eIDAS is not downgrading signature laws with weaker technology - it merely allows more "flavors" of technology to participate in the e-signature market which

eIDAS is not downgrading signature laws with weaker technology - it merely allows more "flavors" of technology to participate in the e-signature market which has been stalling in EU due to the eSign directive from 1999. eIDAS will allow for more companies to go paperless because most signatures do not require security level of smart card backed qualified electronic signature (QES) - so in those instances DocuSign approach with username/password would be sufficient. For the transactions that require high level of trust (think notarized) QES from eID will still be needed e.g. at least one startup (Crayonic.com) is trying to make eIDAS QES as usable while making it more secure.