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Section I U.K. Sugar cane

Article 28 U.K. Scope

This chapter lays down detailed rules for applying the following aid schemes:

(a)

Community aid for the direct processing of sugar cane into sucrose syrup or agricultural rum as provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001;

(b)

aid for the direct processing of sugar cane into sugar syrup or agricultural rum as provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001.

Article 29 U.K. Payment of the aid

1. The aid referred to in Article 28 shall be paid, as the case may be:

(a) to any sucrose syrup manufacturer or distiller:

• (a) whose plant is located in one of the French overseas departments, and

• who produces directly from cane harvested in the same French overseas department:

  (i)

  sucrose syrup of less than 75 % purity used in the manufacture of aperitifs; or

  (ii)

  agricultural rum as defined in Article 1(4)(a)(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89(1);

(b) to any sugar syrup manufacturer or distiller whose facilities are located on the territory of Madeira and who directly processes cane harvested on Madeira.

2. Aid shall be paid out each year for the quantities of sugar cane processed directly into sugar syrup, sucrose syrup or agricultural rum for which the syrup manufacturer or distiller shows proof that the sugar-cane producers concerned have been paid the minimum price referred to in Article 30.

3. The amount of the processing aid is hereby fixed as follows:

(a) for the aid referred to in Article 28(a),

• (a) at EUR 9,0 per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as white sugar, for sucrose syrup,

• at EUR 64,22 per hectolitre of pure alcohol produced, for agricultural rum;

(b) for the aid referred to in Article 28(b),

• (b) at EUR 53 per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as white sugar, for sugar syrup,

• at EUR 90 per hectolitre of pure alcohol produced, for agricultural rum.

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.

Article 31 U.K. Minimum price

1. Proof that the minimum price has been paid to the sugar-cane producer shall be established by a certificate drawn up on normal paper by the syrup manufacturer or distiller. The certificate shall show:

(a) the name of the syrup manufacturer or distiller;

(b) the name of the sugar-cane producer;

(c) the total quantities of sugar cane for which the minimum price fixed for the calendar year concerned has been paid and which have been delivered to the syrup factory or distillery by the producer concerned during that calendar year;

(d) the quantity of product for which the minimum price has been paid.

2. The certificate shall be signed by the sugar-cane producer and the syrup manufacturer or distiller.

3. The manufacturer or distiller shall keep the original of the certificate. A copy shall be given to the sugar-cane producer.

Article 32 U.K. Reduction coefficient

1. When the sum of the quantities covered by aid applications in a given calendar year is greater than the annual quantities referred to in Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 and in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001, a standard reduction coefficient shall be applied to each application for the product concerned.

However, France may allocate the quantity of rum referred to in paragraph 1 by department on the basis of the average quantity of agricultural rum sold by each department in the years 1997 to 2001. If the quantities covered by aid applications exceed the overall quantities, the reduction coefficients may be differentiated by department.

2. Aid applications shall be submitted to the competent authorities designated by France or Portugal, as the case may be.

(1)

OJ L 160, 12.6.1989, p. 1.