#2026-504France Updates Aid Rules for Wood Valorization in French Guiana
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This decree updates the rules for a French aid scheme that compensates extra costs in the wood valorization sector in French Guiana. It mainly affects companies and other beneficiaries that apply for this support, as well as the public authorities managing the scheme. The changes tighten the eligibility wording for companies in financial difficulty, update the state aid reference so it follows the rules currently in force, and make clear that aid will be based on cost ceilings. A ministerial order will set the application process, payment rules, and cost ceilings for different beneficiary categories.
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Key Changes
- Updates the eligibility condition excluding companies in financial difficulty under EU rescue and restructuring aid guidelines
- Replaces a fixed state aid reference with a reference to the rules currently in force
- Introduces cost ceilings that will shape how compensation is calculated and paid
Obligations
What this law requires
Beneficiaries applying for the wood valorization aid in French Guiana must not be an undertaking in difficulty within the meaning of the European Commission guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty.
The aid amount must be determined on the basis of a cost ceiling for the additional costs borne by the beneficiary.
The ministers responsible for forests, agriculture, and overseas territories must set by ministerial order the procedures for examining aid applications, paying the aid, and defining the applicable cost ceilings by beneficiary category.