EU competences in the fields of health and health care - EU methods of governance in the fields of health and health care - Integration through deregulation

3 important questions on EU competences in the fields of health and health care - EU methods of governance in the fields of health and health care - Integration through deregulation

Which asymmetry is there in deregulation?

Negative integration (deregulation): limitations on what states can do
Positive integration (reregulation)

Deregulation posed a potential risk to health, how?

  • Directly effective rights may undermine health protection policies of the MS
  • Unfettered movement might pose hazards to health

How does the EU respond to these potential threats?

  • Health protection exemption: art. 36, 45, 52 and 62 TFEU
    • public interest/order
    • free movement except if there would be public interest reasons
  • Court-developed exceptions to the free movement rules
    • legitimate public interest (compensation for broad Dassonville test)
  • Adoption of harmonized standards

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