Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 10 July 2014 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Criminal proceedings against Markus D. (C 358/13) and G. (C-181/14)

(Joined Cases C-358/13 and C 181/14) ¹

((Medicinal products for human use — Directive 2001/83/EC — Scope — Interpretation of the concept of ‘medicinal product’ — Scope of the criterion based on the capacity to modify physiological functions — Herb and cannabinoid-based products — Not included)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Criminal proceedings against

Markus D. (C-358/13) and G. (C-181/14)

Operative part of the judgment

Article 1(2)(b) of 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, as amended by Directive 2004/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, must be interpreted as not covering substances, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, which produce effects that merely modify physiological functions but which are not such as to have any beneficial effects, either immediately or in the long term, on human health, are consumed solely to induce a state of intoxication and are, as such, harmful to human health.

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¹ OJ C 325, 9.11.2013.

OJ C 212, 7.7.2014.