MEDICAL EXPENSES
April 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a law governing the reimbursement of medical expenses paid by German civil servants breaks European Union (EU) fair trade treaty commitments because it insists that the prospect of success for such treatment must be higher when bought abroad than in Germany.
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a law governing the reimbursement of medical expenses paid by German civil servants breaks European Union (EU) fair trade treaty commitments because it insists that the prospect of success for such treatment must be higher when bought abroad than in Germany.
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