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ARTICLE · 26 APRIL 2021

Digital Green Pass: EU Data Protection Authorities' Position

ELVINGER HOSS PRUSSEN, société anonyme
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The objective of the Digital Green Certificate is to allow individuals vaccinated against COVID-19 to move freely within the EEA during the ongoing pandemic.

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What happened?

On 31 March 2021, the European Data Protection Board (the EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (the EDPS, together the Authorities) adopted a joint opinion on the European Commission's proposal to create a Digital Green Certificate (the Proposal), also known as the Digital Green Pass.

The objective of the Digital Green Certificate is to allow individuals vaccinated against COVID-19 to move freely within the EEA during the ongoing pandemic. The Proposal aims at setting out a common framework for the implementation of a Digital Green Certificate, allowing interoperability between the different measures and solutions implemented across EU Member States.

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