European Parliament 1 March 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0571/02 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Council. Free movement of patients in the Union countries.

OLAF notified the Spanish authorities, which started an investigation in order to determine the scale of the fraud and to take appropriate action against the persons involved. According to the information in OLAF’s possession, legal proceedings are under way in Spain and nine people have been charged.