Commission Regulation (EC) No 2477/2001 of 17 December 2001 on aid for the transport of sugar cane in the French overseas departments
Date: 2001-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: French overseas department and region, aid to agriculture, carriage of goods, sugar cane

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2477/2001

of 17 December 2001

on aid for the transport of sugar cane in the French overseas departments

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
the French overseas departments, amending
products
Directive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 525/
77 and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom) (1), and in particular
Article 18 thereof,

for

Whereas:

under the conditions set out in this Regulation to produce
delivering their cane directly to reception centres.

Cane eligible for transport aid shall be that intended for

2.
the production of sugar or rum.

Cane eligible for the aid shall be of sound,

3.
merchantable quality.

fair and

4.
Reception centre shall be understood to mean the
weighing centre or the factor itself in the case of delivery direct
to the latter, whether it be a sugar refinery or a distillery.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 provides
for aid for the transport of cane from the fields where it
is harvested to the reception centres. The aid is to be
determined on the basis of distance and other objective
criteria relating to transport and may not exceed half the
transport costs per tonne fixed on a flat-rate basis by the
French authorities in each department. It is to apply to
cane intended for processing into sugar and into rum.

Transport costs vary considerably in the French overseas
departments. Maximum flat-rate aid amounts should
therefore be fixed which comply with an average
amount of aid for each department and which do not
exceed half
tonne, up to
the transport costs per
maximum amounts fixed on a flat-rate basis. The French
authorities should determine the unit amounts granted
to producers in accordance with objective criteria estab-
lished by them. Such amounts may be varied in partic-
ular with the tonnage transported.

Aid applications must be supported by evidence of
transport. France may adopt all additional measures
necessary for the purposes of applying this scheme.

To guarantee uniform treatment of sugar cane harvested
and transported during the 2001/02 marketing year, the
measures provided for in this Regulation should apply
form 1 July 2001.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 2

The transport costs for producers shall be determined on
1.
the basis of the distance between the edge of the field and the
reception centre and of other objective criteria, including access
to the field and the existence of natural obstacles.

2. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the unit amount of aid
determined for producers shall not exceed:

(a) half the transport costs per tonne fixed on a flat-rate basis

in accordance with paragraph 1;

(b) the maximum amounts below for each department:

EUR 5,49/t for Réunion;

EUR 5,34/t for Guadeloupe;

EUR 3,96/t for Martinique;

EUR 3,81/t for French Guiana.

3.
The aid for cane transport shall be determined by the
French authorities in accordance with the following average
unit amount for each department, depending on the quantities
involved:

EUR 3,2/t for Réunion;

EUR 2,5/t for Guadeloupe;

EUR 2,0/t for Martinique;

EUR 2,0/t for French Guiana.

Article 3

Article 1

Aid applications shall be submitted to the competent

1.
authorities designated by France.

1.
Aid for the transport of cane from the edge of the fields
where it is harvested to the reception centres as provided for in
Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 shall be paid

(1) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.

2.
Aid applications shall be accompanied by cane delivery
notes drawn up by the competent bodies or the processing
enterprises designated by the Member State for each depart-
ment.

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Article 4

France shall adopt all additional measures necessary for the
application of this Regulation, including those relating to the
submission of aid applications, verification of the documentary
proof provided for in Article 1 and checks on quantities of
cane delivered.

(b) in the annual report provided for in Article 27 of Regula-

tion (EC) No 1452/2001, for each department:
— of the total quantities of cane, expressed in tonnes, for

which aid has been requested,

— of the total amount of the aid and the variation in the

amounts of aid per tonne transported,

— of any changes to the criteria and additional measures

Article 5

referred to in point (a).

France shall notify the Commission:

(a) within four months following the entry into force of this

Regulation:
— of the criteria for determining the unit amounts granted

to producers,

— of the additional measures adopted pursuant to Article

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

4;

It shall apply to all cane transported from 1 July 2001.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission