New Council Recommendations For Fully Vaccinated Third Country Traveler

Key Points 

• Reduced entry restriction recommendations for fully vaccinated travelers arriving from low-risk countries outside of the European Union  

Overview  

The European Council (EC) released new travel recommendations for third country nationals entering the European Union (EU). The EC recommends that EU member states lift travel restrictions for travelers entering the EU for non-essential purposes, who have been fully vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the EU or the World Health Organization (WHO) or individuals that have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 180 days.  

The EC also updated its requirements for a country to be removed from the travel warning list. Travelers arriving from countries still currently on the travel warning list may be subject to additional PCR testing requirements.