The priority health initiative under the 2016 AWP was to set up the European Reference Networks (ERNs) in accordance with: (a) Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare; and (b) the EU policy on rare diseases.
Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća od 9. ožujka 2011. o primjeni prava pacijenata u prekograničnoj zdravstvenoj skrbi; i b) politikom EU-a o rijetkim bolestima.