Brussels, 23/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - The ban on selling seeds of a variety which is not officially permitted - such as “old” seeds - provided for by the directive on the sales of vegetable seeds (2002/55/EC) is invalid. It violates the principle of proportionality, the freedom of enterprise, the free movement of goods and the principle of equal treatment in the sense of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, says Advocate General Juliane Kokott in her conclusions in case C-59/11...