#AGRT0927225ADecree of December 2, 2009, on the Allocation of Aid for Cane Transformation Into Agricultural Rum Between Overseas Departments
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This law provides financial support to distilleries in French overseas departments that transform sugar cane into agricultural rum. It specifies eligibility criteria, including production methods and minimum payment to planters. The law also sets yearly limits on the amount of rum that can receive aid and details how unused allocations can be redistributed.
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Key Changes
- Provides financial aid for rum production in overseas departments
- Establishes criteria for eligibility based on production and payment to planters
- Specifies allocation limits and redistribution for unused allocations
Obligations
What this law requires
Distilleries must ensure their installations are located in French overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, or Réunion) to be eligible for aid
Distilleries must treat exclusively sugar canes that undergo grinding with juice distilled continuously within the same establishment to qualify for aid
Distilleries must pay planters minimum prices per ton of cane delivered: Guadeloupe €56.15, Guyane €56.15, Martinique €59.76, Réunion €51.01 (excluding direct farm-to-distillery transfers)
Distilleries using their own sugar cane must maintain separate material accounting and declare quantities of sugar cane ground from their own operations
Distilleries must produce agricultural rum with volatile substance content equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of alcohol at 100% vol