Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2019:482
Date: 2019-06-12
Language of the case: Hungarian
Subject matter: Free movement of goods;Measures having equivalent effect;Approximation of laws;Quantitative restrictions;Public health
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Hungary

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Hungary) lodged on 28 March 2018 — VIPA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. v Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet (Case C-222/18) Language of the case: Hungarian Referring court Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: VIPA Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. Defendant: Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet Question referred Must Articles 3(k) and 11(1) of 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 1 be interpreted as meaning that national legislation, which distinguishes between two categories of prescriptions and, only in the case of one of those categories, allows medicinal products to be dispensed to a doctor who exercises his healthcare activity in a State other than the Member State concerned, contrary to the mutual recognition of prescriptions and to the freedom to provide services, and therefore incompatible therewith? ____________ 1 OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45.