28Moreover, the interpretation advocated by the Commission would result in an interference in the establishment of the intervention criteria used in the Finnish sickness insurance scheme, contrary to the purpose of the directive and the case-law of the Court to the effect that, as a matter of Community law, the Member States are free to organise their own social security systems and to adopt provisions intended to govern the consumption of medicinal products in order to promote the financial stability of their health insurance schemes (Case 238/82 Dupbar and Others [1984] ECR 523).
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