Request for a preliminary ruling from the Satversmes tiesa (Latvia) lodged on 20 October 2020 – SIA EUROAPTIEKA v Ministru kabinets

(Case C-530/20)

Language of the case: Latvian

Referring court

Satversmes tiesa

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: SIA EUROAPTIEKA

Institution which adopted the contested act: Ministru kabinets

Questions referred

Must the activities to which the contested provision refers be regarded as advertising of medicinal products within the meaning of Title VIII of Directive 2001/83/EC ¹ (‘Advertising’)?

Must Article 90 of Directive 2001/83/EC be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which extends the list of prohibited methods of advertising and imposes stricter restrictions than those expressly provided for in Article 90 of that directive?

Must the legislation at issue in the main proceedings be considered to restrict advertising of medicinal products in order to encourage the rational use of such products, within the meaning of Article 87(3) of Directive 2001/83/EC?

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¹     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 (OJ 2001 L 311, p. 67, Special edition in Latvian: Chapter 13 Volume 027 P. 69).