COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 December 2005
concerning a restructuring plan for the Spanish coal industry and State aid for the years 2003-2005, implemented by Spain for 2003 and 2004
(notified under document C(2005) 5410)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2011/693/EC)
1.
PROCEDURE
2.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE
Production Unit |
U: Underground O: Opencast |
Production capacity of the reference year (tce: ton coal equivalent) |
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Alto Bierzo, S.A. |
U |
104 405 |
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Antracitasde Arlanza, S.L. |
U |
10 360 |
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Antracitas de Gillon, S.A. |
U |
57 100 |
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Antracitas la Granja, S.A. |
U |
51 550 |
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O |
8 930 |
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Antracitas de Tineo, S.A. |
S |
50 100 |
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Campomanes Hermanos, S.A. |
S |
43 320 |
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CARBONAR, S.A. |
U |
320 000 |
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Carbones de Arlanza, S.A. |
U |
25 332 |
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Carbones de Linares, S.L. |
U |
12 817 |
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Carbones del Puerto. S.A. |
U |
3 400 |
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Carbones el Tunel, S.L. |
U |
17 420 |
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Carbones de Pedraforca, S.A. |
U |
75 110 |
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Carbones San Isidro y María, S.L. |
U |
31 920 |
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Compaňía General Minera de Teruel, S.A. |
U |
21 000 |
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O |
71 000 |
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Coto Minero del Narcea, S.A. |
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|
U |
9 000 |
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|
U |
69 000 |
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Coto Minero Jove, S.A. |
U |
82 334 |
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E.N. Carbonifera del Sur, S.A. |
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|
U |
18 210 |
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|
O |
381 240 |
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|
O |
464 040 |
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ENDESA, S.A. (TERUEL) |
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|
U |
55 070 |
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|
O |
354 310 |
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Gonzalez y Diez, S.A. |
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|
U |
113 098 |
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|
O |
16 605 |
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Hijos de Baldomero Garcia, S.A. |
U |
60 340 |
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Hullas de Coto Cortes, S.A. |
U |
282 120 |
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O |
48 340 |
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Huellera Vasco-Leonesa, S.A. |
U |
713 533 |
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O |
320 882 |
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INCOMISA, S.A. |
U |
9 370 |
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La Carbonifera del Ebro, S.A. |
U |
38 426 |
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MALABA, S.A. |
U |
26 310 |
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Mina Adelina, S.A. |
U |
8 200 |
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Mina Escobal, S.L. |
U |
3 079 |
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Mina la Sierra, S.A. |
U |
5 560 |
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Mina los Compadres, S.L. |
U |
5 610 |
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Minas de Navaleo, S.L. |
U |
19 636 |
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Minas de Valdeloso, S.L. |
U |
9 870 |
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Minas del Principado, S.A. |
U |
16 903 |
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MINEX, S.A. |
U |
59 520 |
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Minera del Bajo Segre, S.A. |
U |
25 164 |
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Minero Siderurgia de. Ponferrrada S.A. |
U |
643 000 |
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O |
154 000 |
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Munoz Solé Hermanos, S.A. |
U |
23 141 |
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Promotora de Minas del Carbon |
O |
50 580 |
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S.A. Catalano-Aragonesa |
U |
324 550 |
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O |
504 800 |
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Union Minera del Norte, S.A. (UMINSA) |
U |
736 430 |
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O |
86 850 |
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Union Minera Ebro-Segre, S.A. (UMESA) |
U |
14 090 |
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Viloria Hermanos, SA. |
U |
73 964 |
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O |
29 844 |
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Virgilio Riesco S.A. |
U |
24 680 |
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Mina La Camocha |
U |
|
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HUNOSA — Aller |
U |
314 000 |
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HUNOSA — Figaredo |
U |
89 000 |
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HUNOSA — San Nicolas |
U |
110 000 |
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HUNOSA — Montsacro |
U |
107 000 |
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HUNOSA — Carrio |
U |
105 000 |
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HUNOSA — Sotón |
U |
86 000 |
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HUNOSA — Maria Luisa |
U |
172 000 |
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HUNOSA — Candil |
U |
94 000 |
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HUNOSA — Pumarabule |
U |
73 000 |
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Total (Tec) |
|
8 023 203 |
2.1.
