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Commission communication concerning the interpretation of the expressions ' hard coal' and ' run-of-mine brown coal' mentioned in Annex I of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
Date: 1986-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ECSC Treaty, coal, consolidation of EU law, interpreting, lignite













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31986Y1011(01)

Commission communication concerning the interpretation of the expressions ' hard coal' and ' run-of-mine brown coal' mentioned in Annex I of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community  


Official Journal C 254 , 11/10/1986 P. 0002 - 0002 





Commission communication concerning the interpretation  of the expressions 'hard coal' and 'run-of-mine brown coal' mentioned in Annex I of the Treaty  estabilishing the European Coal and Steel Community(86/C 254/02)The Commission has been  informed by a Member State (Spain) that in the geological formations of that country there exist  deposits of solid fuels of varying degrees of carbonization which are exploited economically. These  various solid fuels are usually referred to in Spain by the trade names 'anthracite', 'hard coal',  'black lignite' and 'brown lignite'. In spite of the fact that the expressions 'hard coal' and  'run-of-mine brown coal' are not precisely defined in Annex I of the ECSC Treaty, there is no  doubt, on the basis of the prevailing interpretation and practical application of the Treaty in  other coal-producing Member States (Belgium, Germany, France, United Kingdom) that 'anthracite' and  'hard coal' in Spain correspond to the expression 'hard coal' in Annex I of the Treaty. In the same  way, there is no doubt that the Spanish 'brown lignite' corresponds to the expression 'run-of-mine  brown coal' in Annex I of the Treaty. With the accession of Spain to the European Coal and Steel  Community, however, the question arises of how Spanish 'black lignite' is to be classified. The  question of coal classification also arises for other coal deposits in the Mediterranean basin, and  concerns the l'Arc (France) and Sulcis (Italy) coalfields. Production in the Sulcis field will be  re-opened within a few years. In order to clarify the problems of coal classification the  Commission has had a scientific study made. On the basis of this scientific study, the Commission  classifies the coals in question from the three abovementioned Member States as follows: - the fuel  known to the trade in Spain as 'black lignite' form the Teruel, Mequinenza, Pirenaica and Baleares  coalfields, together with the coal to be produced from the Italian Sulcis coalfield (Sardinia) are  considered as hard coal in the sense of Annex I of the ESCS Treaty; -the coal produced in the  French l'Arc coalfield (Gardanne) is classified as run-of-mine brown coal in the sense of Annex I  of the ECSC Treaty.