No L 299/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 95 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 26 July 1995 authorizing France to grant aid to the coal industry for 1995 (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (95/519/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel 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 2 (1) and Article 9 thereof, Having regard to Commission Decision 95/465/ECSC of 19 July 1995 authorizing France to grant aid to the coal industry for 1994 (2), approving the French coal industry’s activity reduction plan, Whereas : In accordance with Article 9 (1) of Decision No 3632/93/ ECSC, France notified the Commission by letter of 3 March 1995 of the financial aid which it proposes to grant to the coal industry for 1995. In its letter dated 25 April 1995, France provided supple- mentary information. Pursuant to Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the Commission is to give a ruling, for 1995, on the following financial measures : — aid to reduce activity amounting to FF 371 million, to cover operating losses, () OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1993, p. 12. () OJ No L 267, 9. 11. 1995, p. 46. — aid for research and development amounting to FF 15 million, —- aid to cover exceptional costs amounting to FF 3980 million. The financial measures envisaged by France in favour of its coal industry are in line with Article 1 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC -and pursuant to Article 9 have to be approved by the Commission, which gives a ruling in particular on the basis of the general objectives and criteria laid down in Article 2 and the specific criteria set out in Articles 4, 5 and 6 of the said Decision. When it studies the measures proposed, the Commission — pursuant to Article 9 (6) of the said Decision — assesses the conformity of the measures with the plans that have been communicated. 11 The sum of FF 371 million which France is proposing to grant the coal industry under Article 4 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC is aimed at partially compensating Char- bonnages de France for operating losses. This aid is part of the undertaking’s activity-reduction plan, total cessa- tion of activities being planned for 2005. Given the exceptional social and regional consequences which the reduction of activity by this undertaking will entail, the French Government, in agreement with the social part- ners, has decided to phase the closures up to the year 2005. In accordance with Article 3 (1) of the Decision, the Commission has checked that, for 1995, the aid notified per tonne does not exceed for each production unit the difference between production costs and foreseeable revenue.