The Italian Minister of Health, has signed an ordinance allowing entry from the countries of the European Union and the Shengen Area, as well as from Great Britain and Israel, with a negative swab test, without compulsory quarantine. Travellers are still required to produce on arrival the certificate for a negative molecular or antigen swab test, taken in the 48 hours prior to arrival in Italy.
However, the same ordinance extends the restrictions against Brazil to 30 July 2021.
 
Covid-tested flights
The Ordinance of 14 May 2021 has reinforced ‘Covid-tested’ flights, extending the trials to airports in Venice and Naples, following Milan and Rome, and extending the authorised routes to flights from Canada, Japan, United Arab Emirates and United States.
Please see additional information on the bottom page.
 

India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka
With the order of 6 May 2021, the Minister of Health extended to 30 May 2021 the measures in force for entry to Italy for people coming from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, or who have been in the countries in the preceding fourteen days.

The new order prohibits entry to Italy for people coming from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka or who have stayed in the countries in the preceding fourteen days. The entry ban does not apply to the following persons:

– Italian citizens registered as residents in Italy since before April 29, 2021 and who do not display any symptoms of COVID-19, and the persons referred to in Art. 51, paragraph, 7 letter n) of the Prime Ministerial Decree of 2 March 2021.

– Italian citizens registered on the Registry of Italians Resident Abroad (AIRE);

People may also enter/re-enter Italy from these countries for humanitarian or health reasons that cannot be deferred, subject to express authorization from the Ministry of Health and in compliance with a specific procedure. 

 
Here below the updated information for travelling to and from abroad:

Validity of regulation: The provisions remain in force until July 30, 2021.

List A
Vatican City and Republic of San Marino 

– No limitations

List B
The States and territories with low epidemiological risk will be identified, among those in List C, by the Ordinance adopted pursuant to article 6, paragraph 2.

Movements to and from these countries are allowed without any certification of motivation for travelling.There are certain restrictions on entry into Italy in the case of transit or residence in List C countries during the 14 days prior to entry into Italy.
There is not the obligation of fiduciary isolation, neither the obligation to undergo molecular or antigenic testing upon entry into the Italian national territory, unless in the 14 days prior to entry into Italy one has transited or stayed in countries of List D and List E. The obligation to complete a self-declaration form remains.

At present, no State is included on this list

 

List C
Austria,  Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Estonia, Finland, France (including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Reunion, Mayotte and excluding other territories outside the European mainland), Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands (excluding territories outside the European mainland), Poland, Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira), Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Andorra, Principality of Monaco, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Entry Restrictions
Under Italian law, travel to/from these countries is permitted without the need for a specific reason.
Restrictions apply in case of transit or stay in List D and/or List E countries during the 14 days prior to entry into Italy.

Compliance
For all those who have stayed or transited in the fourteen days preceding entry into Italy in one or more of the States and territories referred to in List C of Annex 20, the legislation provides that re-entry into Italy is compulsory:

– Produce a green certificate proving that you have taken a negative molecular or antigen swab test in the 48 hours prior to entering Italy
– Complete the digital Passenger Locator Form, which replaces the previous self-declaration;
https://app.euplf.eu/#/form
– Notify the prevention department of the health authority responsible for the area of your entry.

In the event of failure to produce a green certificate proving a negative swab test, passengers are subject to the following preventive measures:

– 10 days of self-isolation at the address provided in the digital Passenger Locator Form
– swab test at the end of the ten-day isolation period.
 

List D
Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Canada and United States as well as additional states and other territories with low epidemiological risk, which will be identified, among those in List E, with an order adopted pursuant to article 6, subparagraph 2.

Entry Restrictions
Under Italian law, travel to and from these countries is permitted without the need for a specific reason (subject to the limitations set out in Italy at regional level). The removal of travel restrictions from Italy to some countries does not exclude that these countries may still impose entry restrictions.

There are certain restrictions on entry into Italy in the case of transit or residence in List E countries, during the 14 days prior to entry into Italy

Compliance
When returning to Italy, if you have stayed in/transited through these countries in the previous 14 days, you must:

– undergo a molecular or antigenic swab carried out within 72 hours prior to entry into Italy and the result of which is negative
– Complete a self-declaration
– Inform the local health authority immediately of your arrival in Italy.
– Reach their final destination in Italy only by private transport
– Undergo fiduciary isolation and health surveillance for 10 days. This provision applies only to entries into Italy after the entry into force of the Ordinance of  April 16, 2021
– Undergo an additional molecular or antigenic swab at the end of the 10-day isolation period. Those who entered Italy before  April 18, 2021 must complete the 14-day isolation period and do not need to undergo any further testing

List E
All States and territories not specifically mentioned in other lists.

