1999/451/ECSC: Commission Decision of 4 May 1999 on the granting by Spain of aid to the coal industry in 1999 (notified under document number C(1999) 1379) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

Spain is hereby authorised to pay the following aid in respect of 1999:

(a) operating aid of ESP 54544 million (EUR 327816042,22) under Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC;

(b) aid for the reduction of activity of ESP 66486 million (EUR 399588971,72) under Article 4 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC;

(c) aid of ESP 44141 million (EUR 265292753), under Article 5 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, to cover exceptional welfare aid for workers who lose their jobs as a result of the measures to modernise, rationalise, restructure and reduce the activity of the Spanish coal industry;

(d) aid of ESP 13079 million (EUR 78606373,13), under Article 5 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, to cover the exceptional technical costs of closing down mining installations as a result of the measures to modernise, rationalise, restructure and reduce the activity of the Spanish coal industry.

Article 2

In accordance with Article 86 of the ECSC Treaty, Spain shall adopt all appropriate measures, whether general or particular, to ensure fulfilment of the obligations resulting from this Decision. It shall ensure that the aid authorised is used for the purposes intended and that any unspent, overestimated or incorrectly used aid for any item covered by this Decision is repaid to it.

Article 3

Spain shall notify the Commission, by 30 June 2000 at the latest, of the amount of aid actually paid in respect of 1999.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.

Done at Brussels, 4 May 1999.

For the Commission

Christos PAPOUTSIS

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 57.

(3) BOE No 46, 23.2.1999, p. 7570.