The Government of the French Republic is authorized to grant to the French coal industry the following aids for 1977: (a) an amount not exceeding FF 2 080 200 000 to cover losses on mining;
(b) an amount not exceeding FF 196 000 000 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.