Judgment_paragraph 2 · Alessandra Venturini v ASL Varese and Others Maria Rosa Gramegna v ASL Lodi and Others and Anna Muzzio v ASL Pavia and Others (C-159/12, C-160/12, C-161/12)

2The requests have been made in proceedings between Ms Venturini (Case C‑159/12), Ms Gramegna (Case C‑160/12) and Ms Muzzio (Case C‑161/12), who are three qualified pharmacists, registered with the Milan Order of Pharmacists and owners of business premises (‘para-pharmacies’), and the Aziende Sanitarie Locali (ASL) (local health authorities), namely the Varese ASL (Case C‑159/12), the Lodi ASL (Case C‑160/12), and the Pavia ASL (Case C‑161/12), the Ministero della Salute, the Regione Lombardia, the Comune di Saronno (Case C‑159/12), the Comune di Sant’Angelo Lodigiano (Case C‑160/12) and the Comune de Bereguardo (Case C‑161/12), and the Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco (AIFA), concerning a prohibition on para‑pharmacies selling prescription-only medicinal products which are not chargeable to the Servizio sanitorio nazionale (SSN) (‘national health service’) and are entirely paid for by the purchaser.