Term

Member State of affiliation

Statutory definitionEHDS

‘(i) for persons referred to in point (b)(i), the Member State that is competent to grant to the insured person a prior authorisation to receive appropriate treatment outside the Member State of residence according to Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009; (ii) for persons referred to in point (b)(ii), the Member State that is competent to grant to the insured person a prior authorisation to receive appropriate treatment in another Member State according to Regulation (EC) No 859/2003 or Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010. If no Member State is competent according to those Regulations, the Member State of affiliation shall be the Member State where the person is insured or has the rights to sickness benefits according to the legislation of that Member State.’
— Article 3, point (c), Directive 2011/24/EU

The EHDS Regulation does not define this term itself; it refers to it through Article 2(1). See Article 2.

Where this term is used

EHDS, Articles:2, 11, 13

EHDS, recitals:8, 9, 29

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