Commission Regulation (EC) No 670/2009 (repealed)Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 670/2009 of 24 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards public intervention by invitation to tender for the purchase of durum wheat or paddy rice, and amending Regulations (EC) No 428/2008 and (EC) No 687/2008 (repealed)

Article 15Quality of paddy rice offered

1.In order to be accepted for intervention, the paddy rice must be of sound and fair merchantable quality.

2.Paddy rice shall be considered of sound and fair merchantable quality if:

(a)it meets the criteria set out in Annex III, Part A, with regard to the base milling yield of the rice, and in Annex III, Part B, with regard to the maximum percentage of defects permissible;

(b)its moisture content does not exceed 14,5 %;

(c)it is free of odour and does not contain live insects;

(d)the level of radioactivity does not exceed the maximum levels permitted by Community legislation.