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The German Hard Coal Association (GVSt) welcomes the EU decision in favour of the coal industry

Press statement from the GVSt: EU Energy Commissioner Piebalgs highlights the important contribution that indigenous coal production is making to energy security.

EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs

The German Hard Coal Association emphatically welcomes the Commission’s decision to approve the restructuring plan for the German coal industry up to and including the year 2010, which marks the expiry of the current European Regulation on state aid to the coal industry. The Commission justifies its decision ...

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