From the Second World War onwards, the increase of the road traffic made it necessary to design a system which managed and accelerated the traffic of vehicles through international frontiers.

This question was tackled by the United Nations, which decided to recommend a solution based on a system originally introduced in the Nordic Countries in the 30s.

The above-mentioned recommendation was tackled in the so called “Recommendations of Geneva” where the current “System of the Green Card” was born.

The Green Card System is designed to fulfil two main aims:

To facilitate the traffic of vehicles through international frontiers with the use of an internationally accepted document that proves the existence of insurance.

To make sure that victims of accidents caused by foreign vehicles do not find themselves at a disadvantage.