Decree-Law No. 3/2020 amending marketing rules for rice and broken rice intended for human consumption.

This Decree-Law proceeds to the first amendment to Decree-Law No. 157/2017 of 28 December establishing the characteristics to which the rice of the species Oryza sativa L. and the broken rice for the final human consumer, fixed the respective types and commercial classes and establishes the technical standards related to marketing, packaging and labelling. In particular, article 8 specifies that category A long category B of long rice that does not include the characteristics of Annex IV can only be marketed under the 'Common' class, with the exception of rice commonly referred to as rice specialties, namely basmati, jasmine, risotto, sushi or wholegrain, as well as rice that has been subjected to technological treatments.