75However, if the national authorities are not to be deprived of the discretion which that provision confers upon them, the mere fact that they have authorised activities such as those at issue in the main proceedings, in accordance with the European Union’s prescribed standards of quality and safety in the sector concerned, cannot lead, by itself and automatically, to recognition from the point of view of Article 13A(1)(b) of the Sixth Directive. As the Danish Government maintains, obtaining such authorisation is a necessary condition to carrying on the activity of a private stem cell bank. However, the granting of such authorisation is not, in itself, synonymous with recognition for the purposes of Article 13A(1)(b) of the Sixth Directive.
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