Judgment_paragraph 60 · 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)

60Furthermore, it is important that, where there is uncertainty as to the existence or extent of risks to human health, a Member State should be able to take protective measures without having to wait until the reality of those risks becomes fully apparent. In particular, a Member State may take measures that reduce, as far as possible, a health risk, including, more specifically, a risk to the reliability and quality of the provision of medicinal products to the public (see Apothekerkammer des Saarlandes and Others, paragraph 30, and Blanco Pérez and Chao Gómez, paragraph 74).