5Under Title VIIA of that directive, entitled ‘Sale at a distance to the public’, Article 85c(1) and (2) thereof provides:1.Without prejudice to national legislation prohibiting the offer for sale at a distance of prescription medicinal products to the public by means of information society services, Member States shall ensure that medicinal products are offered for sale at a distance to the public by means of information society services as defined in Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services [OJ 1998 L 204, p. 37], under the following conditions:(a) the natural or legal person offering the medicinal products is authorised or entitled to supply medicinal products to the public, also at a distance, in accordance with national legislation of the Member State in which that person is established;(b) the person referred to in point (a) has notified the Member State in which that person is established of at least the following information:…(c) the medicinal products comply with the national legislation of the Member State of destination in accordance with Article 6(1);(d) without prejudice to the information requirements set out in Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce) [OJ 2000 L 178, p. 1], the website offering the medicinal products contains at least:…2. Member States may impose conditions, justified on grounds of public health protection, for the retail supply on their territory of medicinal products for sale at a distance to the public by means of information society services.…’
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