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COMMISSION
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
RequestfortheassentoftheCouncilunderArticle54(2)
oftheECSCTreatytotheco-financing oftheconversion
fromoiltocoalfiringinthevariouscementworksof
Heidelberger ZementAG,Heidelberg
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Note tothe Council
Subject :Request for theassent oftheCouncil under Article 54,2ndparagraph
oftheECSC Treaty totheco-financing oftheconversion from oil
tocoal firing inthevarious cedent works ofHeidelberget *Zement AG,
Heidelberg .
Amount oftheloan :DM40.9 million (approximately 16,2 million ECU)
Borrower :Heidelberger Zement AGtHeide Iberg
Description oftheproject
Inview ofthesharp rise inthecost ofheavy fuel oil ,thefirm
intends toconvert the clinker ovens ofits various cement works from oil
tocoal firing .
Theproject will entail considerable capital expenditure inthese
works inthe course of1981 .atatotal cost tothe borrower ofDM81.7 million .
The investments inthe individual cement works are asfollows :
Works
WeisenauProject
Raw coal conveyor bridge
Raw coal store
Coal crushing plant
Pulverized coal unit
(third silo )DM
4
5
7000 000
700 000
900 000DM
1500 000 19100 000
Elautal
(Schelklingen works )Coal stockyard
Coal crushing plant
Pulverized coal silos with
dosing and'loading plant6200 000
10500 000
4000 000 20700 000

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Blaubeuren
(Blaubeurenworks)
Burglengcnfcld
Kiefersfelden
Lengfurt
Hassmersheim
NeumarktPulverized coalunitwith
dosingplant
Waggonunloadingstation
Rawcoalstore
Coalcrushingplant
Pulverized coalsiloswith
dosingandloadingplant
Coalpulverizinsplantand
coal-dustfiringplant
2pulverizedco^lsilos
withdosingplant
Conversion ofrawmeal
driermilltocoal-crushing
plant
Re-openingofthecoal
crushingplant
Pulverized coalsilowith
dosingplant3900000
5800CJQ
6600000
4-0000002000000
20300000
4300000
6000000
420000010200000
2700000
2400000
81700000
Conversionofthe.kilnsfromoiltocoalfiringshouldsaveatotalof
339000tp.a.offueloilandabsorb559000tp.a,morecoal.
Theindividual workswillbeaffectedasfollows :
works
Weisenau
Blautal
(Sehelklingen/
Blaubeuren )
Burglengenfeld
Kiefersfelden
Lengfurt
Hassmersheiia
NeumarktOilsaved(intonnes)
28000
121000
71000
34000
52000
13000
20000Coalconsumption (intonnes)
46000
200000
117000
56000
86000
21000
33000
339000 559000
ThevariouscementworksareintheRhine-Main-Neckararea,in
VJurttemberg and.inBavaria,andthesitesaresolocatedthatalmostall
thecoalusedwillbeofECSCorigin.
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Assessment
TheMemberStatesoftheEuropeanCorrrounityhavesetthenselvesthe
objectiveofreducingtheirdependenceonoilimports.TheEuropeanCouncil
of27and28April1980inLuxembourg ;andtheWesternEconomicSummitof
22and23June19S0inVeniceputoutveryprecisestatements onthissubject
andexpresslyrecommended areturntocoal.
InaCommunication transmitted totheCouncilon11Hay1981the
Commissionexaminedthescopeforreplacingoilbycoalin'otherindustry'
(i.e.allbranchesofindustryexcepttheenergysector,thesteelindustry
andsmallindustryandcrafts)andwentintotheproblemsinvolved.
*
TheCommissionconsidersthatconversiontocoalinotherindustry
shouldbeencouragedbyadditionalmeasuresatnationalandCommunitylevels.
Thecementindustryisoneofthefewsectorsinwhichthetechnical
problemsofconversionfromoiltocoalarerelativelyuncomplicated ;
itisalsotheonlysectorofindustryintheCommunitythathassofar
returnedtocoalonafairlylargescale.
Theprojecttobeco-financedisinlinewiththegeneralenergy
policyoftheCommunity.Atthesametimeoneofitsprimarydirect
resultswillbetoprovideanadditionalmarketforECSCcoal.
Theproposedinvestmentprogrammeisthereforealsoinlinewiththe
provisionsofArticle54.,2ndparagraph softheECSCTreaty.
Onthebasisoftheforegoingconsiderations ;,theCommissionapproves
thisprojectinprincipleandintendstoapprovethecorresponding loan
application submittedtoit.TheConnissionthereforeseekstheassent
oftheCounciltothegrantingofaloanofDM40.9millionunderArticle54,
2ndparagraph,oftheECSCTreatytoHeidelberger ZoracntAG}Heidelberg .
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