63The protection of an established right, namely, the retention of patients following several years of professional activity, constitutes an overriding ground of public interest. A Member State may consider it necessary in such a case to protect a practice and, by the same token, the professional activity of the persons concerned by means of the adoption of appropriate measures.
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