The government held a telephone session today, May 31, 2021, during which it adopted a Decision on the establishment of a national system for issuing EU digital COVID certificates.
The Government of the Republic of Croatia established a Working Group at a session held on April 8, 2021, to develop a technical solution for cross-border interoperable digital green certificates with the aim of creating a national system of digital green certificates. The Croatian national system for issuing EU digital COVID certificates is ready to start operating from June 1, 2021, and the procedure for integration with the EU gateway has been formally completed, ensuring their cross-border interoperability.
Additionally, the Ministry of the Interior has successfully integrated the validation of EU digital COVID certificates into the National Border Information System, and all organizational and technical prerequisites for the implementation of the Government’s Decision on the establishment of a national system for issuing EU digital COVID certificates have been ensured.
Although the procedure for adopting the Regulation on the EU digital COVID certificate will be completed by the end of June, the interoperable European gateway for the central exchange of public PKI certificates of member states will formally start operating on June 1, 2021, and all member states that have developed, tested, and Commission-approved national solutions can implement the processes for issuing and validating EU digital COVID certificates in their national systems. The Republic of Croatia has confirmed its readiness through application and testing procedures with the European Commission and has obtained the Commission’s approval for integration with the EU gateway, and is fully prepared for the introduction of the EU digital COVID certificate.
