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With regard to the coronavirus epidemic, the European Union has reviewed and delimited the countries whose citizens can enter the European Union without restrictions. Canada, Georgia and Tunisia were off the list on Thursday, writes MTI.
The list of safe countries published by the Council of the European Union currently includes Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Uruguay and Singapore. Subject to confirmation of reciprocity, travel restrictions should also be gradually lifted for the special administrative territories of China, Hong Kong and Macao, according to the organization. The Union will lift restrictions on China if this happens to each other on the other side.
Montenegro and Serbia, Algeria and Morocco were previously removed from the list.
Citizens of Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland can also enter the Union without restrictions.
A country is considered safe if the increase in the number of new coronavirus infections is close to or below the EU average.
The European Union first published a list of fourteen countries at the end of June.
The Council recommendation is not legally binding. The authorities of the Member States remain responsible for the implementation of the recommendation. Member States can only gradually lift travel restrictions for listed countries. A member state cannot decide to lift travel restrictions in a non-listed country before a coordinated decision has been made, they added.
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