Council conclusions of 29 September 1989 on a European card for provision of immediate care Official Journal C 277 , 31/10/1989 P. 0004 - 0004 COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS of 29 September 1989 on a European card for provision of immediate care (89/C 277/03) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas it is important to promote freedom of movement for insured persons by any means capable of simplifying their everyday life when travelling within the Community; Whereas, to this end, access to the benefits offered by Community provisions on social security should be made easier; Whereas this objective could be attained, in particular by establishing a harmonized European social insurance card, using media that may change in line with modern administrative techniques;
Whereas in 1983 the Commission considered simplification of the procedures required for provision of health care during a stay abroad; Whereas, as the first stage, access to treatment required during temporary stays in a Member State other than the competent State could be improved and simplified forthwith by taking existing national social insurance cards into account, 1. REQUESTS the Commission, with the long-term aim of establishing a European card for provision of immediate care, to conduct a survey initially of procedures whereby Member States could recognize national social insurance cards issued by other Member States.
This should enable cardholders staying temporarily in a Member State other than the competent Member State to have access, on the terms laid down by Article 22 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, to urgently needed treatment, on presentation of their national insurance card or form E 111; 2. IS in favour, as of now, of any experiments in mutual recognition of national social insurance cards that Member States may engage in.