3. EU Digital COVID Certificate – Union citizens ***I - EU Digital COVID Certificate – third-country nationals ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic (Digital Green Certificate) [COM(2021)0130 - C9-0104/2021 - 2021/0068(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Juan Fernando López Aguilar

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to third-country nationals legally staying or legally residing in the territories of Member States during the COVID-19 pandemic [COM(2021)0140 - C9-0100/2021 - 2021/0071(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Juan Fernando López Aguilar

An initial debate had taken place on 28 April 2021 (minutes of 28.4.2021, item 4).

An initial vote had taken place on 28 April 2021 and, in accordance with Rule 59(4), the matter had been referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations (minutes of 28.4.2021, item 13).

Juan Fernando López Aguilar introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Didier Reynders (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jeroen Lenaers, on behalf of the PPE Group, Birgit Sippel, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the Renew Group, Tineke Strik, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Christine Anderson, on behalf of the ID Group (the President responded to her comments), Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of The Left Group, Mislav Kolakušić, non-attached Member, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Simona Bonafè, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Tilly Metz, Simona Baldassarre, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Silvia Modig, Kostas Papadakis, Paulo Rangel, Heléne Fritzon, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Michèle Rivasi, Joëlle Mélin, Assita Kanko, Kateřina Konečná, Márton Gyöngyösi, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Jytte Guteland, Dita Charanzová, Marcel Kolaja, Roman Haider, Michiel Hoogeveen, Balázs Hidvéghi, Lena Düpont, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Dragoş Tudorache, Cristian Terheş, Seán Kelly, Christel Schaldemose, Nicola Danti, Beata Kempa, Dolors Montserrat, Sylvie Guillaume, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Carlo Fidanza, Andrzej Halicki, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé, Isabel Wiseler-Lima and Vladimír Bilčík.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The following spoke: Karlo Ressler, Massimiliano Salini and Daniel Buda.

The following spoke: Didier Reynders.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.6.2021, item 22.

Announcement of voting results: minutes of 9.6.2021, item 3.