No L 255/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 10. 96 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 30 April 1996 on financial measures by Spain in respect of the coal industry in 1995 and additional financial measures in respect of the coal industry in 1994 (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (96/591/ECSC) 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 Articles 2 (1) and 9 thereof, Whereas: By letter of 17 November 1995, Spain notified the Commission of the additional aid which it had granted to the coal industry for 1994. By letters of 14 September 1995, 17 November 1995 and 6 February 1996, Spain notified the Commission of the financial measures which it had taken in respect of the coal industry in 1995. The Commission regrets that this aid was not notified in accordance with Article 9 (1) and (2) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC. () OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1993, p. 12. Under Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the Commission must rule on the following financial measures: — aid of Pta 10 362 million to cover operating losses in 1994, — aid of Pta 120 698 million to cover operating losses in 1995, — aid of Pta 14 723 million to cover exceptional welfare aid paid to workers who lose their jobs as a result of the measures to modernize, rationalize, restructure and reduce the activity of the Spanish coal industry in 1995, — aid of Pta 7 140 million to cover the technical costs of closing down mining installations as a result of the measures to modernize, rationalize, restructure and reduce the activity of the Spanish coal industry in 1995, — aid of Pta 50 million for research and development projects in 199§, — aid of Pta 100 million for environmental protection in 1995. The financial measures proposed by Spain for the coal industry fall within the provisions of Article 1 of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC and must be approved by the Commission, in accordance with Article 9, on the basis, in particular, of the general criteria and objectives laid down in Article 2 and the specific criteria set out in