31967R0362

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31.7.67 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES No 174/27

REGULATION No 362/67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL

of 25 July 1967 determining standard qualities for rice and broken rice

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ( a) rice, free of odour, of a sound and fair market­ able quality corresponding to the average quality of common round-grained rice harvested within Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ the Community under normal conditions , of a pean Economic Community ; type corresponding to the 'Balilla' variety ;

Having regard to Regulation No 359/67/EEC1 on the ( b ) moisture content : 15% ; common organisation of the market in rice, and in particular Article 4 (5 ), Article 15 (5 ) ( a) and Article 31 (2) thereof; (c) total percentage of rice grains which are not of unimpaired quality : 7% by weight, of which : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; — paddy grains : 1% ;

— broken rice : 3% ; Whereas the target price for husked rice, the interven­ tion price for paddy rice, and the threshold price for — green grains or grains showing natural mal­ broken rice must correspond to specific standard formation : 3% ; qualities ; (d) tolerance of extraneous matter, consisting of : Whereas the standard qualities for which those prices are fixed should correspond as far as possible, as re­ — mineral or vegetable inedible substances pro­ vided that they are not toxic : 0-01% ; gards husked rice and paddy rice, to the average qual­ ity of round-grained rice harvested in the Community — extraneous grains or parts thereof, edible : and, as regards broken rice, to the average quality of 0-10% ; broken rice usually obtained in Community industry from home-grown rice; (e) output of milled rice in whole grains (with a tol­ erance of 5% of clipped grains ): 77-50% by Whereas , to that end, the standards determined by weight, of which : a percentage by weight of Regulation No 27/64/EEC2 may be used as standard milled rice grains which are not of unimpaired qualities for rice with the addition, as a standard quality : quality for broken rice, of the quality most frequently found in intra-Community trade in that product; — chalky grains : 3% ;

— grains striated with red : 3% ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — spotted grains : 1% ;

— stained grains : 0-50% ; Article 1 — yellow grains : 0-05% ;

For the 1967/68 marketing year the standard quality .— amber grains : 0-125% . of husked rice for which the target price is fixed is defined as follows : Article 2

1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p . 1 . The standard quality of paddy rice for which inter­ 2 OJ No 48 , 19.3.1964, p . 756/64. vention prices are fixed is defined as follows :

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( a) rice, free of odour, of a sound and fair market­ ( a) rice, free of odour, of a sound and fair market­ able quality corresponding to the average quality able quality corresponding to the average quality of common round-grained rice harvested within of broken rice obtained from processing husked the Community under normal conditions, of a rice to milled rice in the Community processing type corresponding to the 'Balilla' variety ; industry, of a type corresponding to the 'Mes­ sagrana' variety ; (b ) moisture content : 14-05% ; ( b ) Moisture content : 15% ; (c) output of milled rice in whole grains (with a tol­ erance of 5% of clipped grains): (c) Tolerance of extraneous matter consisting of : 62% by weight, of which : a percentage by — mineral and vegetable inedible substances , weight of milled rice grains which are not of un­ provided that they are not toxic : 0-01% ; impaired quality : — extraneous broken grains or parts thereof, ed­ — chalky -grains : 3% ; ible : 0-10% .

— grains striated with red : 3% ; — spotted grains : 1% ; Article 4

— stained grains : 0-50% ; For the purposes of this Regulation, the definition of — yellow grains : 0-05% ; grains and broken grains which are not of unim­ — amber grains : 0-125% . paired quality shall be . as shown in the Annex.

Article3¶

The standard quality of broken rice for which the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September threshold price is fixed is defined as follows : 1967.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 25 July 1967 .

For the Council The President

H. HOECHERL

ANNEX

Definition of grains and broken grains which are not of unimpaired quality

A. Whole grains : Grains from which only part of the end has been removed , irrespective of characteristics produced at each stage of milling.

B. Clipped grains : Grains from which the entire end has been removed.

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C. Broken grains or broken rice: Grains from which a part of the volume greater than the end has been removed; broken grains include : — large broken grains (pieces of grain of a length not less than half that of a grain, but not constituting a complete grain); — medium broken grains (pieces of grain of a length not less than a quarter of the length of a grain but which are smaller than the minimum size of 'large broken grains'); — fine broken grains (pieces of grain less than a quarter of the size of a grain, but too large to pass through a sieve with a mesh of 1-4 mm); — fragments (small pieces or particles of grain which can pass through a sieve with a mesh of 1-4 mm ); split grains (pieces produced by a longitudinal split in the grain) come under this definition .

D. Green grains: Grains which are not fully ripened .

E. Grains showing natural malformation: Natural malformation shall include malformation , whether or not of hereditary origin , as compared with the morphological characteristics typical of the variety.

F. Chalky grains: Grains at least three-quarters of the surface of which looks opaque and chalky .

G. Grains striated with red: Grains showing longitudinal red striations of differing intensity and shades, due to residues from the pericarp .

H. Spotted grains: Grains showing a well-defined small circle of dark colour of more or less regular shape; spotted grains shall also include those which show slight black striations on the surface only ; the striations and spots must not show a yellow or dark aureole.

I. Stained grains: Grains which have undergone, on a small area of their surface, an obvious change in their natural colour; the stains may be of different colours (blackish, reddish, brown ); deep black striations shall also be considered as stains. If the colour of the stains is sufficiently marked (black, pink, reddish-brown) to be immediately visible and if they cover an area not less than half that of the grain, the grains must be considered to be yellow grains.

J. Yellow grains: Yellow grains are those which have undergone, totally or partially, otherwise than by drying, a change in their natural colour and have taken on a lemon or orange-yellow tone.

K. Amber grains: Amber grains are those which have undergone, otherwise than by drying, a slight uniform change in colour over the whole surface ; this change alters the colour of the grains to a light amber-yellow.