[Medicine and the European community on January 1st 1993].

The European Community single act will come into effect on January 1st 1993 in the twelve countries belonging to the Community. It will have many outcomes in the health field. Some aspects concerning, in the name of the free circulation of goods and persons, are raised: certifications and training harmonization, drugs, food products, and all kinds of chemicals, regulations, standards for diagnosis and treatment equipment, blood products, methods of sampling, manufacturing and selling, etc. In the Community, priority is given to economic considerations, health problems are not much taken into account, administrative complexities will increase. So it is not sure that the Community will protect citizens' health better than the member States in their own countries.