# Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 of 23 July 2002 on State aid to the coal industry, Article 1: Aim

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Regulation lays down rules for the granting of State aid to the coal industry with the aim of contributing to the restructuring of the coal industry. The rules laid down herein take account of:
the social and regional aspects of the sector's restructuring,
the need for maintaining, as a precautionary measure, a minimum quantity of indigenous coal production to guarantee access to reserves.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/1407/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-1407/article-1
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