28In order to answer that question, it must be noted as a preliminary point that, according to settled case-law, medical activities fall within the scope of Article 50 EC, there being no need to distinguish in that regard between care provided in a hospital environment and care provided outside such an environment (see, among others, Case C-368/98 Vanbraekel and Others [2001] ECR I-5363, paragraph 41; Smits and Peerbooms, cited above, paragraph 53; and Case C-385/99 Müller-Fauré and Van Riet [2003] ECR I-4509, paragraph 38).
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