France Updates Travel Rules & Introduces Traffic Light System: Vaccinated UK & U.S. Visitors Set To Avoid Quarantine

The French government has published further details of its plans to reopen for travel this summer, with a traffic light system coming into effect on June 9 that will classify countries as green, orange or red.

Orange countries – which currently includes the U.S. and UK – will see fully vaccinated travelers allowed to enter France without having to quarantine upon arrival, though they will still need to show a negative PCR test taken fewer than 72 hours before travel.

To count as fully vaccinated, visitors must have received one of the four vaccines currently licensed for use in the European Union – Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson – and the second dose must have been administered more than two weeks prior to travel.

Non-vaccinated travelers from orange zones will need both an essential/compelling reason for their trip and will need to isolate for seven days upon arrival.

Green list countries…