Article 1
1. France is authorised to grant to the French coal industry, for 1988, aid for the reduction of activity, in addition to that authorised by Decision 2001/85/ECSC, totalling EUR 4376267. the balance of the amount of aid on which the Commission had to take a decision in accordance with Article 2(a) of that Decision, namely EUR 2483939, therefore cannot be paid. 2. If France has already paid the sum of EUR 2483939 referred to in paragraph 1 to the Charbonnages de France group before a Commission Decision has been taken, France shall take all necessary measures to recover this amount from the Charbonnages de France group. 3. Recovery shall be immediate and in accordance with the procedures laid down in French law, provided that these permit the immediate and effective implementation of this Decision. The amounts to be repaid must include interest at the market rate from the date the aid was made available to the beneficiary to its actual recovery.