Press releases

Worldwide shipments of secure elements to exceed 9 billion units in 2015 At the opening of the CARTES SECURE CONNEXIONS 2015, Eurosmart, the Voice of the Smart Security Industry, presented its annual forecast of the worldwide secure element shipments. Timothée Mangenot, President of Eurosmart: “The smart security...

Effective today, GSTAG, a manufacturer of multi-technology smart cards joined Eurosmart, the European association representing the Smart Security Industry in Brussels, as a new member. “We welcome GSTAG as a new member. Their know-how will complement Eurosmart’s portfolio of experts in the area of digital trust...

eIDAS: national eID schemes will need to provide sufficient requirements against high level attacks Brussels, 23rd of September 2015 – On September 8th, four implementing acts fleshing out Regulation 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions (eIDAS) were officially referenced in the official...

Shipments of secure elements up by over 12% in 2014 Eurosmart, the Voice of the Smart Security Industry, released the 2014 figures for the worldwide secure elements shipments and the smart secure contactless markets as well as the corresponding 2015 forecast. The data provided by Eurosmart consist...

The European Commission has recently unveiled the results of a pan-European public opinion analysis on cybersecurity1, which shows that cybercrime is a growing concern for internet users in the EU. Eurosmart, The Voice of the Smart Security Industry, has for a long time now been...

Eurosmart welcomes the creation of a new Intergroup on Digital Agenda which will constitute a new forum for debates between MEPs and external stakeholders On Thursday the 11th of December, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament officially approved the list of the 28 intergroups...

Eurosmart released today a press release (in French), after the French government implied that, for budgetary reasons, the chip from the newly implemented electronic driving license could be removed. [pdf-embedder url="http://www.eurosmart.digital/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Eurosmart-Communiqu-de-presse-Permis-de-conduire-lectronique-en-France-Novembre-2014.pdf" title="Eurosmart – Communiqu de presse – Permis de conduire lectronique en France – Novembre 2014"]...

Treating smart cards as Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment would cause serious security and privacy risks for EU citizens On the 13 of August 2012, the updated version of the European Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE Directive) entered into force1. By...

Following the recent entry into force of the eIDAS Regulation, Eurosmart co-organized with the European Commission and other sectoral associations* the eIDAS launching event on October 14th 2014. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-690_en.htm...

EUROSMART POSITION PAPER ON THE SECOND PAYMENT SERVICES DIRECTIVE [pdf-embedder url="http://www.eurosmart.digital/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Eurosmart-PSD2-proposals-Position-paper.pdf" title="Eurosmart – PSD2 proposals – Position paper"]...