49As regards Article 13A(1)(b) of the Sixth Directive, it is clear from paragraphs 45 to 50 of the judgment in Case C-262/08 CopyGene [2010] ECR I-5053, that the concept of activities ‘closely related’ to ‘hospital and medical care’ within the meaning of Article 13A(1)(b) of the Sixth Directive is to be interpreted as not covering activities such as the collection, transport and analysis of cord blood of newborn children and the storage of stem cells contained in that blood, where the medical care provided in a hospital environment to which those activities are merely potentially related has not been performed, commenced or yet envisaged.
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