30.10.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 29673 COMMISSION DECISION of 2 July 2002 on financial measures by Spain in respect of the coalindustry in 2001 and in the period 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002 (notified under document number C(2002) 2438) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/826/ECSC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (4 By letter of 15 May 2002, the Commission requested information from Spain on repayment by the undertak- ing Minas de la Camocha SA of part of the aid not Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal authorised by the Commission by Decision 98/635/ and Steel Community, ECSC (). Spain replied to the Commission by two letters of 28 May 2002. Having regard to Commission Decision No 3632/93/ECSC of 28 December 1993 establishing Community rules for State aid to the coal industry (1), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof, (5)  Spain also notified the Commission, by letter of 25 Sep- tember 2001, of the production costs per undertaking for 2000. Whereas: (6) In a further letter of 13 May 2002, Spain notified I the Commission, pursuant to Article 9(2) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, of the amount of aid actually paid during the 2001 coal production year. (1) By letter of 7 November 2001, Spain notified the Commission, pursuant to Article 9(1) of Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, of the financial measures which it intended to take in respect of the coal industry in 2002. (7)  Pursuant to Decision No 3632/93/ECSC, the Com- mission must take a decision on the following financial measures relating to the period 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002: (2)  Decision No 3632/93/ECSC expires on 23 July 2002; the Commission may therefore authorise, under that Decision, only aid to the coal industry for a period (a) aid of EUR 374 631 976 to cover operating losses extending not beyond that date. By letter of 10 December by coal undertakings; 2001, the Commission therefore requested the Spanish authorities to indicate the amounts of aid of each type for the period 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002. (b) aid of EUR 268196 000 to cover exceptional welfare aid paid to workers who lose their jobs as a result of the measures to modernise, rationalise, restructure and reduce the activity of the coal (3)  Byletters of 13 May 2002 and 10 June 2002, Spain sent industry; the Commission the information requested. The Spanish authorities calculated the amounts of aid for the period 1 January 2002 to 23 July 2002 on the basis of a © theoretical model taking account of the number of days of production during the abovementioned period in relation to the number of days of production in the whole of 2002. aid of EUR 8 950 000 to cover the technical costs of closing down mining installations as a result of the measures to modernise, rationalise, restructure and reduce the activity of the coal industry. () OJL 329,30.12.1993, p. 12. (3) OJL 303,13.11.1998, p. 47.