Agreement in the European Union for the implementation of a certificate of immunity against COVID-19

The countries of The European Union (EU) and the European Parliament reached an agreement on Thursday on the format of a travelers’ health certificate that collects information on whether the carrier has received the COVID-19 vaccine., has a test PCR negative recent or antibody after recovery infection.

”White smoke: we have an agreement on the Commission’s proposal for a digital covid certificate. I welcome the provisional agreement reached today by the European Parliament and the Council. We made it happen new tool in record time to guarantee freedom of movement for all citizens“Wrote on Twitter the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders.

According to the final agreement, In principle, Member States would not impose additional quarantines or restrictive measures on holders of this certificate.or, but they reserve the right to do so in a proportionate manner if these measures are justified by the epidemiological situation.

The document, which will be multilingual and will be published in digital and physical media, will be called “EU Covid Digital Certificate” and will be applicable throughout the EU from July 1, as confirmed at Europa Press European sources.

“Without prejudice to the competence of Member States to impose restrictions in accordance with public health”, countries “must avoid imposing additional travel restrictions … unless they are necessary and proportionate to protect public health in response to the covid-19 pandemic ”, it is stated in the final text.

The agreement reached between the negotiators of the Council and the European Parliament it still has to be validated by the 27 member states of the bloc and by the plenary of the European Parliament.

In addition, the supranational parliament and the states have agreed to use Community funds to finance the covid-19 tests required to obtain the certificateso i know partially eliminate economic discrimination among those who have already been vaccinated and do not have to undergo PCR and those who have not yet been able to access vaccination and, therefore, must test negative to travel.

Money around EUR 100 million, according to the latest Commission proposal, would be channeled from the Emergency Support Instrument, created to allow direct support to EU Member States in their efforts to deal with the pandemic, as well as coordinated management of needs related to exiting and recovering from the covid-19 crisis.

Tourists from third countries

In addition, the European Union has given the green light to the opening of borders to travelers from third countries who have been vaccinated with one of the medicines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or that originate from places with a cumulative incidence of 75 cases per 100,000 population, which will reach countries such as United States.

To enter the EU, people will have to have vaccinated at least 14 days before and, in accordance with the decision announced yesterday and officially adopted today, Medicines authorized by the World Health Organization (WHO) will also be accepted., among which the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm.

The agreement reached at Community level is however completely voluntary, because border control is a strictly national competence, so that in the long term, each country will be able to adopt the measures it deems appropriate.

With information from EFE

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