Brussels, 09-10 October 2002
{{1. Current landscape: health care systems in the European Union and the candidate countries are increasingly affected by policies carried out at European level
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} }}1.1. Although health care systems are considered as a national competence, especially as regards their organisation and financing, they are increasingly affected by “European policies”.
1.2. It is not our intention to review all European policies having an impact on health care systems, however we wish to underscore the following points:
