As part of the document 2-Use cases and architecture, four main Use Cases were identified and described: Use Case 0 – Cross-border User eAuthorisation (i.e. on behalf of oneself) Use Case 1 – Cross-border Mandatee eAuthorisation Use Case 2 – Creation of an eMandate Use Case 3 – Delegation of Powers Taking into account the scope of the project, which is covering the main challenge of cross-border interoperability for eMandates in the European Union, the first 2 Use Cases are within this document developed and broken down into the different scenarios they entail.

The analysis and conclusions of the desk research on eMandate systems in selected Member States, has led to put forward a proposal of hybrid federation, i.e. a combination of a trust-oriented plus data-oriented architectural approach, and the reuse of existing vocabularies for the modelling of a flexible and expressive European Core eMandate Vocabulary. Based on the recommendations made, the report concludes with the identification of challenges in each one of the interoperability layer (legal, organisational, semantic, technical and governance).

The scope of the current document is the analysis of the electronic Mandate systems and data models of six selected pioneer Member States: Austria, Belgium, Finland, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. This desk research seeks to determine which types of Mandates are used; how the Mandates are defined, collected and used to grant access to the public service applications; what types of representations are supported; if there are commonalities and differences between MS regarding both the semantic and legal dimensions; and the needs of MS to facilitate the federation of their information…