Judgment_paragraph 39 · Colegiul Medicilor Veterinari din România (CMVRO) v Autoritatea Naţională Sanitară Veterinară şi pentru Siguranţa Alimentelor (C-297/16)

39It is clear from Article 2(2)(f) of Directive 2006/123 that ‘healthcare services’ are expressly excluded from the scope of that directive. However, recital 22 of the directive states that the services that are excluded are those ‘provided by health professionals to patients to assess, maintain or restore their state of health’, which suggests that they are provided to human beings.