L 300/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.11.2002 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 17 October 2002 establishing a joint framework for the communication of information needed for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 on State aid to the coal industry (notified under document number C(2002) 3783) (2002/871/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 of 23 July 2002 on State aid to the coal industry (!), and in particular Article 12 thereof, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002, the Commission appraises the measures notified by the Member States relating to aid to the coal industry and decides on their conformity. (2)  To this end, Member States are required to notify the Commission of all the financial support which they intend to grant to the coal industry during a coal production year. They must specify the nature of the support with reference to the forms of aid provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002. They must submit to the Commission all details relevant to the calculation of the production costs and their relationship to the plans notified to the Commission, particularly closure plans and|or plans for accessing coal reserves. (3) In order to be able to evaluate compliance with the conditions and criteria laid down for the granting of aid, the Commission needs to have at its disposal detailed, comparable and verifiable information. Accordingly, a joint framework for the notification by the Member States of closure plans andfor plans for accessing coal reserves and for the notification of aid to the coal industry needs to be established. (4)  For the provision of information for the reference year 2001, reference should be made, for that year, to Commission Decision No 3632/93/ECSC () of 28 December 1993, () OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 1. () OJ L 329,31.12.1993, p. 12. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atrticle 1 This Decision applies to the submission by the Member States of closure plans andfor plans for accessing coal reserves and any changes to those plans, and to the notification of the finan- cial measures which the Member States intend to take for the benefit of the coal industry in a coal production year. Atticle 2 For the purposes of this Decision, ‘production unit’ means underground or opencast coal workings and related infrastruc- tures capable of producing raw coal independently of other production units while complying the legislation of the Member State on safety and health in the extractive industries. The ‘production cost' and the ‘current production losses’, as defined in Article 2(¢) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 1407/ 2002, shall be calculable for each production unit. Atticle 3 To enable the Commission to evaluate compliance with the conditions and criteria laid down in Article 4 and Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002, Member States shall communicate the information referred to in Article 9(4) and Article 9(6)(b), (c), (¢) and (f) of that Regulation, using the following forms: (a) forms A.1 and B.1 in Annex I to this Decision for under- ground production units; (b) forms A.2 and B.2 in Annex II to this Decision for opencast production units.