Covidpasy will be valid for nine months, the European Commission has approved the shortening – SME.sk

BRUSSELS. On Tuesday, the European Commission approved a regulation shortening the so-called covidpas for nine months after the second dose vaccines.

The measure, which is supposed to support vaccination with the third supportive dose, should enter into force on February 1, 2022, Reuters reported.

The proposal to limit the validity of European digital covid certificates has already been discussed by EU leaders at the December summit in Brussels.

It would not enter into force only if a majority of Member States or Members of the European Parliament did not agree. However, according to Reuters, the proposal has sufficient support within the EU.

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European covidpas, facilitating travel between EU countries during the pandemic, were introduced on 1 July 2021, preliminarily for a period of 12 months.

The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it had approved a “mandatory nine-month (exactly 270-day) period for the acceptance of vaccination certificates for travel between EU countries”. This binding regulation will replace the current non-binding recommendation from 1 February.

In this way, the EU is trying to harmonize the recognition of European covidpas in a situation where some countries are reintroducing – fearing the spread of a highly contagious option. omicron – various unilateral measures and restrictions at borders.

In this regard, EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders warned that “unilateral action by Member States could throw us (the EU) back into fragmentation and uncertainty”.

He recalled how, before the introduction of European covidpas, various barriers in the form of mandatory testing and quarantine complicated travel within the Euroblock, writes the AFP agency.

Reynders also called on individual Member States to launch a third dose of anti-cancer vaccines as soon as possible to ensure safe travel within the Union. Validity of covidpas after vaccination the third dose will not be limited yet.

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