No C 139/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 88 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas the purpose of the aid for durum wheat is to 
ensure a fair standard of living for farmers in regions of the 
Community where such production constitutes a tradi­
tional and important part of agricultural production; 
whereas these areas were specified by Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 3103/76 of 16 December 1976 on aid for durum 
wheat (a), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1583/ 
86 (2); whereas, to cushion the impact of the reduction in 
the intervention price for durum wheat on producers' 
incomes, the aid for 1988/1989 should be increased; 
Whereas the rules regarding the alignment of aid as laid 
down in Article 79(2) of the Act of Accession require that 
the amount of aid for durum wheat applicable in Spain 
should be that laid down in this Regulation, 
(!) OJ No L 351, 21. 12. 1976, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 40. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNTIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the 
market in cereals (a), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No ..., and in particular Article 11(a) paragraph 2 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1008/86 of 25 
March 1986 laying down detailed rules for production 
refunds applicable to potato starch (2) requires that the 
Council should fix a minimum price for potatoes used for 
the manufacture of starch, to be paid on a 'factory gate' 
basis by the starch manufacturer to the potato producer; 
(!) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 5. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the 1988/1989 marketing year, the aid for durum wheat 
referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is 
hereby fixed for the regions listed in the Annex to 
Regulation (EEC) No 3103/76 at 
— 137,05 ECU per hectare for the Community as 
constituted on 31 December 1985, and 
— 54,49 ECU per hectare for Spain. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
whereas qualification for the premium payable to manu­
facturers of potato starch is conditional on the payment of 
this minimum price; 
Whereas the supply prices of raw materials for the 
manufacture of starch should remain linked to maintain 
equality of competition between the various starch 
industries, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The minimum price for potatoes, to be paid by the 
manufacturer of potato starch to the potato producer for 
the quantity of potatoes required to manufacture one tonne 
of potato starch on a 'factory gate' basis shall be 264,74 
ECU for the 1988/1989 cereal marketing year. Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) setting for the 1988/1989 cereals marketing year the 
minimum price for potatoes to be paid by the starch manufacturer to the potato producer 
(88/C 139/05) 
30. 5. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 139/7 
2. The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be adjusted 
according to the starch content of the potatoes. 
Article 2 
The detailed rules for the application of this Regulation 
will be drawn up in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in Article 26 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the 
market in cereals (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No .../88, and in particular Article 5(5) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the threshold prices for oats and the kinds of 
flour, groats and meal specified in Article 1(c) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 should correspond to 
specific standard qualities; 
Whereas the standard qualities for which those prices are 
fixed should correspond as far as possible to the average 
qualities of those products harvested in the Community; 
Whereas the threshold prices for flour, groats and meal 
should be so fixed as to enable the target prices for basic 
cereals to be attained and the protection of the processing 
industry to be ensured; 
Whereas those objectives may be attained by fixing a 
threshold price which allows for the cost of manufacturing 
these products and an adequate level of protection for the 
processing industry; 
Whereas manufacturing costs may be determined by 
adding to the value of the cereal an amount representing the 
milling margin and by subtracting from the total thus Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
obtained, where appropriate, a fixed amount for the value 
of meal or flour of inferior quality and other residues of 
milling; 
Whereas, however, when fixing the threshold price for 
groats and meal of common wheat, a fixed ration 
representing the relationship between the price of wheat 
flour and the prices of those products on Community 
markets should be taken as a basis, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The standard quality for which the threshold price for oats 
is fixed is defined as follows: 
(a) oats of a sound and fair marketable quality, free from 
abnormal smell and live pests, of a colour proper to this 
cereal and of a quality corresponding to the average 
quality of oats harvested under normal conditions in the 
Community; 
(b) moisture content: 14 % ; 
(c) total percentage of matter other than basic cereals of 
unimpaired quality: 3 %, of which: 
— grain impurities: 2 % ('grain impurities' means 
grains of other cereals and grains damaged by pests), 
— percentage of miscellaneous impurities: 1 % ('mis­
cellaneous impurities' means weed seeds, damaged 
grains, extraneous matter, husks, dead insects and 
fragments of insects); Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing standard qualities for certain cereals and categories 
of flour, groats and meal and the rules for fixing the threshold prices of these categories of products 
(88/C 139/06) 
(!) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (d) specific weight: 49 kilogrammes per hectolitre.