Cross-Border E-Prescription
Use of the cross-border electronic prescription service in other EU/EEA countries
Cross-border electronic prescription (e-prescription) is an important service for people who want to buy medicinal products subject to medical prescription in other ES/EEE countries. To use this service, the patient must present a valid identity document at the pharmacy, which allows the pharmacist to identify the person in the information system and to see all the valid e-prescriptions that have been issued to them.
The pharmacist will select the electronic prescription needed by the patient and issue the medicinal product dispensation document. The information on the dispensation will be sent to the country where the e-prescription was issued, and the status of the e-prescription is changed to ‘dispensed’.
Which countries provide the cross-border e-prescription service?
Country | Lithuania transfers e-prescription data | Lithuania receives e-prescription data |
| Latvia | ✔ | ✔ |
| Poland | ✔ | ✔ |
| Spain | ✔ | ✔ |
| Greece | ✔ | ✔ |
| Portugal | ✔ | ✔ |
| Estonia | ✔ | ✔ |
| Czech Republic | ✔ | ✔ |
| Finland | ✔ | ✔ |
Remark. The list will be updated as data exchanges with other EU and EEA countries that have joined the service begin.
Specificities of obtaining medicinal products with an electronic prescription in EU/EEA countries:
- Poland (click on the link) >>
- Latvia (click on the link) >>
- Spain (click on the link) >>
- List of pharmacies in Spain providing cross-border e-prescription service
- Please note that the following regionsdo not provide this service yet: La Rioja, Balearic Islands, Asturias.
- Steps for Lithuanian citizens to find out which Spanish pharmacies dispense medicinal products subject to e-prescription
- Information notice to patients about the e-prescription service who travel to Spain – In Lithuanian
- Information notice to patients about the e-prescription service who travel to Spain – In English
- Portugal (click on the link) >>
- Greece (click on the link) >>
- Estonia (click on the link) >>
- Czeck Republic (click on the link) >>
- List of pharmacies in the Czeck Republic providing cross-border e-prescription service
- Information notice to patients about the e-prescription service who travel to the Czeck Republic – In Lithuanian (under preparation)
- Information notice to patients about the e-prescription service who travel to the Czeck Republic – In English
- Finland (click on the link) >>
The following is not available with a cross-border e-prescription:
- Narcotic medicinal products
- Some countries may have restrictions on the availability of psychotropic medicinal products
- Extemporal medicinal products
- Named-patient medicinal products
- Medical aids
Procedure for obtaining reimbursable medicinal products with a cross-border e-prescription:
- Patients must pay the full price for medicinal products dispensed in an EU/EEA country using a Lithuanian e-prescription
- Important! Keep the receipt, a copy of the receipt or proof of dispensation of the medicinal product.
- A patient has the right to apply for reimbursement to the Territorial Health Insurance Fund (TLK). If an insured person of the Republic of Lithuania during their temporary stay in another EU/EEA country has purchased a medicinal product at their own expense, which is reimbursed by the TLK in Lithuania, they should apply for reimbursement of the costs incurred by them to the TLK upon returning to Lithuania. Read more here.
- Medicinal products shall be reimbursed to nationals of another country in accordance with their national law.
What should be taken into account?
- You must present your personal ID document (passport or ID card) to the pharmacist when you arrive at the pharmacy.
- Important! Lithuanian patients in another EU/EEA country must buy total quantity of the medicinal product prescribed in Lithuania.
- Important! Until 3 January 2027, Lithuania will not transfer data on prescriptions for inhaled medicinal products, powders, powders for solution for injection or infusion, or medicinal products in liquid and soft pharmaceutical form to other EU or EEA countries.
Patient Information Notices (PIN)
A more detailed overview for the patient about the processing of their personal data when using the Cross-Border e-Prescription Service is described in the Patient Information Notices (PIN).
For answers to your questions, see the Cross-border services FAQ .
Cross-border healthcare services are funded by a European Union programme and can be identified by a label – MyHealth@EU:
