The EC declared the right of the EU countries to recognize the certificate vaccinated with Sputnik V

Each EU country must independently decide whether to recognize vaccination certificates for those vaccinated with the Russian Sputnik V on its territory. This is reported by TASS and RIA Novosti with reference to a comment by a representative of the European Commission.

“The European Commission has not approved any vaccines by deciding on the equivalence of COVID certificates. For the Sputnik V vaccine, the San Marino vaccination certificate will be valid under the same conditions as the EU digital COVID certificate,” said the EC representative.

He pointed out that the EU member states themselves will determine whether to lift sanitary restrictions for those who are vaccinated with drugs that have not received permission for use on the EU market.

The European Commission added that "the possession of a digital COVID-certificate is not a prerequisite for entry into the territory of the European Union." The EC representative recalled that it is recommended to allow entry to citizens vaccinated with vaccines approved by the European regulator (Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson) or the World Health Organization (the same plus Chinese Sinovac and Sinopharm).