Today, the European Commission proposed the creation of a digital green passport to facilitate safe movement between the countries of the European Union during the Corona pandemic, and the Commission said, in a statement today, Wednesday, that this digital green passport will constitute evidence that the person has been vaccinated against the Corona virus, or that he has received a result Test negative or recovered from the virus. This will be freely available, either in digital or hard copy.
The Commission will set up a portal to ensure that all passports can be verified across the European Union, and support member states in the technical implementation of these passports.
Member states remain responsible for determining which public health restrictions can be waived for travelers, but they will have to apply these waivers in the same way to travelers holding a digital green passport.
"The digital green passport provides a solution at the European Union level to ensure that EU citizens benefit from a coordinated digital mechanism to support freedom of movement in the European Union," said UNHCR Vice President for Values and Transparency, Vera Gorova.
This is a good message to support recovery, and our main goals are to provide an easy-to-use, non-discriminatory and secure mechanism that fully respects data protection. We continue to work for international rapprochement with other partners. "
On his part, European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, said, “With this digital green passport, we are taking a European approach to ensuring that EU citizens and their family members travel safely and with minimal restrictions this summer. A digital green certificate will not be a precondition for freedom of movement and will not discriminate in any way. The shapes. The common EU approach will not help us gradually restore freedom of movement within the Union and avoid division. It is also an opportunity to influence global standards and lead by example based on our European values such as data protection. "
It is planned that this digital green passport will be valid in all member states of the European Union and open to Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Norway, as well as Switzerland. This passport must also be issued to EU citizens and their family members, regardless of their nationality. It must also be issued to non-EU citizens who reside in it, and to visitors who have the right to travel to other member states.
According to the Commission's statement, the digital green passport system is a temporary measure, which will be suspended once the World Health Organization (WHO) announces the end of the emergency resulting from the outbreak of the Coronavirus.
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