European authorities are targeting entry into service of a health certificate, the "
green passport
", to facilitate travel within the EU before the summer holidays, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton announced on Sunday March 14.
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This draft certificate, which will be presented on Wednesday March 17, will contain information "
which will indicate that a person has been vaccinated against Covid-19, or that he has recovered, or that he has received a negative result in test,
”said Thierry Breton during the“
Grand Rendez-vous
”Europe 1-CNEWS-Les Echos.
"
It will be either in electronic or paper form
", to respect those who "do
not want to put this on their smartphone, and it is their right,
" said the commissioner.
Equipped with a free QR code, it will be in the language of each country and translated into English, and it "
will be valid in all the countries of the European Union
", he detailed.
"
We are working to have it done before June,
" said Thierry Breton, believing that it was "
essential that we do everything to preserve the tourist season
".
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The European Commissioner also returned to the announcement the day before by AstraZeneca of further reductions in deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union, deeming this situation "
unacceptable to me, or in any case incomprehensible
".
He considered that this state of affairs could translate "
a dysfunction in the logistics chain
", refusing nevertheless to consider legal consequences as they stand.
And he wanted to be reassuring about the European vaccination program: "
it is not because we are behind on AstraZeneca that we will be behind on our vaccination program for the first trimester,
" he said. promised.
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