- Account Type
EU Login offers the possibility to authenticate using a social media or an eID to access European Commission applications without having to create a specific EU Login account.
Note 1: Applications may choose not to offer social media and/or eID log in options
Note 2: The eID option is only available for participating EU Member States
As explained in Note 1 above, not all applications allow to use such EU Login eID identity. EU login allows you to create an account and link your eID to it. It is therefore strongly advised to create an EU Login account and to add your eID to it from the start instead.
Warning: Note that you may add an eID to your newly created account, this is called "reconciliation". Once reconciliation is completed, the identity that was created in relation to the eID will no longer exist. As such, you may lose access rights or data saved in services that only knew you by your “eID identity”.