Spain will increase travel restrictions from the new variants of Covid from December 1

Spain will increase from 00.00 hours of December 1, the temporary restriction of non-essential trips from third countries to the European Union and Schengen before the new variants of the COVID-19.

Thus has known EFE from sources of indoor, department that for this, as a complement to other measures adopted by the Ministry of Health and at the request of it, it will modify ERT INT / 657/2020, on the criteria for restriction
Temporary travel and that tomorrow will be published in the official state newsletter.

In the new order “the exemption applicable to people residing in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that proceed directly from it when they have the diagnostic certificates to which it is so far referred to Article 1.1 k) of
The order int / 657/2020 “.

Likewise, the new order that the BOE will publish tomorrow “Opta by suppressing Namibia from the list of third countries, special administrative regions and other entities and territorial authorities whose residents are not affected by the temporary restriction of travel not essential to the EU through
of the exterior borders, given that it appears between countries with respect to which Member States consider pertinent increase precautions. ”

Extends, in addition, for another additional month, the effects of the INT / 657/2020 order ending on November 30, 2021 and article 1.1, which adopts the following wording: “k) persons provided with a
Vaccination Certificate that the Ministry of Health recognizes for this purpose, upon verification by health authorities, as well as the minors escort to which the Ministry of Health extend the effects “.

In addition, the new order includes the “third countries, special administrative regions and other entities and territorial authorities whose residents are not affected by the temporary restriction of non-essential trips to the EU through the external borders in the terms collected in this order
“.

These are Argentina;
Australia;
Baréin;
Canada;
Chili;
Colombia;
Indonesia;
Jordan;
Kuwait;
New Zealand;
Peru;
Taste;
Rwanda;
Saudi Arabia;
South Korea;
United Arab Emirates;
Uruguay;
China.

The special administrative regions of the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Macao.
And at its third point the “entities and territorial authorities not recognized as States by at least one Member State of the European Union: Taiwan”.

This order will take effect from 00:00 from December 1, 2021, except the third point, which will do so from the time of publication.