Commission Regulation (EC) No 1442/2002 of 7 August 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1554/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards marketing sugar produced in the French overseas departments and equalising the price conditions with preferential raw sugar

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1442/2002
of 7 August 2002
amending Regulation (EC) No 1554/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards marketing sugar produced in the French overseas departments and equalising the price conditions with preferential raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular Article 7(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides for flat-rate Community aid for sugar produced in the French overseas departments to be marketed in the European regions of the Community. The aid is for raw sugar produced in the French overseas departments to be refined in a refinery situated in the European regions of the Community and to be transported to the European regions of the Community or, where necessary, to be stored in those departments.
(2) That aid for the 2001/02 marketing year is fixed in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1554/2001(3). The aid for transport from the ex-factory stage to the fob port stage and for storage in the French overseas departments for the 2001/02 marketing year is fixed in Article 2(1)(a) and (c) of that Regulation. Now that the Commission has obtained information on the appropriate level of this aid, the aid amounts should be fixed for the 2002/03 to 2005/06 marketing years, i.e. the period for which Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides for intervention prices and production and refining quotas to be fixed. The grant of aid towards the cost of sea transport and the aid for refining should also be continued for the same period.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,