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COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GeneralSecretariatCOM(82)654 final
Brussels,15October1982
FOROFFICIALUSEONLY
Communication fromtheCommission totheCouncil
RequestforCouncilassentunderArticle"54,secondparagraphoftheECSC
TreatytothegrantingofagloballoantoCharbonnages deFrance,Paris
COM(82)654final

Forofficiaiuseonly
NotetothoCouncil
Subject:RequestforCouncilassentunderArticle54,secondparagraphor
oftheECSGTreatytothegrantingofagloballoanto
Charbonnages dePrance,Paris.
Charbonnages deFrance
Paris
Parentcompany *Char"bonnagG*s doFranc©isanindu.-»crial
commercialnationalpubliccorporation
responsibleforthemanagementofthe
nationalized coalmines.
Recipients :Privateandpublicenterprisesandlocal
~ authorities .
Recipients'fieldofactivity:Implementation ofinvestmentspromoting_ Communitycoal.
II.PROCEDURE
TheCommissionwillgrantCharbonnages doPranceagloballoanof
PP50million.Theloanwillbedisbursedoverthroeyearsinanumber
ofinstalmentstobedeterminedbytheDirectorate-General forCredit
andInvestmentsinthelightofthecharacteristics oftheborrowing
resourcesutilized.I.COMPifl'IY
Applicant
Registeredoffice
Parentcompany
Recipients

Charbonnages dePranceoritsfinancialsubsidiaries Cofichaland
Enerbail,whichwillhave-thesamcontractualobligationsas
Charbonnages dePrance,willsubmitannualreportstotheCommission on
thestateofprogressontheprojectsfinancedandonwhetherthe
enterprisesreceivingtheloanaremeetingtheircoalsupply -
commitments .
Totalinvestment :PP100million(approximately 15.1millionECU)»
III.COMPLIANCEWITHARTICLE54,SECONDPARAGRAPH .OFTHEECSCTREATY
TheMemberStatesoftheEuropeanCommunityhavesetthemselvesthegoal
ofreducingtheirdependence onoilimports.Thischangeinenergy
utilizationpatternsrequiresgreaterandmorevarieduseofcoal,as
hasbeenstressed,particularly inthedeclarations publishedafterthe
EuropeanCouncilinLuxemburgon27and28AprilI9S0andtheVenice
Summitof22and23JuneI98O,
Theimportanceofcoalinhelpingtorestructure energydemandwafealso
underlined bytheECSCConsultative CommitteeandtheEuropeanParliament
intheiropinionsontheNotefromtheCommissiontotheCouncilonthe
roleofcoalintheCommunity'senergystrategy.Theprimesectors
mentionedforreconversion tocoalincludedvariousindustrialsectors
anddistrictheatingsystems.
ThegloballoantoCharbonnages dePrancexirillthereforefacilitatethe
-implementation ofinvestments whichareinlinewiththebroadaims
ofCommunityenergypolicyo,ndatthesame'timeopenupnewoutletsfor
Communitycoal.TheCommissionhasthereforeconcludedthatthe-applica­
tionisconsonantwithArticle54,secondparagraph,oftheECSCTreaty.
:PP50million
:TheCommissionhasapproved,inprinciple,
aloanofPP50million(approximately
7»55millionECU)oritsequivalenttothe
abovementionedcompanyonthebasisthatthi
projectisconsonantwiththeaimssetoutin
Article54jsecondparagraph,oftheECSC
Treaty.
:Thiswillbethesecondglo'jalloantobo
grantedunderArticle54>secondparagraph.
TheselectionofCharbonnages dePranceis
basedonthetypeofsectorinquestionand
thedirectbenefittotheborrowerasregards
thesaleofhiscoalproduction.IV.GLOBALLOAN...
Loanrequested
Loangranted
Observations

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At31December1981,Charbonnage sdePrance's
liabilities totheECSCamountedtoapproxi­
mately204millionECUorapproximately
1350millionFF.
V.COUNCILASSENT
PursuanttoArticle54,secondparagraph,oftheECSCTreaty,the
CommissionseekstheassentoftheCounciltothepantingofaglobal
loanofFF50milliontoCharbonnage sdeFrance,Paris.