3.5.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 122/23 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 13 February 2001 authorising the United Kingdom to grant aid to the coal industry, covering the period from 17 April 2000 to 31 December 2000 (notified under document number C(2001) 401) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/340/ECSC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Decision No 3632/93/ECSC of 28 December 1993 establishing Community rules for State aid to the coal industry (), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas: By letters of 24 November and 14 December 2000, the United Kingdom notified to the Commission, in accord- ance with Article 9(1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, financial aid which it proposed to grant the coal industry for the year 2000, and more precisely for the period from 17 April 2000 to 31 December 2000. Following a request from the Commission of 15 January 2001, the United Kingdom notified additional informa- tion on 16 January 2001. In the light of the information submitted by the United Kingdom, the financial measure it envisages is aid amounting to GBP 59,078 million to cover operating losses for the period from 17 April 2000 to 31 December 2000 at six production units. That financial measure is covered by Article 1 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, and the Commission must therefore take a decision on it pursuant to Article 9(4) of that Decision. The Commission's approval is subject to the general objectives and criteria laid down in Article 2 () O] L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 12. and the specific criteria set out in Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC and must be compatible with the proper functioning of the common market. In addition, in its assessment the Commission must check, in accord- ance with Article 9(6) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, whether the measures are in conformity with the restructuring plan of the the United Kingdom coal industry which was approved by Commission Decision C(2000)3709 final of 15 November 2000, approving the modernisation, rationalisation and restructuring plan for the United Kingdom coal industry, covering the period from 17 April 2000 to 23 July 2002 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the restructuring plan’) (3). The sum of GBP 59,078 million which the United Kingdom is proposing to grant to the coal industry in accordance with Article 3 of Decision No 3632/93/ ECSC is intended to cover the difference between the production cost and the selling price of coal freely agreed between the contracting parties in the light of the prevailing conditions on the world market for coal of similar quality from non-member countries. The proposed aid is intended for the following units: — GBP 13,560 million for the Maltby production unit of RJB Mining Plc, — GBP 3,207 million for the Rossington production unit of RJB Mining Plc, () O] L 43, 14.2.2001, p. 27.