The European Commission said that the control system for the European Union’s Common Certificates of Vaccination against Coronavirus has been launched, and the portal that forms the technical basis for the system was in operation in seven countries one month before the July 1 deadline.
The committee proposed the introduction of the European Union Coronavir Card to create conditions for safe travel between member states. The decree that provides for the operation of the gate allowing card verification will be enforced from July 1.
Any Member State that has performed technical tests and is willing to issue and verify certification can start using the system on a voluntary basis now. So far, seven member states have decided to join the portal and start issuing the first EU certificates:
- Bulgaria,
- Czech Republic,
- Denmark ,
- Germany,
- Greece,
- Croatia and
- Poland.
The card will be free of charge, with a high degree of protection for personal data, and will be available in digital or on paper form. The certificate will provide evidence that the owner has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, the test was negative, or he may have recovered from the disease.
The portal service allows you to check the security features in the QR codes for all of your IDs. The personal data on the cards cannot be kept by the destination country during the trip, nor is a central database created at the European Union level. A common set of EU rules will allow for a card issued in one of the member states of another EU country to be accepted.
Agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union regarding vaccines authorized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) under the May 20 agreement They must accept certificates. these Currently:
- Pfizer – Bioetec,
- modern,
- AstraZeneca and
- Janssen.
It is only released for EMA-approved vaccines, but member states can choose to accept Sinopharm and Sputnyiik V as well.
Each member state may decide to accept a certificate of vaccination with a vaccine that has been licensed by another member state in its own procedures or in the World Health Organization (WHO) list of vaccines that have been authorized for use in emergency situations. One of these vaccines is the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine.
Member states should not impose additional travel restrictions, such as mandatory home quarantines or testing, in response to the coronavirus outbreak. This can only happen if the measure is proportionate to an emerging or potential public health risk. The decision should be based on current scientific findings, including epidemiological data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), and other Member States and the European Commission should be informed at least 48 hours before the restrictive measures apply.
The Coronavir EU Card Regulation will be valid for 12 months. Possession of the card will not be a condition for exercising the right to freedom of movement, and the card will not be considered a travel document.
Regulations for the use of the cards will take effect on July 1, but will require formal approval from the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
The vaccination card was issued in the European Union Spirit Fm is on Tuesday morning show Also, where he asked Oscar Okros, Deputy Foreign Minister for European Union Affairs, whether it is possible to travel with Russian and Chinese vaccines,
Vaccines are not mentioned in the plan, as European Union law is not related to vaccines, freedom of movement belongs to people, and citizens of the European Union, so the freedom of movement of people is stipulated in European Union law and not the movement of vaccines.
