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Fri 01 Jan 2007State facing EU action over VHI derogationsEU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy is to take legal action against the Government over the unlimited guarantees it offers State health insurer VHI.A commission source confirmed that Mr McCreevy's decision to issue formal notice of infringement proceedings to the Government followed examination of a complaint relating to the VHI made by Vivas Health, a private health insurance company which recently entered the Irish market.