TOBB (Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey)
e-mail: info@tobb.org.tr; tir@tobb.org.tr url: http://www.tobb.org.trShoqata "ANALTIR", Association of Albanian Enterprises for International Road Transport
e-mail: analtir@analtir.com url: http://www.analtir.org/Association of International Road Carriers of Armenia (AIRCA)
e-mail: airca@airca.am url: http://www.airca.am/Azerbaijan International Road Carriers Association (ABADA)
e-mail: abada@azdata.net url: http://abada.az/Association of the Bulgarian Enterprises for International Road Transport and the Roads (AEBTRI)
e-mail: aebtri@aebtri.com url: http://www.aebtri.comGeorgian International Road Carriers Association (GIRCA)
e-mail: girca@girca.org url: http://www.girca.orgHellenic Federation of Road Transports (OFAE)
e-mail: info@ofae.gr url: http://ofae.gr/en/International Association of Road Hauliers of Moldova (AITA)
e-mail: info@aita.md url: http://www.aita.mdThe National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania (UNTRR)
e-mail: office@untrr.ro url: http://www.untrr.roAssociation of International Road Hauliers (ASMAP)
e-mail: asmap@asmap.ru url: http://www.asmap.ruSerbian Association of International Road Hauliers “Medjunarodni Transport”
e-mail: office@pumedtrans.com url: http://www.pumedtrans.comAssociation of Macedonian Enterprises for International Road Transport “Makedonija soobrakaj” (AMERIT)
e-mail: amerit@amerit.org.mk url: http://www.amerit.org.mkInternational Transporters Association (UND)
e-mail: info@und.org.tr url: http://www.und.org.trTOBBUND
e-mail: info@tobbund.com.tr url: http://www.tobbund.com.tr/Association of International Road Carriers of Ukraine (AsMap UA)
e-mail: aircu@asmap.org.ua url: http://www.asmap.org.uaPublic Joint Stock Company ROSGOSSTRAKH Insurance Company
e-mail: natalia_polunina@rgs.ru url: http://www.rgs.ruArab Union of Land Transport (AULT)
e-mail: ault@auolt.org url: http://www.auolt.orgLithuanian Carriers Union (LVS)
e-mail: url: http://www.vezejas.eu/enThe Union of International Hauliers "Съюз на международните превозвачи"
e-mail: office@smp-eu.org url: http://smp-eu.org/en/Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA)
e-mail: info@iccima.ir url: http://en.iccima.ir/The
Commission presented guidelines to Member States on health-related border
management measures in the context of the COVID-19 emergency. The aim is to
protect citizens' health, ensure the right treatment of people who do have to
travel, and make sure essential goods and services remain available.
Commissioners Kyriakides and Johansson have presented the guidelines to EU
ministers of Health and of Home Affairs at their first joint video meeting.
President von der Leyen said: “Our measures to contain
the Coronavirus outbreak will be effective only if we coordinate on the
European level. We have to take exceptional measures to protect the health of
our citizens. But let's make sure goods and essential services continue to flow
in our internal market. This is the only way to prevent shortages of medical
equipment or food. It's not only an economic issue: our single market is a key
instrument of European solidarity. I am in discussion with
all Member States so that we confront this challenge
together, as a Union.”
The guidelines set out principles for an integrated
approach to an effective border management to protect health while preserving
the integrity of the internal market.
Protecting people's health People identified as at risk
of spreading COVID-19 should have access to appropriate health care, either in
the country of arrival or in the country of departure, and this should be
coordinated between the two.
It is possible to submit everyone entering the national
territory to health checks without formal introduction of internal border
controls. The difference between normal health checks and border controls is
the possibility to deny entry to individual persons. People who are sick should
not be denied entry but given access to healthcare.
Member States may reintroduce internal border controls
for reasons of public policy, which, in extremely critical situations, may
include public health. Such border controls should be organised to prevent the
emergence of large gatherings (e.g. queues), which risk increasing the spread
of the virus.
Member States should coordinate to carry out health
screening on one side of the border only.
All border controls should be applied in a proportionate
manner and with due regard to people's health.
Member States must always admit their own citizens and
residents, and should facilitate transit of other EU citizens and residents
that are returning home. However, they can take measures such as
requiring a period of self-isolation, if they impose the
same requirements on their own nationals.
Member States should facilitate the crossing of frontier
workers, in particular but not only those working in the health care and food
sector, and other essential services (e.g. child care, elderly care, critical
staff for utilities).
Ensuring the flow of essential goods and services Free
circulation of goods is crucial to maintain availability of goods. This is
particularly crucial for essential goods such as food supplies including
livestock, vital medical and protective equipment and supplies. More generally,
control measures should not cause serious disruption of supply chains, essential
services of general interest and of national economies and the EU economy as a
whole.
Member States should designate priority lanes for freight
transport (e.g. via ‘green lanes').
In the same vein, safe movement for transport workers,
including truck and train drivers, pilots and aircrew is a key factor to ensure
adequate movement of goods and essential staff.
No additional certifications should be imposed on goods
legally circulating within the EU single market. According to the European Food
Safety Authority, there is no evidence that food is a source or a transmission
source of COVID-19.
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