Press Release: Internal Market: Commission refers Belgium to Court of Justice over law on supplementary health insurance provided by private sickness funds

The European Commission has decided to refer Belgium to the European Court of Justice over its national rules on supplementary health insurance provided by private sickness funds. The Commission wants to ensure that these private sickness funds (mutualités/ziekenfondsen) comply with the EU insurance directives when they offer supplementary health insurance cover outside the scope of obligatory social security.