Press Release: State aid: Commission approves aid to alleviate social costs of closing uncompetitive coal mine in the Czech Republic

On 12 February 2015, the European Commission approved, under EU state aid rules, public funding to facilitate the closure of an uncompetitive coal mine in the Czech Republic (the Paskov mine), operated by the Czech mining company OKD a.s.

The aid aimed to ease the closure process and provide financial support to those working in the Paskov mine.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: 2010/787/EU: Council Decision of 10 December 2010 on State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines http://www.europeansources.info/record/2010-787-eu-council-decision-of-10-december-2010-on-state-aid-to-facilitate-the-closure-of-uncompetitive-coal-mines/

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