24. 5..90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 133/89 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 13 March 1990 approving aid from Belgium to the coal industry during 1990 (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (90/236/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 letters of 2 October and 6 December 1989 the Belgian Government informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, of the financial measures it indents to take to support the coal. industry in 1990. Pursuant to Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, the Commission _. must give a ruling on the financial aid schemes submitted to it for approval : — aid totalling Bfrs 2922480000 to cover operating losses, pursuant to Article 3 of the Decision, — aid totalling Bfrs 327 900 000 to finance social grant schemes in the coal industry, corresponding to the difference between actual and normal charges, — aid ~totalling -Bfrs 110000 000 to cover expenses relating to the system of supplementary holiday for underground workers. . According to .the information supplied by the Belgiam Government, the measures notified are intended to help implement the restructuring plan for the firm ‘Kempense Steenkolenmijnen’. The measures which the Belgian Government intends to take -to support the coal industry comply with the_provi- sions of Article 1 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. The Commission must therefore give a ruling, pursuant to () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1986, p. 1. Article- 107of the Decision, as to whether they comply with the objectives -and criteria-set out in that Decision and  whether they are-compatible with the proper func- tioning of the common market. I Since the entry into force in 1987 of a restructuring plan made necessary by the lack of economic viability of coal production in the long term, extraction capacities will have been reduced by 80 % to 0,9 million tonnes by 31 December 1990. The amount of aid will have dropped by 80 % by 31 December 1990 compared with the 1986 figure. The decreasing levels of aid which the Belgian Govern- ment intends to grant, its temporary nature and the implementation of a clearly defined restructuring plan are in accordance with the conditions of application of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. The aid to cover operating losses will facilitate continua- tion of the restructuring programme. for the Campine coalfield, as decided by Ministerial Decree in January 1987. The planned aid will cover no more than 85 %, for each tonne produced, of the difference between foresee- able costs and returns, and therefore complies with the provisions of Article 3 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. This aid contributes to solving the social-and regional problems related to developments in the coal-industry, in conformity with the third indent of Article 2 (1) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC. The notification submitted:to the Commission regarding the financing of social grants in“the coal industry reveals that the aid which the Belgian Government proposes to - grant brings the ratio between the burden. per mineworker in employement and the benefits per person in receipt of benefit below the corresponding ratio in other industries. This difference should amount to Bfrs 327 900 000 in 1990.