Over the first half of August, the European Commission adopted five equivalence decisions for Covid-19 certificates that were in force in North Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, the Vatican and San Marino.
These third countries are therefore now connected to the European Certificate System and the certificates they issue are recognised in the same way as the EU’s digital Covid certificate. Conversely, these countries will also recognise the European digital certificate.
These decisions will facilitate travel between the EU and these non-member States. The European Commission had previously only issued an equivalence decision for the certificate rolled out by Switzerland in early July (see EUROPE 12758/28).
The European Commission is working with around 40 other third countries so that they can connect to the European system and extend the interoperability of certificates. In addition to the above-mentioned third countries, talks are also reportedly well underway with Morocco, Israel and Canada (see EUROPE 12768/10). (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)