Za uskladitev Uredbe z razvojem obdelave podatkov, katere bistveni element je Evropska kartica zdravstvenega zavarovanja, ki naj bi dolgoročno predstavljala elektronski nosilec podatkov, čitljiv v vseh državah članicah, je treba spremeniti nekatere člene Uredbe (EGS) št. 574/72, da pojem dokumenta vključuje katerokoli vsebino - zapis, na kateremkoli nosilcu podatkov, zapis na papirju ali shranjeno v elektronski obliki ali kot zvočni ali slikovni ali avdiovizualni zapis –
In order to bring the Regulation into line with developments in data processing, in which the European Health Insurance Card is an essential element as it is intended in the long term to constitute an electronic medium readable in all Member States, certain Articles of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 should be amended to cover the concept of document as any content whatever its medium, written on paper or stored in electronic form or as a sound or visual or audiovisual recording,