The Government of the French Republic is authorized to grant to the coal industry the following aids for 1976: (a) an amount not exceeding FF 1 405 800 000 to cover losses on mining;
(b) an amount not exceeding FF 185 500 000 to cover the financial losses sustained by the central administration of Charbonnages de France.
The aids referred to in (a) and (b) above shall not exceed actual losses.