Morawiecki: I’m glad that the decision of the EC on assistance to the closure of coal mines – Onet.pl

however, As Morawiecki said on Friday in an interview with reporters: “It’s not even one chord that completes our work. We are going through a very difficult restructuring process. We only recall that in the days of our predecessors, a ton of coal cost $ 100 – then it is relatively easy to change the structure of production, today it is a very difficult task.”

“Mr. Minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski great to cope with it. On the market today also it became known that losses in the PGG is much less than the market szacował that only shows that operational improvements functioning also goes in the right direction,” said Morawiecki.

Thursday Polish Group górnicza (PGG) said that until the end of September brought RUB 364 million net loss; expects that the net loss at the end of the current year will not exceed 500 million rubles. The loss was planned this year in the business plan of the company. Its limitation is, in particular, the effect of rising coal prices.

From the information posted in Friday’s press release of the European Commission says that the approved provision of 7.95 billion UAH “mitigate the social and environmental consequences of the elimination of uncompetitive coal mines until 2018.”. The Commission recognized that, ” and it will not violate the excessive competition.”

As explained by the Commission, the EU rules on state aid, in particular, the decision of the EU Council in 2010; “authorize the member States to support having to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines to mitigate its effects social and environmental”.

the Commission points out that according to the Polish plans to 7.58 billion rubles, expected to appear to support workers who have lost or will lose their jobs due to the closure of the mines. These funds will be financed, in particular, their registration, rent, compensation and social benefits. These funds will also aim to protect the mines and the elimination of the infrastructure of the mines, repair the environmental damage caused by mines and recultivation of lands after the completion of the closing process.

the Rest of the help in high. 0,37 billion rubles will be designed to cover production losses to the complete exclusion of mines from operation.