No L 326/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 89 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)- - COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 19 July 1989 approving aid from the United Kingdom to the coal industry in the 1989/90 : financial year (Only the English text is authentic) (89/584/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 2064/86/ECSC of 30 June 1986 establishing Community rules for -State aid to the coal industry(*); Whereas : I In its letter of '3 February 1989 the United Kingdom Government informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, of the financial measures it intends to take to give direct support to the coal industry in 1989/90. - In its letter of 19 May 1989 the United Kingdom Government sent the further information requested by the Commission on 11 April 1989. The following aid is .submitted for the approval -of the Commission pursuant to the abovementioned Decision : — £ 15500000 for occupational and geographical redeployment” of workers under Article 6-of the Decision.. According to the notification from the United Kingdom Government, the- purpose of the -aid is to facilitate the restructuring .of the coal industry in the United Kingdom. () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1986, p. 1. The measures planned by the United Kingdom Government to support the coal industry comply with Article 1 (1) of the abovementioned Decision. Consequently, under Article 10 of- the Decision, the Commission must determine whether the measures are compatible with the objectives and criteria laid down-in the Decision and with the proper functioning of the common market. II The restructurifig programme under way in-the -United Kingdom has brought about a marked improvement in the productivity and competitiveness of the coal industry. Over the last few years the amount of ‘aid granted to the appreciably. industry in the United Kingdom has been reduced apreciably. The aid covered by this Decision has been reduced by almost 40 % since 1985/86. The aid for occupational and geographical redeployment of workers is a specific measure independent of aid pursuant to- Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Decision--No 2064/86/ECSC. It is therefore compatible with Article 6 of the Decision. ' The aim of the aid is to maintain a skilled workforce in the coal industry within the framework of the restruc- turing programme. Since the measure is temporary and forms part of the programme to restructure the industry,-it satisfies the objectives and conditions laid down in Article 2 of the Decision.