Press Release: Judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-289/03. British United Provident Association Ltd (BUPA) and Others v Commission of the European Communities

The Court of First Instance confirms the Commission's decision approving Ireland's risk equalisation system for the private medical insurance sector. Such a mechanism is a necessary and proportionate means of compensating the insurers required to cover, at the same price, all persons person living in Ireland, independently of their state of health, age or sex.