No L 152/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 24, 6. 93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1580/93 of 23 June 1993 fixing standard qualities for certain cereals and categorles of flour, groats and meal and the threshold prices for those categories of products THE COMMISSION. OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulatioh (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2226/88 of 19 July 1988 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fixing the threshold prices of these categories of products (})y as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, has been repealed ; whereas the standard qualities for cereals for which intervention is not appli- cable and, as regards the products listed in Article 1 (1) (c), with the exception of malt, the standard qualities and their threshold prices are to be fixed by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92; Whereas the threshold prices for oats and flour, groats and meal must correspond to specified standard qualities ; whereas those qualities should correspond as far as possible to the average qualities of those products in the Community ; Whereas the threshold prices for flour, groats and meal should be so fixed as to enable the target prices for the basic cereals to be attained and protection of the proces- sing industry to be ensured ; Whereas those objectives may be attained by fixing a threshold price which allows for the cost of manufactu- ring those 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 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 wheat, a fixed ratio representing the relationship between the price of wheat flour and the prices of those products on Community market should be taken as a basis; () OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. () OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 23. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, 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 condi- tions in the Community ; (b) moisture content: 14 % ; (c) maximum percentage of matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality: 3 %, of which: — percentage of grain impurities: 2 %, — percentage of miscellaneous impurities: 1 % ; (d) specific weight: 49 kilograms per hectolitre. Article 2 The standard quality for which the threshold price for millet is fixed is defined as follows : (a) millet corresponding to the average quality of millet grown in Argentina; (b) moisture content: 13 % ; (c) maximum percentage of matter other than basic cereals of unimpaired quality: 17 %, of which: — percentage of broken grains or husked grains: 15 %, — percentage of miscellaneous impurities : 2 %. Article 3 The standard quality for which the threshold price for buckwheat is fixed shall correspond to buckwheat of commercial grade 2 of the Republic of South Africa. Article 4 The standard quality for which the threshold priée for canary seed is fixed is defined as follows: (a) canary seeds of a sound and fair marketable quality ; (b) moisture content: 16 % ;