China News Agency, Brussels, July 16th (Reporter De Yongjian) The EU updated its list of country aliases on the 16th, suggesting that member countries open the external borders to 12 countries and China (with conditions) from now on, but still not to the United States and Brazil , Russia, India and other countries open their external borders.
According to the announcement issued by the European Council on the same day, the 12 countries are Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay; the condition attached to China is "confirmed equivalence", namely Confirm that China also opens its borders to citizens of EU member states.
On June 30 of this year, with the slowing of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the European Union officially recommended that member states open the external border to the "listed" countries from July 1st. The list announced at that time was a total of 14 countries and China (with conditions) In contrast, the list updated on the 16th retained 12 of them, removed Montenegro and Serbia, and reduced the number of "listed" countries to 12.
The announcement did not explain the specific reasons for the list adjustment, but only listed the various criteria for the "shortlisted" list, such as new cases in the last 14 days and the infection rate per 100,000 residents is close to or lower than the EU average; and 14 days ago Compared with new cases, the trend should be stable or declining; prevention and control measures should include detection, monitoring, contact tracing, quarantine, treatment, and reporting, and the reliability of epidemic information should also be considered.
The announcement also pointed out that the list will be updated every two weeks, but it is only recommended by the European Union and is not binding. The governments of member states can implement it as appropriate and gradually open the external border to the "listed" countries under open and transparent circumstances, but they must not Unauthorized opening of external borders to "listed" countries is necessary to consult with other member states.
Since July 1st, due to the non-binding list of country names prepared by the European Union, the implementation of member states is not the same. For example, Greece has opened its external borders to China, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Israel and other countries in order to revitalize its tourism industry. However, due to epidemic prevention considerations, EU member states such as Belgium, Austria, and Finland have not yet adopted the EU’s recommendation to "list" countries. Open the external border. (Finish)