2002/826/ECSC: Commission decision of 2 July 2002 on financial measures by Spain in respect of the coal industry in 2001 and in the period 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002 (Text with EEA relevance.) (notified under document number C(2002) 2438)
Spain is hereby authorised to pay the following aid in respect of the period from 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002:
(a) operating aid of EUR 162840571 under Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC;
(b) aid for the reduction of activity of EUR 202230309 under Article 4 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC; this amount will be deducted from any compensation that Hunosa may receive as tax credit on company tax following the consolidation of the balance sheets of the undertakings incorporated in SEPI;
(c) aid of EUR 268196000 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 EUR 8950000 under Article 5 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC to cover the 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.
The Commission cannot authorise the State aid notified by Spain for Minas de la Camocha SA of EUR 1724904,74 for 2001 and EUR 9561097 for the period 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002, under Article 4 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC.
1. Spain shall adopt all necessary measures to recover from Minas de la Camocha SA the amount of EUR 1364267,11, which was not authorised by the Commission in its Decision 98/635/ECSC.
2. Recovery shall take place without delay, in accordance with the procedures laid down by national law, provided they allow immediate, effective implementation of this Decision. The aid to be recovered shall be liable to interest payable at the market rates from the date on which it was placed at the disposal of the recipient to the date of recovery thereof.
Spain shall ensure that the aid authorised is used exclusively for the purposes intended and that any unspent, overestimated or incorrectly used aid for any item covered by this Decision is repaid to it.
Spain shall notify the Commission, by 30 September 2003 at the latest, of the amount of aid actually paid in respect of the period 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
Done at Brussels, 2 July 2002.
For the Commission
Loyola De Palacio
Vice-president
(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 47.
(3) OJ L 82, 26.3.2002, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 57.
(5) BOE No 118, 17.5.2002, p. 17878.
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