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Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Nicolaus FEST, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Since the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/953, the epidemiological situation with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic has ~~evolved considerab~~improved substantially. On the one hand, by 31 January 2022, more than 80% of the adult population in the Union have completed their primary vaccination cycle, and more than 50% have received a booster dose, despite significant differences between Member States6. Increasing vaccine uptake remains a crucial objective in the fight against the pandemic, given the increased protection against hospitalisation and severe disease afforded by vaccination, and thus plays an important role in ensuring that restrictions to the free movement of persons can be lifted. Nine Member States do not require incoming travellers to provide any kind of COVID- 19 certificates to access their national territory. _________________ 6 https://vaccinetracker.ecdc.europa.eu/publi c/extensions/COVID-19/vaccine- tracker.html

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
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 12 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.deleted

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)

(8b) The EU Digital COVID Certificate has been conceived only as a tool to facilitate free movement within the Union during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking into account the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination. However, in contravention of the objective of Regulation (EU) 2021/953, the EU Digital COVID Certificate has been used by many national, regional and local authorities in the Member States, as well as by the Union institutions, to impose restrictions for internal and domestic purposes. Without prejudice to Member States’ competence to introduce national restrictions on grounds of public health this Regulation and the EU Digital COVID Certificate should not be intended as a tool for Member States to impose unjustified, disproportionate or discriminatory restrictions for domestic purposes.

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a – point i a (new) Regulation (EU) 2021/953

(ia) point (c) is replaced by the following: (c) a certificate confirming that, following a positive result of a NAAT test, or a rapid antigen test listed in the EU common list of COVID-19 antigen tests agreed by the Health Security Committee, or an antibody test listed in the EU common list of COVID-19 antibody tests agreed by the Health Security Committee, carried out by health professionals or by skilled testing personnel, the holder has recovered from a SARS-CoV-2 infection (certificate of recovery). Or. en (Regulation (EU) 2021/953)

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Nicolaus FEST, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point –a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/953
Article 7 – paragraph 1

(-a) In Article 7, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Each Member State shall issue, upon request, certificates of recovery referred to in point (c) of Article 3(1) following a positive result of a NAAT test carried out by health professionals or by skilled testing personnel. A Member State may also issue, upon request, certificates of recovery referred to in point (c) of Article 3(1) following a positive result of a rapid antigen test listed in the EU common list of COVID-19 antigen tests agreed by the Health Security Committee carried out by health professionals or by skilled testing personnel. Member States may issue certificates of recovery based on rapid antigen tests carried out by health professionals or by skilled testing personnel on or after 1 October 2021, provided that the rapid antigen test used was included in the EU common list of COVID-19 antigen tests agreed by the Health Security Committee at the time the positive test result was produced. A Member State may also issue certificates of recovery referred to in point (c) of Article 3(1) following a positive result of an antibody test carried out by health professionals or by skilled testing personnel, provided that the antibody test used was included in the EU common list of COVID-19 antibody tests agreed by the Health Security Committee at the time the positive test result was produced. Certificates of recovery shall be issued at the earliest 11 days after the date on which a person was first subject to a NAAT test or rapid antigen test that produced a positive result, or the day after the date on which a person was subject to an antibody test that produced a positive result. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 12 to amend the number of days after which a certificate of recovery is to be issued, on the basis of guidance received from the Health Security Committee in accordance with Article 3(11) or on scientific evidence reviewed by ECDC."

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Nicolaus FEST, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/953
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)

(5d) In Article 11, the following paragraph is added: “4a. Member States shall not make use of the EU Digital COVID Certificate as a tool to implement domestic restrictions.”;

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Nicolaus FEST, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EU) 2021/953
Article 12 – paragraph 2

(6) in Article 12, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. 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 24 months from 1 July 2021.;’deleted The power to adopt delegated acts

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Nicolaus FEST, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 e (new)

Regulation (EU) 2021/953
Article 16 – paragraph 3 (new)

(7e) in Article 16, the following paragraph is added: “3. By 30 June 2022, the Commission shall submit a report to the Parliament and to the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall include an overview of information received from Member States pursuant to Article 11, an assessment of the impact of this Regulation on the fundamental rights and on the principles of proportionality and of non-discrimination, as well as on potential abuses. The report shall also assess impacts on facilitation of free movement, including on travel and tourism, the acceptance of the different types of vaccine, and any impact on the protection of personal data.”

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Annalisa TARDINO, Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE, Virginie JORON, Jaak MADISON, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Hélène LAPORTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8

Regulation (EU) 2021/953
Article 17 – paragraph 2

~~‘It shall apply from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2023.;’~~deleted

2022/04/08
Committee: LIBE

Activities of Annalisa TARDINO related to 2022/0031(COD)

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