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 communication of 30 September 1987, the Govern- ment of the Federal Republic of Germany informed the Commission, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Decision No 2064/86/ECSC, of the financial measures it intends to take in 1988 in order to give direct or indirect support to the coal industry. The following aids are submitted for the approval of the Commission under the above Decision : 1 (million DM) — aid to sales of coal and coke to the iron and steel industry of the Community : 3 500,0 — investment aid : 1150 — mineworker’s bonuses for each shift worked underground (Bergmanns- prdmie): 1750 — aid to special depreciation in the framework of rationalization measures : 20,0 () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1986, p. 1. No L 33/34 Official Journal of the. European Communities 5.2 88 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION DECISION of 22 December 1987 approving aid from the Federal Republic of Germany to the coal industry in 1988 ' (Only the German text is authentic) (88/64/ECSC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — aid to cover the difference between ' actual and standard social charges: 337,0 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European "Economic Community, — measure under the second and third under ‘electricity-from-coal’ laws; discussion In accordance with Article 12 of the Decision, coal under- takings are authorized, where necessary, to grant rebates on their list prices or production costs for deliveries of ~ coking coal, blast-furnace coke and coal for injection into blast furnaces for the iron-and-steel industry of the Community under long-term contract ; these rebates must not cause the delivered prices of Community coal and coke to work out lower than those which would be charged for coal from non-member countries and coke made from non-member-country coking coal. According to the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the aid to sales of coking coal, blast-furnace coke and coal for injection into blast furnaces for the " iron-and-steel industry of the Community, totalling DM 3 500 000 000, will make up.the difference between world market prices and production costs for 22,5 million tonnes. The aid therefore conforms to Article 4 of the Decision. The sales aid for supplies of coal, blast-furnace coke and coal for injection into blast furnaces for the iron-and-steel industry of the Community is intended to phase over