2001/597/ECSC: Commission Decision of 11 April 2001 authorising the United Kingdom to grant aid to nine coal production units for the period from 17 April to 31 December 2000, and to amend the restructuring plan for the coal industry (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 1089)

• Articles: 5

Article 1

The amendment proposed by the United Kingdom, to the modernisation, rationalisation and restructuring plan as approved by the Commission in its Decision 2001/114/ECSC is in conformity with the objectives and criteria laid down in Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.

Article 2

The United Kingdom is authorised, subject to the conditions set out in Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, to grant operating aid amounting to GBP 10402000 for Betws colliery, central surface mines, north-east surface mines, East Pit extension, Hay Royds colliery, Eckington colliery, Tower colliery, Elwyn complex and Blaentillery No 2 production units for the period from 17 April to 31 December 2000.

Article 3

The United Kingdom shall ensure that the authorised aid is used only for the purposes which it has declared in its notifications of 12 January and 19 February 2001, and that any expenditure relating to any of the items covered by this Decision which is cancelled, overestimated or misused, is reimbursed.

Article 4

Without prejudice to its obligations under Article 9(1), (2) and (3) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the United Kingdom shall, at the latest by 30 September 2001, communicate the amounts of aid actually paid during the financial year 2000.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2001.

For the Commission

Loyola De Palacio

Vice-President

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

(2) OJ L 43, 14.2.2001, p. 27.

(3) OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 31.

(4) OJ L 122, 3.5.2001, p. 23.

(5) 1 tonne of coal equivalent (tce) = 29,302 gigajoules (GJ).

(6) Confidential information.