Travel to EU countries may be possible this summer.

For nearly a year now, all countries of the European Union have had their borders firmly shut to outside travelers in an effort to prevent outside coronavirus vectors from inflaming the pandemic any further. Thanks to vaccinations occurring all around the world, though, the EU has finally begun to consider reopening its borders and letting fully vaccinated travelers and tourists in once again, albeit in a gradual rollout rather than all at once.

EU legislators are currently in the process of drafting a list of countries that fully vaccinated travelers will be permitted to enter from. No word has been given yet on which countries will receive the green light, though according to officials, the first permitted travelers will be from countries will lower COVID-19 infection rates, less than 75 cases per 100,000 people. While these recommendations will be applied to all EU countries, they will only be recommendations, and not legally binding. Any EU state will be permitted to tweak the rules to their preference, whether that means continuing to require face masks and social distancing or maintaining the closure of their borders entirely.

Travelers looking to enter an EU country once the borders open will need to provide proof of a complete inoculation with an EU government-approved vaccine with at least a two week interval between the last shot and the date of their trip. This proof will take the form of a “Digital Green Certificate,” though precise details of how one obtains this document and what would be on it have not been divulged.

The EU is hoping to begin their reopening process by June in time for the summer tourist season, as many EU countries are in dire need of the commerce brought in by foreign tourists.