Article 1
The United Kingdom Government is hereby authorized to take the following financial measures, totalling £ 378 million, in the 1996/97 financial year: - a payment of £ 37 million for the British Coal Corporation or the public administration succeeding it to cover exceptional social-welfare benefits for workers who lose their jobs as a result of the restructuring, rationalization and modernization of the United Kingdom coal industry, - a payment of £ 115 million for contributions to pension schemes for former workers of the British Coal Corporation and their dependants, - a payment of £ 90 million for a concessionary entitlement to coal and smokeless fuel, or in certain cases, cash-in-lieu for former British Coal Corporation workers and their dependants, - a payment of £ 35 million for compensation for industrial injury and damage to health for former workers of the British Coal Corporation and their dependants, - a payment of £ 95 million to cover the environmental damage caused by mining activities before privatization, - a payment of £ 6 million to cover the costs arising from the residual activities of the British Coal Corporation.