In Italy, the provision of pharmaceutical services can be engaged in only by municipal pharmacies or by private pharmacies operating under government licence.

The consumers confidence in buying medication via the internet pharmacies needs to be strengthen, and distribution of falsified medication on the internet minimised.

[Translation] The CF Drug Exception Centre program is guided by three key principles: operational readiness, which ensures that the Canadian Forces Health Services Group will be able to meet medical supply requirements in operational settings; fairness, which ensures all members are entitled to the same drugs regardless of whether the prescription is filled at a base or civilian pharmacy; and equality, which ensures that Canadian Forces members have access to drug therapy similar to that provided by other federal departments and provincial governments (1545) [English] The Canadian Forces drug benefit list provides a wide variety of bot ...[+++]h prescription and non-prescription drugs to its members.

3a. The marketing authorisation holder of a medicinal product shall provide uninterrupted supply of that medicinal product, marketed in the concerned Member State, to wholesaler distributors registered in these Member States, so that the provision of the medicinal product to patients through pharmacies and hospitals is ensured.