COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3406/93 of 13 December 1993 establishing the varieties of Indica rice for the purposes of intervention
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1544/93 (2), and in particular Article 5 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 5 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 defines the rice varieties that may be considered Indica varieties; whereas only varieties having certain morphological and qualitative characteristics can match to this definition; whereas those characteristics should accordingly be established and the varieties which currently meet them be listed;
Whereas provision should be made, however, for procedures to supplement the aforementioned list each year on the basis of suitable analytical methods and an appropriate sampling system;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. For the purpose of applying Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, the varieties of Indica rice shall be those having the following characteristics after the husk has been removed:
(a) morphological characteristics:
- grain length: not less than 6,6 mm,
- length/width ratio of not less than 3: 1,
- total absence of pearl or striation in the case of at least 60 % of the grains of milled rice sampled;
(b) qualitative characteristics:
- a glutinosity value not exceeding 2,50 g/cm,
- a consistency value of not less than 0,85 kg/cm2,
- an amylose content of not less than 21 %.
2. The methods to test for the characteristics laid down in paragraph 1 are set out in Annex II.
3. Varieties meeting the morphological and qualitative characteristics specified in the first paragraph above shall be those set out in Annex I.
Article 2
1. Member States wishing to have new varieties of rice included in Annex I shall submit to the Commission not later than 20 December of each year an application stating the name of the variety and its reference in the national catalogue of agricultural plant varieties.
2. Having submitted an application in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1, the Member States shall supply a sample of unhusked certified seed of each of the varieties for which an application is made to one only of the laboratories listed in Annex III and indicated by the Commission by 31 December of each year at the latest.
The sample, weighing at least five kilograms, shall have been produced in a Member State during the year.
Article 3
1. The laboratory responsible for processing the rice shall, having carried out germination tests and having processed the rice, send samples labelled with a code to all the laboratories listed in Annex III and shall send the Commission a notification under enabling the samples to be decoded.
2. The sample to be sent to the laboratories for analysis shall consist of at least 100 grams of husked rice and at least 750 grams of milled rice. Samples shall consist of entire grains only, and entire but chalky grains shall be eliminated from samples of milled rice.
Article 4
1. The Commission shall determine the characteristics of the varieties using the arithmetical mean of the results of the analysis carried out, after excluding the highest figure and the lowest.
2. Should two or more applications for the inclusion of a single variety be received, its characteristics shall be determined according to the mean of the test results, as set out in paragraph 1.
3. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the results of the analyses before 31 March of each year.
Any inclusion of new varieties shall be decided before that date in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 December 1993.