35In particular, while, under Article 40(1) of the Directive, the manufacture of medicinal products is subject in general to the requirement to obtain an authorisation, the second subparagraph of Article 40(2) of the Directive provides that the manufacturing authorisation is not required for preparation, dividing up, changes in packaging or presentation ‘where these processes are carried out, solely for retail supply, by pharmacists in dispensing pharmacies or by persons legally authorised in the Member States to carry out such processes’. It follows that, where such manufacturing processes are not carried out for the purpose of the retail supply of medicinal products, pharmacists are not exempt from the requirement to hold a manufacturing authorisation, which also covers the authorisation for the wholesale distribution of medicinal products.
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