01/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 27 November, the European Commission decided to send a formal request to Italy to amend its legislation banning pharmacists from having more than one pharmacy and restricting the maximum number of pharmacies that may be owned by groups of pharmacists to four. In addition, the four pharmacies must be located in the same province. According to the Commission, such constraints are in breach of Article 43 of the EC Treaty on freedom of establishment. If...