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Query by the Catalan Ombudsman concerning the issuing of EU Digital COVID Certificates for those who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 because of medical reasons


Case Q1/2022/TM - Opened on Friday | 11 March 2022 - Decision on Wednesday | 08 June 2022

The European Ombudsman received a query from the Catalan Ombudsman concerning the EU Digital COVID Certificate. The Catalan Ombudsman raised concerns about access to the Certificate for those who are unable to take COVID-19 vaccines for medical reasons.

To this end, the Ombudsman wrote to the European Commission to seek clarification on the situation. The Commission replied to the Ombudsman, clarifying the matter, and the Ombudsman closed the inquiry.