«(Social security – Freedom to provide services – Costs of hospital stay to be incurred in another Member State – Conditions of reimbursement – Prior authorisation – Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Validity)»
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber)23 October 2003 (1)
((Social security – Freedom to provide services – Costs of hospital stay to be incurred in another Member State – Conditions of reimbursement – Prior authorisation – Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 – Validity))
and
THE COURT (Fifth Chamber), ,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of Ms Inizan, represented by M. Troncoso Ferrer, the Caisse primaire d’assurance maladie des Hauts-de-Seine, represented by J.-J. Gatineau, the French Government, represented by S. Pailler, acting as Agent, the Spanish Government, represented by R. Silva de Lapuerta, the Swedish Government, represented by A. Kruse, the United Kingdom Government, represented by D. Wyatt, the Council, represented by A. Lo Monaco, and the Commission, represented by H. Michard, at the hearing on 28 November 2002,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 21 January 2003,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Fifth Chamber),
Timmermans
La Pergola
Jann
von Bahr
Rosas
R. Grass
V. Skouris
Registrar
President