COVID-19: Council removes Argentina, Australia and Canada from the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted
Following a review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the Council removed three countries from the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted.www.consilium.europa.eu
For the first time since EU advisories were published, Australia is no longer a Covid-safe country and travel restrictions are likely to be applied across some EU members.
Indonesia remains on the list.
The potential significance of this is that Australian travelers will have to (if they haven't already) provide vaccination certification. Will there be any issues as the EU digital certification system does not recognize Australian certificates?
Also note some countries may now require testing for entry as is common for non EU member states
EU Council Removes Argentina, Australia & Canada From Safe Third Countries List
Updating the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted, the Council of the European Union decided to remove Argentina, Australia, and Canada from it, thus, advising the Member States to reinstate travel restrictions on travellers from these three countries. “The Council...
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