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Specifically, the amendments are intended to simplify e-ID registration in that the registration authority should be able to access a photograph of the person concerned, which is available in the identity document register.
In addition, it is to be clarified that an electronic ID card has the legal quality and possibility of use of an official photo ID vis-à-vis authorities and courts whose legislation is a federal matter. In this context, the explanations refer to around 580,000 users of the digital driver's license. Courts and administrative authorities are to be obliged to create the technical and organisational requirements for checking electronic ID cards by 1 January 2025 at the latest.
As far as the digital transformation of the administration is concerned, from 2026 at the latest, paper-based communication between administrative bodies will only take place in exceptional cases if digital communication would be inappropriate in individual cases. In addition, there is, for example, a digitisation of paper documents and files, which is defined as "substitute scanning", whereby the scanning product can take the place of the original file under certain conditions.
