Are there countries that allow tourists to obtain the EU vaccination certificate?
The Czech page on obtaining the EU vaccination certificate based on a non-EU vaccination mentions that only Czech and EU citizens are eligible for now. So i.e. if you're an American tourist (without dual citizenship) traveling to Prague with your CDC vaccine card, you would not be eligible for an EU vaccine certificate. This will make travel a bit inconvenient as you'll be forced to get tested frequently, as this is the only official alternative if you don't have a valid certificate of vaccination and want to visit things like restaurants and museums.
But are there countries which are more open minded and will issue the certificate to anyone who applies? Ideally without ever having to travel there physically? This way you could obtain the EU vaccine passport remotely from (say) Estonia and then use it in every other EU country during your travels.
Best Answer
In Germany it won't be possible to remotely issue a EU Digital COVID Certificate.
The conditions underwhich a EU Digital COVID Certificate may issued are defined in section 22(5) of the German Infection Protection Act (IfSG).
Retrospectively, they may be issued only by any doctor or pharmacist who must apply suitable measures to avoid issuing an incorrect COVID-19-Vaccination certificate, in particular to verify the identity of the vaccinated person and the authenticity of the vaccination documentation.
Today I recieved the second vaccination and meantioned to my doctor that the date of the first vaccination was not correct (the shot was on Monday, the date was Sunday when they were closed). This image shows how it was corrected:
Afterwhich I went to the Apotheke to get the EU Digital COVID Certificate.
The name used on the ID card was used, ignoring what was written on the International Certificate of Vaccination (which in my case didn't contain my middle name). This insures that when the certificate is later compared with my ID, that both will match.
A print out for each vaccination was then handed out.
I also requested that the original PDF of the Certificate be sent to my eMail address, which arrived soon after as one file.
Using the PDF, the QR-Codes (for each vaccination) was swiftly read into the applications that needed them.
§ 22 Absatz 5 Infektionsschutzgesetz - IfSG
(5) Zusätzlich zu der Impfdokumentation ist auf Wunsch der geimpften Person die Durchführung einer Schutzimpfung gegen das Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in einem digitalen Zertifikat (COVID-19-Impfzertifikat) durch folgende Personen zu bescheinigen:
- durch die zur Durchführung der Schutzimpfung berechtigte Person oder
- nachträglich von jedem Arzt oder Apotheker.
Die Verpflichtung nach Satz 1 Nummer 2 besteht nur, wenn dem Arzt oder Apotheker eine Impfdokumentation über eine Schutzimpfung gegen das Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 vorgelegt wird und er sich zum Nachtrag unter Verwendung geeigneter Maßnahmen zur Vermeidung der Ausstellung eines unrichtigen COVID-19-Impfzertifikats, insbesondere, um die Identität der geimpften Person und die Authentizität der Impfdokumentation nachzuprüfen, bereit erklärt hat. Zur Erstellung des COVID-19-Impfzertifikats übermittelt die zur Bescheinigung der Schutzimpfung gegen das Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 verpflichtete Person die in Absatz 2 Satz 1 und Absatz 4 genannten personenbezogenen Daten an das Robert Koch-Institut, das das COVID-19-Impfzertifikat technisch generiert. Das Robert Koch-Institut ist befugt, die zur Erstellung und Bescheinigung des COVID-19-Impfzertifikats erforderlichen personenbezogenen Daten zu verarbeiten.
(5) In addition to the vaccination documentation, if the vaccinated person so wishes, the vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus must be certified in a digital certificate (COVID-19 vaccination certificate) by the following persons:
- by the person authorized to carry out the vaccination or
- retrospectively by any doctor or pharmacist.
The obligation according to sentence 1 number 2 only exists if the doctor or pharmacist is presented with vaccination documentation on a vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and they apply suitable measures to avoid issuing an incorrect COVID-19-Vaccination certificate, in particular to verify the identity of the vaccinated person and the authenticity of the vaccination documentation. In order to create the COVID-19 vaccination certificate, the person obliged to certify the vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus transmits the personal data mentioned in paragraph 2 sentence 1 and paragraph 4 to the Robert Koch Institute, which has the COVID-19 vaccination certificate technically generated. The Robert Koch Institute is authorized to process the personal data required to create and certify the COVID-19 vaccination certificate.
- Regulation (EU) 2021/953 - EU Digital COVID Certificate
- Article 3
EU Digital COVID Certificate
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2. Member States, or designated bodies acting on behalf of Member States, shall issue the certificates referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in a digital or paper-based format, or both. The prospective holders shall be entitled to receive the certificates in the format of their choice.
...- Article 8
COVID-19 certificates and other documentation issued by a third country
- Where a vaccination certificate has been issued in a third country for a COVID-19 vaccine that corresponds to one of the COVID-19 vaccines referred to Article 5(5) and the authorities of a Member State have been provided with all the necessary information, including reliable proof of vaccination, those authorities may, upon request, issue a vaccination certificate as referred to in point (a) of Article 3(1) to the person concerned. A Member State shall not be required to issue a vaccination certificate for a COVID-19 vaccine that is not authorised for use on its territory.
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