WILLEMSTAD - Both Dutch aviation companies TUI and KLM are still obliged to check for a negative PCR test on their travelers. The Dutch government has arranged this urgently via a ministerial order.
Last week, the preliminary relief judge cut the PCR test for travelers from high-risk areas, because airlines cannot be legally obliged to check.
But the Dutch cabinet finds the corona situation in the Netherlands so bad that it is now arranging it differently for the time being. If the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament does not agree with this ministerial decision, it will lapse if it is voted against within a week.
But in order to avoid any discussion about the legal basis of the mandatory negative test result, the cabinet has also decided to implement a legislative amendment to the Public Health Act as soon as possible.
A proposal will be submitted to the Council of State for advice, after which the Second Chamber can vote on it.