56In those circumstances, it is necessary for the Court to carry out its analysis on the basis that what is at issue in the main proceedings is not activities involved in the wholesale distribution of medicinal products, but rather the conditions applicable to the dispensing, by pharmacies, of prescription-only medicinal products where those products are ordered by health professionals with a view to their use in the context of their healthcare activity, and for the Court to find that the national legislation relating to those conditions for the dispensing of medicinal products does not fall within a harmonised area of EU law. Consequently, the determination of the relevant rules remains within the competence of the Member States, subject to the limits laid down by the provisions of FEU Treaty, and in particular those relating to the fundamental freedoms (see, by analogy, judgments of 11 September 2008, Commission v Germany, C‑141/07, EU:C:2008:492, paragraph 25 and the case-law cited, and of 28 June 2012, Caronna, C‑7/11, EU:C:2012:396, paragraph 43).
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