
Article 1 
In Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 972/2006, the following sentence is added:
'However, the presence up to 5 % of husked rice falling within CN code 1006 20 17 or CN code 1006 20 98 not corresponding to any of the varieties listed in Annex XVIII to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be accepted.'
Article 2 
Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 972/2006 as amended by Article 1 of this Regulation shall also apply to Basmati imports carried out before the entry into force of this Regulation for which the competent authorities of the Member State have not yet finally established the eligibility to zero duty provided for in Article 138 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 2 shall cease to apply at the end of the 12th month following entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 30 March 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO