Division PART I Eligibility criteria for paddy rice

The requirements referred to in Article 3 as regards rice shall be, in particular, the following:

1. (a)

   the paddy rice is free of odour and does not contain live insects;

2. (b)

   the moisture content does not exceed 14,5 %;

3. (c)

   the milling yield is not more than five points below the basic yields listed in Part II;

4. (d)

   the percentage of miscellaneous impurities, the percentage of rice grains of other varieties and the percentage of grains which do not comply with the standard quality as defined in Part A of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, do not exceed the maximum percentages set out in Part III of this Annex, by type of rice;

5. (e)

   the level of radioactivity does not exceed the maximum levels permitted by F1assimilated legislation.

For the purposes of this Annex, ‘miscellaneous impurities’ means foreign matter other than rice.