# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 of 18 May 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to public intervention and aid for private storage (Text with EEA relevance), Division PART I: Eligibility criteria for paddy rice

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1..The requirements referred to in Article 3 as regards rice shall be, in particular, the following:
(a)the paddy rice is free of odour and does not contain live insects;
(b)the moisture content does not exceed 14,5 %;
(c)the milling yield is not more than five points below the basic yields listed in Part II;
(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;
(e)the level of radioactivity does not exceed the maximum levels permitted by assimilated legislation.
2..For the purposes of this Annex, ‘miscellaneous impurities’ means foreign matter other than rice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1238/annex/II/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1238/annex-II/part-I
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