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299/1999/ECSC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1998 on German aid to the coal industry for 1999 [notified under document number C(1998) 4569] (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

299/1999/ECSC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1998 on German aid to the coal industry for 1999 [notified under document number C(1998) 4569] (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

Decision · 4 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

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 5141 million; (b) aid for the reduction of activity as defined in Article 4 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC totalling DEM 3220 million; (c) aid as defined in Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC totalling DEM 73 million to maintain an underground labour force (Bergmannsprämie); (d) aid as defined in Article 5 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC totalling DEM 11,3 million to assist the undertaking RAG Aktiengesellschaft to cover exceptional costs; (e) aid as defined in Article 5 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC totalling DEM 748 million to assist the undertakings RAG Aktiengesellschaft 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, as referred to in Article 1, is used only for the specified purposes and that any unused, overestimated or misused expenditure in relation to any items referred to in Article 1 is repaid to Germany.

Article 3

Germany shall provide information no later than 30 September 2000 about payments actually made during the 1999 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, 22 December 1998. For the Commission Christos PAPOUTSIS Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 12. (2) OJ L 109, 27.4.1999, p. 14.

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