There is no legal definition of it at a European level, but with the third energy package the EP managed to get the problem formally recognised and each Member States has to define it in its national laws.
©BELGA_ImageSource Gandrīz 200 000 ES iedzīvotāju ik gadu šķiras no šīs pasaules nevis slimības, bet gan tās ārstēšanai paredzēto zāļu dēļ.