5 Amendments of Tilly METZ related to 2022/0031(COD)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) As a result, it cannot be excluded that Member States continue to require Union citizens exercising their right to free movement to present proof of COVID-19 vaccination, test or recovery beyond 30 June 2022, the date when Regulation (EU) 2021/953 is set to expire. It is thus important to avoid that, in the event that certain restrictions to free movement based on public health are still in place after 30 June 2022, Union citizens and their family members are deprived of the possibility to make use of their EU Digital COVID Certificates, which are an effective, secure and privacy-preserving way of proving one’s COVID-19 status. At the same time, given that any restrictions to the free movement of persons within the Union put in place to limit the spread of SARS-CoV- 2, including the requirement to present EU Digital COVID Certificates, should be lifted as soon as the epidemiological situation allows, the extension of the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/953 should be limited to 126 months. In addition, the extension of that Regulation should not be understood as requiring Member States, in particular those that lift domestic public health measures, to maintain or impose free movement restrictions. The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union delegated to the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/953 should be equally extended. It is necessary to ensure that the EU Digital COVID Certificate system can adapt to scientific progress in containing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Several Member States have used the EU Digital COVID Certificate for domestic purposes by implementing national measures to allow or ban access to bars, restaurants, hotels, concert halls and other venues, despite the fact that the initial aim of the EU Digital COVID Certificate was not to be used for these purposes and that non-discrimination to access to essential services should have been preserved. Therefore, without prejudice to Member States’ competence to impose national restrictions on grounds of public health and taking into account the current phase of the pandemic, the EU Digital COVID Certificate should serve its original and primary objective, namely to be used as a tool to facilitate free of movement and EU level coordination. The EU Digital COVID Certificate should not be understood as a measure for Member States to impose unjustified and disproportionate restrictions for domestic purposes.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Regulation (EU) 2021/953
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(5d) In Article 11, the following paragraph is added: "4a. Member States shall refrain from using the EU Digital COVID Certificate to introduce further restrictions for domestic purposes. "
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2021/953
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 5(2), Article 6(2) and Article 7(1) and (2) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 2418 months from 1 July 2021.;
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EU) 2021/953
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from 1 July 2021 to 30 June1 December 20232.