These three countries will therefore be connected to the EUsystem and the EU will accept their COVID-19 certificates under the sameconditions as its own Digital COVID Certificate. This means that passengers fromthe three countries will be permitted to enter the bloc under the same rules asthose who hold EU Digital COVID-19 certificates.
At the same time, all the three countries have decided to acceptthe EU Digital COVID-19 certificates.
With the accession of Vietnam, Indonesia and Seychelles, thenumber of countries and territories connected to the EU system has increased to67, said European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders.
He also expressed his delight that the pandemic situation isimproving and the certificate remains a useful tool for many destinations, forexample, in case of testing requirements.
According to the announcement published by the EC, thedecision will take effect starting from May 11./.
