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Member States remove six countries, including Japan, from list of third countries whose residents can travel to EU without restrictions

Brussels, 08/09/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 8 September, the ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper) removed six countries, including Japan, from the joint list of third countries whose residents may enter the EU without health restrictions and without essential reason.

These countries are: Japan, Serbia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Brunei and Albania. However, they decided to include Uruguay in the EU list.

In contrast to fully vaccinated travellers from these countries, non-vaccinated travellers will...