote: the E-ID Act adopted with 50.4 %.
since March 2025
Public beta of the trust infrastructure (base and trust registry, generic issuer/verifier) — running on the production components.
30 June 2026
Federal Office of Justice revises the schedule: security before date (deepfake and malware defences). No fixed date for the E-ID any more.
expected H1 2027
Trust infrastructure goes live; the E-ID Act enters into force at least in part. Federal, cantonal, municipal and private issuers can issue their own electronic credentials.
open
Introduction of the E-ID for individuals.
Source: Federal Office of Justice press release of 30 June 2026; vote result of 28 September 2025. Page status: 1 September 2026.
| Wallet | swiyu — state-operated, data stays on the device |
| Technology | SD-JWT, OID4VCI/VP, did:tdw/did:webvh — the same formats Mandact uses for mandates (SD-JWT VC, did:key, did:web) |
| Selective disclosure | Only the necessary attributes are shared — the principle behind every OMP presentation |
| Companies | No E-ID of their own — they use their customers' E-ID; the organisational anchor stays the UID and commercial register (the Mandact schema: ident_anchor org_uid) |
| Europe | eIDAS 2.0: EUDI wallets to be provided by end of 2026; mandatory acceptance for public bodies from 2027 and for regulated private relying parties from end of 2027 |
What this means for mandates today
An organisation issues a mandate in under three minutes: "My agent may cancel subscriptions up to CHF 50, for six months, revocable at any time." The relying party — shop, telco, insurer — verifies scope and live status in one call and receives the receipt that protects both sides in a dispute. The organisation's identity anchor today is the UID and commercial register; the state anchor for individuals arrives with the E-ID. Same engine, same codes, same receipt.