Travel to/from the rest of the world is only allowed for specific reasons, such as:

– work
– health reasons
– study reasons
– absolute urgency
– return to one’s domicile, home, or residence. 

Travelling for tourism from this countries is therefore not yet permitted. 

The re-entry/entry into Italy, in case of stay/transit in the previous 14 days from this group of countries, is always allowed to Italian/EU/Schengen citizens and their family members, as well as to holders of long-term resident status and their family members (Directive 2004/38/EC). It is also confirmed the possibility of entry into Italy, from List E countries, for persons who have a proven and stable emotional relationship (even if not cohabiting) with Italian/EU/Schengen citizens or natural persons who are legally resident in Italy (long-term residents), who need to reach their partner’s home/domicile/residence (in Italy).

Compliance
When returning to Italy, if you have stayed in/transited through these countries in the previous 14 days, you must:

– Undergo a molecular or antigenic swab carried out within 72 hours prior to entry into Italy and the result of which is negative
– Complete a self-declaration
– Undergo fiduciary isolation and health surveillance for 10 days. This provision applies only to entries into Italy after the entry into force of the Ordinance of  April 16, 2021. 
– Undergo an additional molecular or antigenic swab at the end of the 10-day isolation period. Those who entered Italy before  April 18, 2021 must complete the 14-day isolation period and do not need to undergo any further testing.
– Reach their final destination in Italy only by private transport
– Notify the prevention department of the health authority responsible for the area of your entry

Covid-tested flights
What are “Covid-tested” flights?

Covid-tested flights are flights that have been authorised by the Ministry of Health by means of a special ordinance.

Requirements
Passengers on “Covid-tested” flights are required to:

– Hand in to the carrier and to whoever is in charge of carrying out the controls, upon boarding, a certification attesting to the negative result of the molecular test (RT PCR) or antigenic test, carried out by means of a swab, no later than 48 hours prior to boarding, 
hand in to the carrier the declaration referred to in Article 50 of the Ministerial Decree of  March 2, 2021
– Complete the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) – digital dPLF to be shown before boarding.
take another molecular (RT PCR) or antigen swab test upon arrival at the destination airport.
Passengers on these flights, following the above-mentioned protocol, are authorised to enter and transit into the Italian national territory, without having to comply with the obligations of health surveillance and fiduciary isolation.

Failure to comply with only one of the above-mentioned requirements will result in the lapse of the exemption from the obligations of health surveillance and fiduciary isolation.

Authorised Flight Routes
After an initial experimental phase the Prime Minister’s Decree of March 2, 2021, art. 54 paragraph 3, allowed the extension of the flights subject to “Covid-tested” experimentation.

Therefore, as of today, it is possible for airlines to operate “Covid-tested” flights on the following routes:
– Atlanta – Rome Fiumicino 
– New York – Rome Fiumicino 
– Atlanta – Milan Malpensa 
– New York – Milan Malpensa 

By order of 14 May 2021, at Fiumicino and Malpensa Airports, ‘Covid-tested’ flights are also operational from:
– Canada
– Japan
– United Arab Emirates
The same ordinance also allowed trials of ‘Covid-tested’ flights to Naples ‘Capodichino’ Airport and Venice ‘Marco Polo’ Airport.

Special passenger requirements
Passengers on flights arriving from international airports from the following countries:

– Canada
– Japan
– United States of America (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York – John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty, Philadelphia, Washington DC)
– United Arab Emirates

must also take a molecular (RT PCR) or antigen swab test upon arrival at the following Italian international airports:

Fiumicino
Milan Malpensa
Naples Capodichino
Venice Marco Polo

The trials of ‘Covid-tested’ flights established by the Ordinances of 23 November 2020 and 9 March 2021 have been extended to 30 October 2021, without prejudice to possible further extensions.

For further information on the actual operation of “Covid-tested” flights on the routes for which the trial is underway, please contact the airlines directly.

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