The Greek presidency organised a general meeting of member state health ministers on the 6 May.
The agenda included two controversial issues: SARS and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
The summit on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) brought together top EU officials and Gro Harlem Brundtland, head of the World Health Organisation.
The health and research commissioners, David Byrne and Philippe Busquin, attended on behalf of the EU.
The head of the World Health Organisation told European health ministers today to remain vigilant, predicting the deadly SARS virus had "not seen a peak" in China yet.
Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of the WHO, said her latest reports showed a continuing rise and spread of the outbreak despite increased efforts to stop the flu-like virus.
"There is still considerable number of cases everyday," she said after talks with EU Health Commissioner David Byrne in Brussels.
Although FCTC was included in the agenda, the discussions mainly focused on the SARS epidemy.
