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HOW DOES THE EU DIGITAL COVID CERTIFICATE
WORK ACROSS THE EU

The EU Digital COVID Each issuing body (e.g. a hospital, a test
Certificate contains a QR code centre, a health authority) has its own digital
with a digital signature to signature key. All of these are stored in a
protect it against falsification. secure database in each country.

When the certificate is checked, The European Commission has built a
the QR code is scanned and gateway through which, all certificate
the signature verified. signatures can be verified across the EU. The
personal data of the certificate holder does
not pass through the gateway, as this is not
necessary to verify the digital signature. The
European Commission also helped Member
States to develop national software and apps
to issue, store and verify certificates and
supported them in the necessary tests to on-
board the gateway.

THE EU DIGITAL COVID CERTIFICATE
IN PRACTICE

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VACCINATION / CERTIFICATE ISSUED QR CODE ON
TEST / RECOVERY AND SIGNED DEVICE OR PAPER

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CERTIFICATE: VERIFICATION
AUTHENTIC? VALID? OF SIGNATURE KEY VIA
EU GATEWAY

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