No L 255/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 9. 84 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 6 September 1984 approving aids from the French Republic to the coal-mining industry during 1983 and approving additional aids from the French Republic to the coal-mining industry during 1982 (Only the French text is authentic) (84/454/ECSC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to Commission Decision No 528/76/ ECSC of 25 February 1976 regarding the Community system of measures taken by the Member States to assist the coal-mining industry ('), Having consulted the Council, I Whereas the Government of the French Republic has informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 2 of the above Decision, of the financial measures which it intends to implement directly or indirectly for the benefit of the coal industry during 1983 ; whereas of these measures the following may be approved pursuant to that Decision ; Whereas the Government of the French Republic intends to grant to Charbonnages de France for 1983 aid amounting to FF 3216 000 000 to permit the economic restructuring of the coalfields to proceed in an appropriate manner ; Whereas the Government of the French Republic also proposes to grant to the central administration of Charbonnages de France in 1983 aid amounting to FF 495 000 000 to cover the charges incurred in borro- wing and transferred from the pits to the central admi- () O] No L 63, 11. 3. 1976, p. 1. nistration of Charbonnages de France under the French Government’s financial improvement scheme. Whereas this aid is paid not to the coalfields but only to the central administration of Charbonnages de France ; Whereas the abovementioned aids meet the criteria laid down in the Decision for the admissibility of such State assistance ; Whereas the aid of FF 3 711 000 000 proposed by the Government of the French Republic for 1983 to cover losses (of which FF 3 216 000 000, is to cover the coal- fields’ losses on mining and FF 495 000 000 to cover the losses sustained by the central administration of Charbonnages de France) will not be higher than the likely operating losses of Charbonnages de France; Whereas the following points are relevant in connec- tion with aid to the individual coalfields : 1. In 1983, aid to the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Centre- Midi coalfields will be calculated in such a way that, as a result of the closure of further pits, there will be a reduction in production, which will mean that some 700 fewer persons will be employed in the coal industry. The aids will prevent severe economic and social disruption in areas where there are not yet adequate opportunities for re-employment. The aids to these coalfields there- fore comply with the provisions of the first sub- paragraph of Article 12 (1) and Article 12 (2) of the Decision ;