L 87/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.3.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 691/1999 of 30 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 708/98 on the taking over of paddy rice by the intervention agencies and fixing the corrective amounts and the price increases and reductions to be applied as regards the quality characteristics of the rice THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (3, and in particular Article 8(b) thereof, Whereas the characteristics that set stained grains and spotted grains apart are very close and distinguishing one from another is often a delicate task when samples taken in accordance with Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 708/98 (}) are analysed; whereas those two criteria should therefore be combined and the relevant price reductions applying should be determined on the basis of grain defects covering both stained and spotted grains; Whereas new varieties of rice are being grown in the Community; whereas they should be entered, with their milling yields, in the list in point B in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 708/98; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 708/98 is hereby amended as follows: 1. the table in Article 2 is replaced by the following. Medium and A ‘Round grain rice long grain rice B long grain rice CN code 1006 10 92 CN codes 1006 10 94 CN code 1006 10 98 and 1006 10 96 Chalky grains 6 4 4 Grains striated with red 10 5 5 Stained and spotted grains 4 2,75 2,75 Amber grains 1 0,50 0,50 Yellow grains 0,175 0,175 0,175 Miscellaneous impurities 1 1 1 Grains of rice of other varieties 5 5 5 () OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18. J L () OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4. () OJ L 98, 31. 3. 1998, p. 21.