
Article 1 
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
The maximum levels of arsenic in subsection 3.5 (Arsenic (inorganic)) of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006, as amended by this Regulation, shall apply from 1 January 2016.
Foodstuffs not complying with these maximum levels which are lawfully placed on the market prior to the date of application may continue to be marketed after that date until their date of minimum durability or use-by-date.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 25 June 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:

((1)) the following subsection is introduced after Subsection 3.4 Tin (inorganic):
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3.5 Arsenic (inorganic) (50) (51) 
3.5.1 Non-parboiled milled rice (polished or white rice) 0,20
3.5.2 Parboiled rice and husked rice 0,25
3.5.3 Rice waffles, rice wafers, rice crackers and rice cakes 0,30
3.5.4 Rice destined for the production of food for infants and young children (3) 0,10'
((2)) the following endnotes (50) and (51) are added:
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(50) Sum of As(III) and As(V)

(51) Rice, husked rice, milled rice and parboiled rice as defined in Codex Standard 198-1995
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