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Subject-matter

Request for a preliminary ruling – Tribunalul Sibiu – Interpretation of Article 22(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 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, p. 2, English special edition: Series I Volume 1971(II) P. 416 – 463), as amended – Reimbursement of costs incurred for medical treatment abroad – Prior authorisation requirement – Possibility of obtaining the necessary treatment in the State of residence – Whether service provided to the requisite standard

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• TFEU, Article 267 : paragraph 20
• Regulation 1408/71 -A22 : paragraph 3
• Regulation 1408/71 -A22P1LCPT1 : paragraphs 29, 36
• Regulation 1408/71 -A22P2L2 : paragraphs 1, 17, 26, 29, 30, 33, 36
• Regulation 574/72 -A02P1 : paragraph 4
• Court of Justice - Rules of Procedure (2012) -A94 : paragraph 22
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -415/93 : paragraph 21
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -56/01 : paragraphs 31, 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -94/04 : paragraph 23
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -372/04 : paragraphs 31, 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -217/05 : paragraph 21
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -173/09 : paragraphs 30 - 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -307/10 : paragraph 23
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -509/10 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -186/12 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -268/13 : paragraph 33

Operative part

• Interprets : Regulation 1408/71 -A22P1LCPT1
• Interprets : Regulation 1408/71 -A22P2L2

Opinion

• Regulation 1408/71 : point 25
  
• Regulation 1408/71 -A22 : points 4, 17, 18, 20
  
• Regulation 1408/71 -A22P2 : point 17
  
• Regulation 1408/71 -A22P2L2 : points 1, 10, 27, 31, 33, 37, 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -30/93 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -120/95 : points 18, 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -235/95 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -352/95 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -158/96 : points 18, 20
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -435/97 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -368/98 : point 18
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -157/99 : point 21
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -385/99 : points 23, 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -372/04 : points 22, 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -226/08 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -173/09 : points 22, 23
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 16/05/2013

Date of the Opinion

• 19/06/2014

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

09/10/2014

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 439 from 08.12.2014, p.5

Application: OJ C 207 from 20.07.2013, p.30

Name of the parties

Petru

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Koufaki, Ioanna: H dynatotita nosokomeiakis perithalpsis stin Europaiki Enosi symfona me ton Kanonismo (EOK) 1408/71, Nomiko Vima 2014 p.2223-2225 (EL)
2. Hojnik, Janja: Sodna praksa Sodišča EU; Zdravljenje v drugi državi članici v sodni praksi Sodišča EU po uveljavitvi nove direktive, Davčno-finančna praksa : davki, finance, zavarovalnistvo 2014 n° 12 p.17-18 (SL)
3. Driguez, Laetitia: Autorisation de recevoir des soins hospitaliers dans un autre État membre, Europe 2014 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.26 (FR)
4. Dumitraşcu, Augustina: Curtea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene, Curierul Judiciar 2014 p.706-707 (RO)
5. Bieback, Karl-Jürgen: Öffnung des Krankenhausmarkts in Europa für Qualitätswettbewerb?, Zeitschrift für europäisches Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht 2015 p.55-59 (DE)
6. Hohnerlein, Eva Maria: Arbeitnehmerunfallversicherung / Pauschale Entschädigung, Zeitschrift für europäisches Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht 2015 p.82-86 (DE)
7. Sklikas, Nikos ; Tsotsorou, Theodora: O asthenis se anazitisi poiotikoteris diasynoriakis perithalpsis sto plaisio tou enosiakou syntonismou (Kan. 883/2004), Epitheorisis Dikaiou Koinonikis Asfaliseos 2015 p.391 (EL)
8. Rabiega-Przyłęcka, Agnieszka: Glosa do wyroku TSUE z 9 października 2014 r. w sprawie C-268/13 dotyczącego zwrotu kosztów leczenia poniesionych w innym państwie członkowskim EU, Praca i Zabezpieczenie Społeczne 2015 Nr 1 p.32-35 (PL)
9. Brosset, Estelle: Tourisme médical et sécurité des soins devant le juge de l'Union, Revue de droit sanitaire et social 2015 p.81-84 (FR)
10. Kaeding, Nadja: Patientenmobilität und Steuerungsmechanismen in der Europäischen Union, Zeitschrift für europäisches Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht 2015 p.457-463 (DE)
11. Frischhut, Markus ; Fahy, Nick: Patient Mobility in Times of Austerity: A Legal and Policy Analysis of the Petru Case, European Journal of Health Law 2016 Vol. 23 p.36-60 (EN)
12. Hatzopoulos, Vassilis: Some thoughts on the fate of poorer Member States' healthcare systems after the ruling in Elena Petru, European Law Review 2016 p.424-430 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunalul Sibiu (Tribunal de grande instance de Sibiu) - Romania

Subject-matter

• Social security
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Constituţia României, art. 148 Legea nr. 95/2006 privind reforma în domeniul sănătăţii, art. 208

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jarašiūnas

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

• Romanian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Spanish