Article 1
1. With effect from the 1988/89 marketing year, the only varieties of rice eligible for inclusion in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 3878/87 shall be those possessing the morphological characteristics set out in Article 2(1) of the above Regulation and the following qualitative characteristics: - a glutinosity value not exceeding 2,50 gcm, - a consistency value of not less that 0,85 kg/cm2, - an amylose content of not less than 21 %. 2. The methods for testing the morphological and qualitative characteristics of varieties of rice are set out in Annex I.