Article 1
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany is hereby given approval for the following aids to the coal industry during the calendar year 1976: 1. grant of investment aid in an amount not exceeding DM 273 000 000 to undertakings in the coal industry in order to increase investment; 2. payment of premiums to shift-paid workers and piece workers for each shift worked underground, up to a maximum of DM 115 000 000; 3. promotion of development and innovation up to a maximum of DM 32 800 000; 4. assumption of responsibility for instalments owed by RAG in respect of State-guaranteed compensation to the former mine-owning companies, up to a maximum of 67 200 000 DM; 5. aid in an amount not exceeding DM 80 000 000 for the build-up of long-term stockpiles.