Sat 08 May 2021:
The green digital certificates were proposed last month by the European Commission as a way to facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The European Union is on track to launch travel certificates in June, with political agreement possible by the end of May, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday.
“I am glad to report that the legal and the technical work on EU travel certificate, the vaccination certificate is on track for the system to be operational in June,” von der Leyen told a press conference.
According to von der Leyen, the EU “can realistically aim to have a political agreement by the end of this month.”
The goal is to have the certification system up and running before the summer, as the whole operation is mostly conceived to save the holiday season and the struggling European tourism sector.
On Thursday (29 April) European lawmakers adopted their negotiating position on the European Commission’s proposal for the digital green certificates, paving the way for what is likely to be a tough inter-institutional negotiation with the Council representing the 27 member states.
While the EU is working on the legal basis of the initiative, simultaneously the technical side of the certificates is being developed.
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