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For overviews of some of the arguments, see Newdick (2006), p. 1645; Montgomery (2005), p. 145; Hatzopoulos (2002), p. 683.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    For overviews of some of the arguments, see Newdick (2006), p. 1645; Montgomery (2005), p. 145; Hatzopoulos (2002), p. 683.

  2. 2.

    Commission Communication of 2 July 2008, Proposal for a directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border health care, COM(2008) 414 final. See Sauter (2009), p. 109.

  3. 3.

    Amendments proposed by the Parliament after its first reading in Inter-institutional File 2008/0142 (COD), 30 April 2009.

  4. 4.

    Regulation 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons, and to members of their families moving within the Community, OJ 1971 L 149/2. On the relationship between the Directive and the Regulation see Sauter (2009). See also Regulation 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, OJ 2004 L 166/1; Sindbjerg Martinsen (2005).

  5. 5.

    See Sauter (2009).

  6. 6.

    See Hatzopoulos (2002); Dawes (2006), p. 67; ECJ, Case C-368/98 Vanbraekel v. ANMC [2001] ECR I-5363.

  7. 7.

    See Sauter (2009); ECJ Case C-385/99 Müller-Fauré v. Onderlinge Waarborgmaatschappij OZ Zorgverzekeringen [2003] ECR I-4509; Case C-372/04 Watts v. Bedford Primary Care Trust [2006] ECR I-4325.

  8. 8.

    Article 8 of the proposed Directive.

  9. 9.

    Ibid.

  10. 10.

    See Sauter (2009).

  11. 11.

    See ECJ, Case C-385/99 Müller-Fauré v. Onderlinge Waarborgmaatschappij OZ Zorgverzekeringen [2003] ECR I-4509; ECJ, Case C-372/04 Watts v. Bedford Primary Care Trust [2006] ECR I-4325; Davies (2004), p. 94.

  12. 12.

    Cf., Sauter (2007), on the possible impact of SGEI status on evidential issues, slightly at odds with his argument quoted in the text above.

  13. 13.

    ECJ, Case C-88/03 Portugal v. Commission [2006] ECR I-7115; see Greaves (2009), p. 779; Winter (2008), p. 183; ECJ, Joined Cases C-428/06 to C-434/06 Unión General de Trabajadores de La Rioja [2008] ECR I-6747.

  14. 14.

    ECJ, Joined Cases C-94/04 and C-202/04 Cipolla and Meloni [2006] ECR I-11421.

  15. 15.

    See ECJ, Case C-385/99 Müller-Fauré v. Onderlinge Waarborgmaatschappij OZ Zorgverzekeringen [2003] ECR I-4509; ECJ, Case C-372/04 Watts v. Bedford Primary Care Trust [2006] ECR I-4325.

  16. 16.

    Amendments proposed by the Parliament after its first reading, in Inter-institutional File 2008/0142 (COD), 30 April 2009.

  17. 17.

    See ECJ, Case C-167/97 Seymour-Smith and Perez [1999] ECR I-623; Tobler (2005).

  18. 18.

    See Watts, supra n. 7.

  19. 19.

    See Sect. 8.2, ‘Rights of Exit’ supra.

  20. 20.

    Cf. ECJ, Case C-157/99 Geraets-Smits v. Stichting Ziekenfonds; Peerbooms v. Stichting CZ Groep Zorgverzekeringen [2001] ECR I-5473.

  21. 21.

    Proposed amendment to Article 6(1), in ‘Amendments proposed’, supra n. 3.

  22. 22.

    Ibid.

  23. 23.

    Proposed amendment, introduction of a new Article 5(3)(a).

  24. 24.

    Proposed amendment, introduction of a new Article 9(a).

  25. 25.

    See for discussion Davies (2007a), p. 158.

  26. 26.

    See Buendia Sierra and Hancher (1998), p. 901.

  27. 27.

    See Sauter and Schepel (2009), Chapter 8.

  28. 28.

    For analogous considerations in the context of education funding (grants or subsidised fees), see Davies (2005), p. 217.

  29. 29.

    A flavour of the complexity is provided by Schreyogg et al. (2006), p. 215.

  30. 30.

    For example, ECJ, Case C-157/99 Geraets-Smits v. Stichting Ziekenfonds; Peerbooms v. Stichting CZ Groep Zorgverzekeringen [2001] ECR I-5473; ECJ, Case C-385/99 Müller-Fauré v. Onderlinge Waarborgmaatschappij OZ Zorgverzekeringen [2003] ECR I-4509; ECJ, Case C-372/04 Watts v. Bedford Primary Care Trust [2006] ECR I-4325.

  31. 31.

    ECJ, Case C-157/99 Geraets-Smits v. Stichting Ziekenfonds; Peerbooms v. Stichting CZ Groep Zorgverzekeringen [2001] ECR I-5473.

  32. 32.

    Ibid.

  33. 33.

    See the Member State arguments in ECJ, Case C-385/99 Müller-Fauré v. Onderlinge Waarborgmaatschappij OZ Zorgverzekeringen [2003] ECR I-4509; ECJ, Case C-372/04 Watts v. Bedford Primary Care Trust [2006] ECR I-4325.

  34. 34.

    Section 8.3, ‘Rights of entry’, supra.

  35. 35.

    Ibid.

  36. 36.

    Leenan (1993), Chapters. 4, 8 and 9, especially pp. 41–45.

  37. 37.

    Newdick (2006), p. 1645.

  38. 38.

    Dawes (2006), p. 67; Davies (2007a) p. 215.

  39. 39.

    Davies (2006).

  40. 40.

    See n. 1 supra.

  41. 41.

    Discussed in Davies (2006).

  42. 42.

    Hirschman (1970).

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Davies, G. (2011). Legislating for Patients’ Rights. In: van de Gronden, J., Szyszczak, E., Neergaard, U., Krajewski, M. (eds) Health Care and EU Law. Legal Issues of Services of General Interest. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-728-9_8

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