No L 226/26 Official Journal of the European Communities (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION » of 17 December 1990 ruling on the granting of aid by Belgium to the coal industry during 1991 (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (91/405/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 : In its letter of 2 October 1990 the Belgian Government informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, of the financial measures it intends to take to support the coal industry in 1991. Pursuant to the abovementioned Decision, the Commis- sion must give a ruling on the following financial aid schemes for 1991 submitted to it for approval : — aid totalling Bfr 2257 570 000 to cover operating losses, . — aid totalling Bfr 292 700 000 to finance social benefit schemes in the coal industry, corresponding to the difference between actual and normal social charges, — aid totalling Bfr 37 700 000 to cover expenses relating to the system of supplementary holiday for under- ground workers. () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1986, p. 1. According to the information supplied by the Belgian .Government, the measures notified are intended to help implement the restructuring plan for the firm Kempense Steenkolenmifnen, the closure of the last working pit being scheduled for no later than 1992. 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 2064/86/ECSC. The Commission must therefore give a ruling, pursuant to Article 10 of 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. II 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 have been gradually reduced from 4,4 million tonnes in 1987 to 0,8 million tonnes in 1991. The amount of aid notified for 1991 represents only 20 % of the aid granted in 1986. The decreasing levels of aid which the Belgian Govern- ment intends to grant, its temporary nature and the implementation of a multiannual restructuring plan are in accordance with the conditions of application of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC.