On Tuesday, the European Commission announced that the EU Digital Covid Certificate was finally live. At launch, seven E.U. countries are using the app and the other bloc countries will roll it out by July 1. The free mobile app provides digital proof via a QR code that a traveler has been vaccinated against Covid-19, has recently tested negative for Covid-19 or has recovered from the illness. A European Union spokesperson told CNN that the app could be extended to citizens from non-E.U. countries. In principle, holders of the E.U. Digital Covid Certificate should be exempted from travel restrictions such as quarantine requirements, Forbes wrote.

The non-EU countries will be subject to the acceptance of the individual Member States of the validity of the passport, including proof of vaccination, proof of a negative test result, or proof of recovery from the COVID-19, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. “Right now, if you’re an American, not living in the EU, you could get the certificate if you ask the national authorities of a member state to give you that certificate based on some proof that you’ve been vaccinated or had a recent Covid test,” a spokesperson of the European Commission said.

The spokesperson also said the EU Commission was in talks with the United States on a US Covid-19 certificate which EU states could accept as equivalent. EU Digital Certificate was proposed in March by the bloc to resume safe international travel within the EU this summer. “It will be free of charge, secure and accessible to all. Available in digital format or on paper, it will be a proof that a person has been vaccinated against Covid-19, tested negative, or recovered from an infection,” the EU Commission said Tuesday, according to CNN.

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