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The Commission of the European Union has recognized the digital COVID-19 certificates of Indonesia, Seychelles and Vietnam as equivalent to the EU COVID Certificates issued by authorities in EU countries.

Such a decision has been confirmed through a statement published by the Commission of the European Union and comes in an effort to ease the travel process further, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

The new changes mean that passengers from these three countries mentioned above will be permitted to enter the bloc under the same rules as those who hold EU Digital COVID-19 certificates.

With the accession of Indonesia, Seychelles and Vietnam, the number of countries and territories connected to the EU system has increased to 67. Moreover, in view of the summer, the EU certificate will facilitate the movement of Europeans within the EU and beyond. Therefore, while we are happy to see that the situation is improving, the certificate remains a useful tool for many destinations, for example, in case of testing requirements, the European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, pointed out in this regard.

According to the announcement published by the European Commission, the decision will take effect starting tomorrow, May 11.

Last month, the Commission of the European Union announced that it decided to accept the COVID-19 certificates issued by authorities in Colombia and Malaysia as equivalent to the EU Digital COVID Certificate.

As a result, these two countries are now being connected to the EUs system, and the EU will accept their COVID certificates under the same conditions as the EU Digital COVID Certificate. This also means that holders of certificates issued by Colombia and Malaysia will be able to use them under the same conditions as holders of an EU Digital COVID Certificate do, the Commission notes in a statement.

Previously, in two separate decisions, the Commission of the EU announced that it decided to recognize the COVID-19 certificates issued by Benin and Jordan as equivalent to the EU Digital COVID Certificate, permitting holders of such documents to enter the EU Member States under the same rules as those who hold the EU Digital COVID Certificate.

Authorities in the EU countries created the EU Digital COVID certificate in order to facilitate the travel process amid the COVID-19 situation in order to ease the travel process for holders of such documents.

Previously, it has been confirmed that over 1.7 million EU COVID Certificates have been issued by EU countries since June 2021.

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