The French Republic is hereby authorized to grant to the coal industry the following aids for 1983:
(a) an amount not exceeding FF 3 216 000 000 to cover losses on mining;
(b) an amount not exceeding FF 495 000 000 to cover the financial losses sustained by the central administration of Charbonnages de France.
The French Republic is authorized to grant to the coal industry the following additional aids for 1982:
(a) an amount not exceeding FF 56 000 000 to cover the financial losses sustained by the central administration of Charbonnages de France;
(b) an amount not exceeding FF 197 500 000 to cover losses on mining. The aids referred to in (a) and (b) above shall not exceed actual losses.