96/560/ECSC: Commission Decision of 30 April 1996 on German aid to the coal industry for 1995 and 1996 (Only the German text is authentic)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

Germany is hereby authorized to take the following measures to assist the coal industry:

- aid totalling DM 2 708,5 million for 1995 and DM 2 539,2 million for 1996 for the supply of coal and coke to the Community steel industry, together with a financial measure to assist the undertaking Saarbergwerke AG totalling DM 118,4 million for 1995 and DM 118,4 million for 1996 in the framework of a debt-register claim to be charged to the public budgets,

- aid totalling DM 7 500 million for payments to the German coal industry in 1996 in connection with the Fifth Electricity-from-Coal Law of 12 December 1995,

- aid totalling DM 97 million for 1996 to maintain underground mine workers ('Bergmannsprämie`),

- aid totalling DM 200 million for 1996 for the undertakings Ruhrkohle AG, Saarbergwerke AG, Gewerkschaft Auguste Victoria, Sophia Jacoba GmbH and Preussag to cover exceptional costs.

Article 2

Germany shall ensure that, if the expenditure is cancelled or has been overestimated, it shall recover payment of any items referred to in this Decision.

Article 3

Germany shall provide information no later than 30 September 1996 about payments actually made during the 1995 financial year and no later than 30 September 1997 about payments actually made during the 1996 financial year.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1996.

For the Commission

Christos PAPOUTSIS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1993, p. 12.

(2) Bundesgesetzblatt (German Law Gazette), 16. 12. 1995, p. 1638.

(3) OJ No L 385, 31. 12. 1994, p. 18.