2001/162/EC: Commission Decision of 13 December 2000 on the granting by Spain of aid to the coal industry in 2000 (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 4190)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

Spain is hereby authorised to pay the following aid in respect of 2000:

(a) operating aid of ESP 48696 million (EUR 292668854,35) under Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC;

(b) aid for the reduction of activity of ESP 67484 million (EUR 405587008,52) under Article 4 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC;

(c) aid of ESP 55209 million (EUR 331812772,71) 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 15152 million (EUR 91065354,06), 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 2001 at the latest, of the amount of aid actually paid in respect of 2000.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2000.

For the Commission

Philippe Busquin

Member of the Commission

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

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

(3) OJ L 177, 13.7.1999, p. 27.

(4) BOE No 226, 20.9.2000, p. 32254.