Lithuania and Spain joined the EU gateway for EU Digital Covid Certificates.
The EU gateway is now live in 9 EU countries – which started issuing certificates, three weeks ahead of the deadline.
On June 1st, seven Member States – Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia and Poland – first connected to the gateway and started issuing first EU certificates.
Technically ready to connect to the EUDCC gateway | Effectively connected, issuing and/or verifying at least one EUDCC (vaccination, recovery, negative test) | |
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Austria | Yes | No |
Belgium | Yes | No |
Bulgaria | Yes | Yes |
Croatia | Yes | Yes |
Cyprus | Yes | No |
Czechia | Yes | Yes |
Denmark | Yes | Yes |
Estonia | Yes | No |
Finland | In test phase | No |
France | Yes | No |
Germany | Yes | Yes |
Greece | Yes | Yes |
Hungary | In test phase | No |
Ireland | Yes | No |
Italy | Yes | No |
Latvia | Yes | No |
Lithuania | Yes | Yes |
Luxembourg | Yes | No |
Malta | Yes | No |
The Netherlands | Yes | No |
Poland | Yes | Yes |
Portugal | Yes | No |
Romania | Yes | No |
Slovakia | In test phase | No |
Slovenia | In test phase | No |
Spain | Yes | Yes |
Sweden | Yes | No |
Non-EU countries | ||
Liechtenstein | In test phase | No |
Switzerland | Yes | No |
Iceland | In test phase | No |
Norway | In test phase | No |
Timeline
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27 January
Guidelines laying out interoperability requirements of digital vaccination certificates were adopted, building on discussion held between the Commission and Member States in the eHealth Network since November 2020.
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17 March
The Commission proposed a legislative text establishing a common framework for an EU certificate.
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14 April
The Council adopted its mandate to start negotiations with the European Parliament on the proposal.
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22 April
Member States’ representatives in the eHealth Network agreed on guidelines describing the main technical specifications for the implementation of the system. This was a crucial step for the establishment of the necessary infrastructure at EU level.
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7 May
The Commission started the pilot test of the EU interoperability infrastructure (EU Gateway) that will facilitate the authentication of the EU Certificates.
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20 May
The European Parliament and the Council agreed on the EU Digital COVID Certificate.
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1 June
EU Gateway (interconnection of national systems) goes live.
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1 – 30 June
Warm-up phase: Member States can launch the certificate on a voluntary basis provided they are ready to issue and verify certificates, and have the necessary legal base in place.
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mid-June
Revised Council Recommendation on travel within the EU.
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1 July
The EU Digital COVID Certificate enters into application throughout the EU.
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1 July – 12 August
Phase-in period: if a Member State is not yet ready to issue the new certificate to its citizens, other formats can still be used and should be accepted in other Member States.