On 9 March 2011 the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive 2001/24/EU on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare. It entered into force on 24 April 2011 and has to be implemented by the Member States by 25 October 2013. The Directive imposes informational responsibilities upon both the Member State of affiliation (MSA) and the Member State of treatment (MST). The MSA shall ensure that there are mechanisms in place to provide patients on request with information on their rights and entitlements in that Member State relating to receiving cross-border healthcare, in particular as regards the terms and conditions for reimbursement of costs and procedures for accessing and determining those entitlements, and for appeal and redress if patients consider that their rights have not been respected (Article 5(b)).
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