No L 23/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 1. 94 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) 'COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 7 December 1993 approving the grant of aid by Portugal to the coal industry in 1993 (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (94/42/ECSC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNIT!ES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, Having regard to Commission Decision No 2064/86/ ECSC of 30 June 1986 establishing Community rules for . State aid to the coal industry ('), Whereas : By letter of 15 September 1993 the Portuguese Govern- ment informed the Commission, in accordance with Article 9 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, of the finan- cial measure it intends to take to support the coal industry in 1993. The Commission is taking action under Decision No 2064/86/ECSC on the following financial measures : — aid to the Carbonifera do Douro company to cover operating losses totalling Esc 1094 340 000 during 1993; — aid totalling Esc 1 200 million to cover compensation “to workers who lose their jobs as a result of the progressive closure of the mining operations of the Carbonifera do Douro company; — aid to cancel, for 1993, a debt of Esc 108 494 million owed to the Portuguese social security authorities. () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1986, p. 1. The support measures for the coal industry proposed by Portugal meet the requirements of Article 1 (1) of Deci- sion No 2064/86/ECSC. The Commission must therefore either take a decision or give its opinion on those measures pursuant to Article 10 of that Decision as regards their conformity with the aims and criteria set out in the said Decision and their compatibility with the proper functioning of the common market. I By Decisions 91/2/ECSC (), 91/548/ECSC (%), 92/54/ ECSC (%) and 93/135/ECSC (°), the Commission autho- rized aid to cover operating losses of the Carbonifera do Douro company during 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992 in view of the fact that it would help to facilitate the process of restructuring the coal industry, notably by progressively closing down the Germunde mine, which is not econom- ically viable, as part of a regional industrial redeployment policy. The aid therefore contributes to solving the social and regional problems related to developments in the coal industry in accordance with the third indent of Article 2 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. For 1993 the Carbonifera do Douro company has provided for an operating loss of Esc 1094 340 000 for that part of its activities involved in the production of 183 000 tonnes of coal. () OJ No L S, 8. 1. 1991, p. 25. () OJ No L 298, 29. 10. 1991, p. 4. () OF No L 22, 31. 1. 1992, p. 59. () OJ No L 55, 6. 3. 1993, p. 64.