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Negative test certificate required when travelling across German border
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The Federal Republic of Germany has declared the Netherlands a 'Hochinzidenzgebiet' as of Tuesday 6 April, due to the high concentration of COVID-19 virus infections in our country. This means that people who travel from the Netherlands to Germany have to be able to present a negative test certificate (PCR test or a rapid test accepted by the German government), which at the time of entry into Germany must be no older than 48 hours.
More lenient regulations for cross-border commuters For cross-border commuters between the Netherlands and the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), this regulation is more lenient. This group can provide test certificates as old as 72 hours. The previous '24-hour rule', whereby you could enter Germany without a test and without registration, has been abolished. Entry from Germany to the Netherlands will remain possible.
According to the definition used by the federal state, cross-border commuters are people who live in NRW and travel back and forth to the Netherlands at least once a week for study or work (for example at UM). Conversely, this also applies to people who live in the Netherlands and travel to NRW at least once a week for work or study.
Checks Anyone travelling back and forth for an entire working week (for work or study) must therefore get tested twice. You have to be able to present the test certificate when entering Germany. Cross-border commuters who work or study in Germany can also get tested immediately upon arrival at their place of work or study.
The German police carry out random checks on compliance with the rules. The measure will end as soon as epidemiological developments in the Netherlands permit.
UM is closely monitoring further developments and will inform the university community of any changes.
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