Reduction in operating aid
2.2.
Production capacity
2.3.
Budget
(in EUR) |
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Year |
Operating aid(7) |
Technical costs(8) |
Social costs(9) |
2003 |
568 647 000 |
81 299 000 |
469 072 000 |
2004 |
539 854 000 |
82 987 000 |
490 112 000 |
2005 |
513 046 000 |
96 739 000 |
484 866 000 |
2.4.
Plan concerning the coal-mining company Hunosa
Production Unit |
Average cost (EUR/tce) |
Reduction (%) |
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2001 |
2005 |
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Aller |
271 |
237 |
12,5 |
San Nicolás |
429 |
317 |
26,1 |
Montsacro |
342 |
251 |
26,6 |
Carrio |
261 |
223 |
14,5 |
Sotón |
376 |
304 |
19,1 |
Mo Luisa |
371 |
331 |
10,8 |
Candil |
411 |
340 |
17,3 |
Average |
344 |
278 |
19,2 |
Year |
Workforce at year end |
Aid reduction activity(10) (in EUR) |
Aid for exceptional costs(11) (in EUR) |
2003 |
4 902 |
271 593 000 |
302 557 000 |
2004 |
4 437 |
254 682 000 |
298 983 000 |
2005 |
4 079 |
239 281 000 |
286 203 000 |
2.5.
Duration of the scheme
2.6.
Form of the aid
2.7.
Beneficiaries
2.8.
Legal basis
2.9.
Energy and environmental situation in Spain
2.10.
Grounds for initiating the procedure
3.
COMMENTS FROM SPAIN
3.1.
Aid for the reduction of activity (Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002) and aid for accessing coal reserves (Article 5(3) of the aforementioned Regulation)
3.1.1.
Production in the period 2003-2005
(Kilotonnes) |
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2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Production |
13 993 |
13 372 |
12 576 |
12 400 |
12 000 |
3.1.2.
Criteria
3.1.3.
Aid for the reduction of activity
3.1.4.
Degression of aid
3.2.
Aid to cover exceptional costs
3.3.
Previous Commission decisions
3.3.1.
Closures until 31 December 2005
3.3.2.
Production units which received aid to cover exceptional costs of closure
3.4.
The Hunosa plan
3.4.1.
Observations on the HUNOSA restructuring effort
3.4.2.
Aid granted to HUNOSA in 2003-2005
3.4.3.
Information on the recruitment of specialist technical staff
4.
ASSESSMENT OF THE AID
4.1.
Application of Article 87(1) of the Treaty
4.2.
Application of Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002
4.3.
Previous Commission decisions
4.4.
Aid for reduction of activity (Article 4) of Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002) and aid for accessing coal reserves (Article 5(3) of the Regulation)
4.4.1.
Distinction between aid for the reduction of activity and aid for accessing coal reserves
4.4.2.
Criteria to be applied
4.4.3.
Calculation of the revenues
4.5.
Aid to cover exceptional costs (Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002)
4.6.
Hunosa plan
4.6.1.
The restructuring process of Hunosa
4.6.2.
Aid to Hunosa for reduction of activity
4.6.3.
Aid to Hunosa for accessing coal reserves
4.6.4.
Aid to cover exceptional costs of the restructuring process to Hunosa
(EUR thousand) |
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|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Safety work, costs related to the rehabilitation of former coal mining sites |
11 684 |
11 984 |
13 766 |
Exceptional intrinsic depreciation |
9 514 |
10 902 |
22 905 |
Total technical costs |
21 198 |
22 886 |
36 638 |
Costs of pre-retirement |
277 969 |
273 019 |
247 300 |
Indemnities |
3 005 |
2 705 |
2 404 |
Supply of coal |
385 |
373 |
361 |
Total social costs |
281 359 |
276 097 |
250 065 |
Total |
302 557 |
298 983 |
286 203 |