Judgment_paragraph 31 · Association Kokopelli v Graines Baumaux SAS (C-59/11)

31It must also be pointed out that Directive 98/95 is an amending act in respect of Council Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed (OJ, English Special Edition 1965-1966, p. 124); Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (OJ, English Special Edition 1965-1966, p. 132); Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ, English Special Edition 1965-1966, p. 143); Council Directive 66/403/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of seed potatoes (OJ, English Special Edition 1965-1966, p. 154); Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (OJ, English Special Edition 1969 (II) p. 315); Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ, English Special Edition, Third Series, 1966-1972, p. 36); and Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed (OJ, English Special Edition 1970 (III) p. 674); and that the provisions of the latter directives have been codified by Directives 2002/53 and 2002/55. That being the case, it is not necessary to examine the validity of Directive 98/95 either.