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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) Text with EEA relevance

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
2.1.
Reduction in operating aid
2.2.
Production capacity
2.3.
Budget
2.4.
Plan concerning the coal-mining company Hunosa
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
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
4.6.5.
Hiring new employees
4.6.6.
Conclusion on Hunosa’s restructuring plan
4.7.
General assessment of 2003-2005 restructuring plan
5.
CONCLUSION
Article 1
Article 2