Rinse-processing composition for processing silver halide color photographic material, processing apparatus and processing method

A rinse-processing composition for processing a silver halide color photographic material, which comprises a concentrated liquid processing chemical containing at least one compound represented by formula (I), wherein the concentration of the formula (I) compound is from 5.0 to 100 g/l, and wherein the composition is free of both aldehyde compounds and hexamethylenetetramine derivatives:

• R—(OC2H4)n—OH (I)
• wherein R represents an alkyl group containing 8 to 10 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 10 to 30, wherein the composition further comprises at least one bactericide selected from the group consisting of a dichloroisocyanuric acid, a 1,2-benzoisothiazoline-3-one, an isothiazolone, and a 1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(2-propenyloxy)ethyl-1H-imidazole,
• wherein the composition further comprises at least one compound represented by formula (II):
• wherein Q represents non-metal atoms for forming a 5-membered ring that is unsubstituted or substituted with a substituent selected from 1–8C alkyl groups, 2–8C alkenyl groups, 1–8C alkoxy groups, 6–8C aryl groups, 7–8C aralkyl groups, 1–8C allyl groups, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group and a moiety forming a benzene ring by fusing with the 5-membered ring, and the substituent may further be substituted with a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group and/or a sulfo group.