Swiss government adopts Covid certificate ordinance and announces launch date
On 4 June 2021, Switzerland’s Federal Council adopted an ordinance on Covid-19 certificates, which forms the legal basis for issuing the certificates in both forgery proof paper and electronic formats.
The ordinance will enter into force on 7 June 2021 and provide the legal basis for issuing the certificates.
The certificates are aimed mainly at foreign travellers as many nations are expected to restrict entry based on a traveller’s Covid status.
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (FOITT) is creating a system for issuing and checking the Covid-19 certificates, which will provide proof of vaccination, proof of infection and recovery, or proof of a recent negative test for the virus.
EU Reporter
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Switzerland’s Federal Council today (26 May) announced that it was bringing to an end its discussions with the EU on a new EU-Swiss Institutional Agreement. The main difficulties have been over state aid, free movement and the related issue of the wages of posted workers.
Switzerland has reached the conclusion that the differences between Switzerland and the EU are too great and that the conditions necessary for its conclusion have not been met.
In a
statement the European Commission said that it had taken note of this unilateral decision of the Swiss Government and that it regretted this decision given progress made over the last years.
2021-05-27 15:00:38 GMT2021-05-27 23:00:38(Beijing Time) Sina English
Reuters
Switzerland s national flag and the European Union flag
Switzerland on Wednesday called off years of talks with the European Union aimed at sealing a cooperation agreement with Bern s largest trading partner, in a move which angered Brussels.
Brussels and Bern have spent more than a decade discussing a so-called framework deal, which would rejig five major agreements within a patchwork of 120 accords that govern non-EU member Switzerland s relations with the surrounding bloc.
But Swiss President Guy Parmelin said that the 13 years of talks had hit the end of the road, in a move which could jeopardize relations with the EU, which had made no secret of its impatience to nail down a deal.
Swiss government says no to EU deal
At its meeting on 26 May 2021, Switzerland’s Federal Council evaluated the results of Switzerland’s negotiations with the EU around the institutional framework agreement, an agreement aimed at replacing the country’s current patchwork of agreements with the bloc, and decided not to sign the document as it stands and communicated its decision to Brussels.
The Federal Council said that the conditions are not met for signing the agreement. At the same time, it said it considers it to be in the shared interest of Switzerland and the EU to safeguard their well-established cooperation and maintain the agreements already in force and wishes to launch a political dialogue with the EU on continued cooperation.
EU Reporter
Published 2 days ago
Switzerland’s Federal Council today (26 May) announced that it was bringing to an end its discussions with the EU on a new EU-Swiss Institutional Agreement. The main difficulties have been over state aid, free movement and the related issue of the wages of posted workers.
Switzerland has reached the conclusion that the differences between Switzerland and the EU are too great and that the conditions necessary for its conclusion have not been met.
In a
statement the European Commission said that it had taken note of this unilateral decision of the Swiss Government and that it regretted this decision given progress made over the last years.