Annexes to COM(2020)287 - Temporary restriction on non-essential travel into the EU

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dossier COM(2020)287 - Temporary restriction on non-essential travel into the EU.
document COM(2020)287 EN
date June 30, 2020
Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (OJ L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 1).

(12) OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 21.

(13) Council Decision 2011/350/EU of 7 March 2011 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis, relating to the abolition of checks at internal borders and movement of persons (OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 19).

(14) COM(2020) 399, 11 June 2020.

(15) As defined in Articles 2 and 3 of Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77).

(16) Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (OJ L 16, 23.1.2004, p. 44).

(17) [See also Commission Communications of 16 March (COM(2020) 115), of 11 June 2020 (COM(2020) 399), as well as the Guidance of 30 March 2020 (C(2020) 2050, 30 March 2020).]


ANNEX I

Third countries whose residents should not be affected by temporary external borders restriction on non-essential travel into the EU

1.ALGERIA

2.AUSTRALIA

3.CANADA

4.GEORGIA

5.JAPAN

6.MONTENEGRO

7.MOROCCO

8.NEW ZEALAND

9.RWANDA

10.SERBIA

11.SOUTH KOREA

12.THAILAND

13.TUNISIA

14.URUGUAY

15.CHINA (*1)


(*1)  subject to confirmation of reciprocity


ANNEX II

Specific categories of travellers with an essential function or need:

i.Healthcare professionals, health researchers, and elderly care professionals;

ii.Frontier workers;

iii.Seasonal workers in agriculture;

iv.Transport personnel;

v.Diplomats, staff of international organisations and people invited by international organisations whose physical presence is required for the well-functioning of these organisations, military personnel and humanitarian aid workers and civil protection personnel in the exercise of their functions;

vi.Passengers in transit;

vii.Passengers travelling for imperative family reasons;

viii.Seafarers;

ix.Persons in need of international protection or for other humanitarian reasons;

x.Third-country nationals travelling for the purpose of study;

xi.Highly qualified third-country workers if their employment is necessary from an economic perspective and the work cannot be postponed or performed abroad.