Normative:Proof of vaccination

Normative

Variants and synonyms

• vaccination certificate

Definition

Such a vaccination certificate should serve to confirm that the holder has received a COVID-19 vaccine in a Member State and should contribute to the gradual lifting of restrictions to free movement.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R0953

Each Member State shall, automatically or upon request by the persons concerned, issue the vaccination certificates referred to in point (a) of Article 3(1) to persons to whom a COVID-19 vaccine has been administered.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R0953

Encyclopaedic information

Member States should issue vaccination certificates to persons who have received COVID-19 vaccines that have been granted a marketing authorisation pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (10), those who have received COVID-19 vaccines that have been granted a marketing authorisation by the competent authority of a Member State pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (11), and those who have received COVID-19 vaccines the distribution of which has been temporarily authorised pursuant to Article 5(2) of that Directive.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R0953

Examples

Where Member States accept proof of vaccination in order to waive restrictions to free movement put in place, in accordance with Union law, to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2, they shall also accept, under the same conditions, vaccination certificates issued by other Member States in accordance with this Regulation for a COVID-19 vaccine that has been granted a marketing authorisation pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R0953

However, for such vaccination certificates to be used effectively in a cross-border context when Union citizens exercise their right to free movement, they need to be fully interoperable, compatible, secure and verifiable.

Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32021R0953

Collocations

• to issue a vaccination certificate
• to accept a vaccination certificate/proof of vaccination
• a vaccination certificate indicates

Keyness

• proof of vaccination: 902
• vaccination certificate: 46