Travel restrictions: Council reviews the list of third countries for which restrictions should be lifted

Following a review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the Council updated the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted.

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Friday, October 23, 2020

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Human migration, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism, Politics of the European Union, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Following a review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the Council updated the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted.
As stipulated in the Council recommendation, this list will continue to be reviewed regularly and, as the case may be, updated.
On 30 June the Council adopted a recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, including an initial list of countries for which member states should start lifting the travel restrictions at the external borders.
A Member State should not decide to lift the travel restrictions for non-listed third countries before this has been decided in a coordinated manner.