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Orthomol pharmazeutische Vertriebs GmbH v Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV (C-418/21)
Consideration of the questions referred
The first question
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Orthomol pharmazeutische Vertriebs GmbH v Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV (C-418/21)

Judgment of 27 Oct 2022law://eu/cjeu/2021/c-418-21/para_26@2026-11-10

26Thus, it should be noted at the outset that, according to their actual description, foods intended for special medical purposes are foodstuffs which, by their nature, are intended to be ingested and used for human consumption.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-418/21 · ECLI:EU:C:2022:831
Decided: 27 Oct 2022
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf, Germany)
Applicant: Orthomol pharmazeutische Vertriebs GmbH
Defendant: Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb eV
Rapporteur: N. Wahl
Advocate General: T. Ćapeta
Bench: 5 judges
A. Prechal, M.L. Arastey Sahún, F. Biltgen, N. Wahl, J. Passer
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62021CJ0418

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Agriculture Food safety

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 Text with EEA relevance
Cited by 2: Marvesa Rotterdam NV v Federaal Agentschap voor de veiligheid van de voedselketen (FAVV) (C-7/23); Kwizda Pharma GmbH v Landeshauptmann von Wien (C-760/21)2 provisions
Cites 9: Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use; A.M. v E.M (C-667/19); Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/128 of 25 September 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for food for special medical purposes (Text with EEA relevance); Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 Text with EEA relevance; Commission Directive 1999/21/EC of 25 March 1999 on dietary foods for special medical purposes (Text with EEA relevance); Council Directive 65/65/EEC of 26 January 1965 on the approximation of provisions laid down by Law, Regulation or Administrative Action relating to proprietary medicinal products; Council Directive 92/73/EEC of 22 September 1992 widening the scope of Directives 65/65/EEC and 75/319/EEC on the approximation of provisions laid down by Law, Regulation or Administrative Action relating to medicinal products and laying down additional provisions on homeopathic medicinal products; Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (recast) (Text with EEA relevance); Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety