1999/270/EC: Commission Decision of 2 December 1998 on German aid to the coal industry for 1998 - (notified under document number C(1998) 4026) - (Only the German text is authentic) - (Text with EEA relevance)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

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

(a) operating aid as defined in Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC totalling DEM 5 171 million;

(b) aid for the reduction of activity as defined in Article 4 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC totalling DEM 3 164 million;

(c) aid as defined in Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC totalling DEM 81 million to maintain an underground labour force ("Bergmannsprämie");

(d) aid as defined in Article 5 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC totalling DEM 161 million to assist the undertakings RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Saarbergwerke AG and Preussag Anthrazit GmbH to cover exceptional costs;

(e) aid as defined in Article 5 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC totalling DEM 850 million to assist the undertakings RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Saarbergwerke AG and Sophia Jacoba GmbH to cover exceptional costs to enable the undertakings to cover the costs arising from or having arisen from the restructuring of the coal industry which are not related to current production.

Article 2

In accordance with Article 86 of the ECSC Treaty, Germany undertakes to take all appropriate measures, whether general or particular, to ensure fulfilment of the obligations arising from this Decision. Germany shall ensure that the aid granted is used only for the specified purposes and that any unused, over-estimated or misused expenditure in relation to any items referred to in this Decision is repaid to Germany.

Article 3

Germany shall provide information no later than 30 September 1999 about payments actually made during the 1998 financial year and shall forward the information pursuant to Article 9 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Done at Brussels, 2 December 1998.

For the Commission

Christos PAPOUTSIS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 12.

(2) OJ L 385, 31.12.1994, p. 18.

(3) Case T-110/98; OJ C 299, 26.9.1998, p. 38.