On 1 July 2021, the EU Digital COVID Certificate entered into force, meaning that EU citizens and residents now can have their certificate issued and verified across the EU Member States, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. It also covers Switzerland according to latest updates. After the pandemic hit in 2020 and disrupted free movement across the EU, the aim of the EU Digital Covid Certificate is to facilitate safe and free movement this summer and in the future. The document can be obtained either after a full cycle of vaccination has been completed, after a negative COVID test or after a full recovery from COVID.

As previously reported by EBI, the European Commission started developing the guidelines for the Certificate back in March 2021. Subsequently, in May the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional deal on the digital certificate, with the Parliament finally approving the deal in its plenary session at the beginning of June.

Read more about the current application of the EU Digital Covid Certificate here.