All remaining entry restrictions against the coronavirus have been lifted in the Netherlands for all incoming travelers, including those from outside the European Union.
The decision was made by the Netherlands' government stating, “The Dutch government has decided to lift the EU entry ban for the Netherlands as of September 17, 2022. Given the current epidemiological situation in the Netherlands, the government feels that for entry to the Netherlands, the EU entry ban is no longer proportional.”
According to the European
Medicines Agency (EMA), travel restrictions for citizens of non-Schengen Area
and EU nations will no longer apply to the Netherlands. Travelers from a such
country previously needed to provide a vaccination record or a certificate of
health to enter the Netherlands. The certificates had to meet several requirements, such as the type of vaccine being one of those recognized by
the World Health Organization and has had the most recent dosage of the
required vaccination within the previous nine months.
“The
European Commission is also planning to publish a proposal for revising the
rules for entering the European Union (EU) in autumn 2022,” the authorities said.
Alongside Spain and Luxemburg, the Netherlands
was one of the final three European nations to maintain Covid-19 entrance
restrictions. Only the last two restrictions are still in effect, though, as
the Netherlands has lifted the former ones.
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