29The Court has held, as regards medical services, that, in view of the objective pursued by the exemption provided for in Article 13(A)(1)(b) of the Sixth Directive, it follows that only the supply of services which are logically part of the provision of hospital and medical-care services, and which constitute an indispensable stage in the process of the supply of those services to achieve their therapeutic objectives, is capable of amounting to ‘closely related activities’ within the meaning of that provision, given that only such services are of a nature to influence the cost of health care which is made accessible to individuals by the exemption in question (see judgment in Ygeia, C‑394/04 and C‑395/04, EU:C:2005:734, paragraph 25).
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