Is the European Vaccination Card (EVC) voluntary for citizens?

Yes. Both our pilot projects and the European Vaccination Card (EVC) have been designed to be entirely voluntary for citizens.

The EVC is a digital version of a paper-based vaccination card, allowing individuals to own and manage their vaccination data. It does not use a centralized data storage system. For other people to be able to access the citizen’s data, the citizen must intentionally send their data or show their EVC to someone else.