Digital Green Certificate - Union citizens
Framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic (Digital Green Certificate)
- Stage
- In force, reached 15 Jun 2021
- Procedure
- Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D)
- Lead DG
- DG JUST
- Last activity
- 15 Mar 2022
Where it stands
Latest: Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies, 15 Mar 2022.
ShowHide the earlier record: 18 dates, 18 Mar 2021 to 15 Jun 2021
- 18 Mar 2021
- Adoption by Commission
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 24 Mar 2021
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
- 25 Mar 2021
- Plenary vote
- Plenary sitting
- 14 Apr 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 22 Apr 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 28 Apr 2021
- Plenary vote
- Plenary sitting
- Debate in plenary
- 29 Apr 2021
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
- 10 May 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 18 May 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 21 May 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 26 May 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 7 Jun 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 8 Jun 2021
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary sitting
- Debate in plenary
- 9 Jun 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- EP position at first reading
- Plenary vote
- 10 Jun 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 11 Jun 2021
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
- 14 Jun 2021
- Signed
- 15 Jun 2021
- Published in the Official Journal
- 23 Jun 2021
- Plenary sitting
- 28 Jun 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 2 Jul 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 5 Jul 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 16 Jul 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 12 Oct 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Oct 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 15 Mar 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Juan Fernando López Aguilar | S&D | ES | LIBE |
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 55 published, 2 published urgency procedure.
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Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Proposal · COM(2021)0130Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2021)0649Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2022)0123Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2022)0753Parliament
- Text adopted · Corrigendum to final act 32021R0953R(03)Commission
- Agenda · GEDA/A/(2021)001907Parliament
- Text adopted · OJ L 072 07.03.2022, p. 0007Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 211 15.06.2021, p. 0001Commission
- Agenda · PE694.994Parliament
- Text adopted · Regulation 2021/0953Commission
- Text adopted · SP(2021)472Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0145/2021Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0273/2021Parliament
Summary
GeneratedRegulation (EU) 2021/953 establishes the EU Digital COVID Certificate framework for interoperable vaccination, test and recovery certificates, facilitating free movement during the pandemic. It applies from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2023. Member States must issue certificates free of charge, with a trust framework for verification.
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