35Consequently, it is absolutely clear from the terms of that provision that, as the Court has already pointed out, if medicinal products are to be marketed in the Community, authorisation must first have been obtained, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the directive, for their placing on the market (see, to that effect, Joined Cases C-211/03, C-299/03 and C-316/03 to C-318/03 HLH Warenvertrieb and Orthica [2005] ECR I-5141, paragraph 57).
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