S.I. No. 182/2022 - European Union (EU Digital Covid Certificates) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (EU Digital Covid Certificates) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 14th day of April 2022.

2. Regulation 2 of the European Union (EU Digital Covid Certificates) Regulations 2021 (

S.I. No. 318 of 2021

) is amended by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Digital Covid Certificate Regulation”

“ ‘Digital Covid Certificate Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2021

1

on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2288 of 21 December 2021

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, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/256 of 22 February 2022

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and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/503 of 29 March 2022

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;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 April, 2022.

STEPHEN DONNELLY,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation

.)

These Regulations made under section 3 of the European Communities Act (No. 27 of 1972) serve to amend

S.I. No. 318 of 2021

with respect to the definition of ‘Digital Covid Certificate Regulation’.

1 OJ No. L 211, 15.06.2021, p. 1

2 OJ No. L 458, 22.12.2021, p. 459

3 OJ No. L 42, 23.02.2022, p. 4

4 OJ No. L 102, 30.03.2022, p. 8

1 OJ No. L 211, 15.06.2021, p. 1

2 OJ No. L 458, 22.12.2021, p. 459

3 OJ No. L 42, 23.02.2022, p. 4

4 OJ No. L 102, 30.03.2022, p. 8

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

19

th April,

2022.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2021

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, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2288 of 21 December 2021

2

, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/256 of 22 February 2022

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and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/503 of 29 March 2022

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, hereby make the following regulations