COVID-19 Protocol & Travel Advisory

https://www.auma.de/en/exhibit/legal-matters/entry-requirements

It is generally possible for trade fair participants from abroad to enter Germany. This also applies to exhibitors and visitors from high risk areas and for participants who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.

    Regulations at a glance:

  • All travelers entering Germany need a negative test or vaccination certificate.
  • Entry from high risk areas is only possible after digital registration.
  • Vaccinated visitors and exhibitors are exempt from quarantine.
  • In Germany only four vaccines are recognized.
  • Unvaccinated trade fair participants from high risk areas may stay in Germany for up to five days without quarantine requirements.

High Risk Areas

The German government qualifies countries as either no risk areas, high risk areas or areas of variants of concern (see also List of risk areas and country search on https://www.einreiseanmeldung.de).

Note: The following are exempted from pre-departure covid test

The German government qualifies countries as either no risk areas, high risk areas or areas of variants of concern (see also List of risk areas and country search on https://www.einreiseanmeldung.de).


No Quarantine Requirement for Trade Fair Participants

If trade fair participants from high risk areas are vaccinated or recovered from a COVID-19 infection, quarantine requirements do not apply. Consequently their stay is not limited to five days.

In general unvaccinated travelers from high risk areas have to quarantine themselves upon arrival in Germany. However, quarantine regulations provide for exceptions for trade fair participants entering Germany from high risk areas. They are business travelers whose entry is absolutely essential and cannot be postponed ((Section 6 (2) 1. c) of the COVID entry ordinance). For them a quarantine obligation does not apply if they stay for up to five days and provide a negative test result, as they are considered business travelers with an urgent need to travel.


Trade fair participants must then provide proof of their participation in the trade fair when applying for a visa or respectively when entering Germany:

Employees of exhibiting companies must present a confirmation of their participation in the fair from the trade fair organiser.
Visitors to the trade fair must present their entry ticket to the trade fair and additionally provide proof of an appointment for a business meeting with at least one exhibitor at the location at the trade fair.
The document to proof the trade fair participation is to be carried during travel and presented in checks by the air carrier or by border police officers.
Alternatively travelers from high risk areas can quarantine themselves upon entry and end quarantanization with a negative test result after five days of quarantine.
For travelers from areas of variants of concern (currently worldwide no area) a 14 day quarantine is always mandatory, even if vaccinated.

Negative Test or Vaccination Certificate Mandatory

All travelers entering Germany have to provide proof of a negative test, vaccination or recovery. When entering Germany by plane travelers must provide proof upon departure. The test has to be taken no more than 48 hours (for antigen tests) or 72 hours (PCR test) before arrival in Germany and is checked by the airlines before departure. Proof of a negative test must be available in German, English, French, Italian or Spanish in paper or digital form. (see also FAQ here)
A list of vaccines and necessary number of vaccine doses leading to a vaccinated status is available here. Recognized vaccines are so far: Johnson&Johnson, Moderna, Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech. (a complete list of all vaccine product names used abroad is available here)
Registration Obligatory When Entering from Risk Areas Travelers, who spent time in a high risk area or an area of variants of concern 10 days prior to entering Germany, have to fill in a digital registration on entry at https://www.einreiseanmeldung.de

Guidelines for Tradefair Travellers - https://www.auma.de/en/exhibit/legal-matters/entry-requirements
Exhibitor Checklist - https://www.eisenwarenmesse.com/participation-and-planning/for-exhibitors/checklist/
Attached Exhibitor Guidelines - https://www.eisenwarenmesse.com/trade-fair/hardware-fair/re-start-koelnmesse/show-safe/

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