Commission Regulation (EC) No 2477/2001 of 17 December 2001 on aid for the transport of sugar cane in the French overseas departments

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 products for the French overseas departments, amending Directive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom)(1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) 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.
(2) 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 the transport costs per tonne, up to maximum amounts fixed on a flat-rate basis. The French authorities should determine the unit amounts granted to producers in accordance with objective criteria established by them. Such amounts may be varied in particular with the tonnage transported.
(3) Aid applications must be supported by evidence of transport. France may adopt all additional measures necessary for the purposes of applying this scheme.
(4) 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.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,