Commission Regulation (EC) No 43/2003 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001 as regards aid for the local production of crop products in the outermost regions of the European Union (repealed) (c. 43)

TITLE III U.K. PROCESSING AID

CHAPTER II U.K. Sugar

Section I U.K. Sugar cane

Article 30 U.K. Minimum price for sugar cane

1. The minimum prices referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 and in the second subparagraph of Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 are hereby fixed as follows:

• Réunion: EUR 51,01 per tonne of cane,

• Martinique: EUR 45,16 per tonne of cane,

• Guadeloupe and French Guiana: EUR 55,95 per tonne of cane,

• Madeira: EUR 78,9 per tonne of cane.

The minimum price shall apply to cane of sound and fair merchantable quality and of standard sugar content. The delivery stage of the sugar cane shall be free at factory gate.

2. The standard sugar content and the scale of increases and reductions to be applied to the minimum price when the sugar content of the cane differs from the standard sugar content shall be adopted by the competent authority on the proposal of a joint committee of distillers or syrup manufacturers and the sugar-cane producers.