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"en.20020530.6.4-135"2
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"We should remember that coal and steel were part of the original construction of Europe. At the end of the war, the six founder States decided to pool their coal and steel production. Thus it was that, on 18 April 1951, the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC Treaty) saw the light of day. The ECSC Treaty was concluded for a period of fifty years, starting from the date of its entry into force. Consequently, it will expire on 23 July 2002. It was planned that, once the Treaty had expired, steel and coal would be treated like any other industrial product, particularly with regard to competition policy.
However, it is clear that, in the absence of any financial support measures, most of the European coal industry would be sentenced to disappear in the very short term. In fact, the greater part of Community coal production remains, and would have to remain, non-competitive in relation to third-country imports.
The Green Paper on security of energy supply has taken these facts into consideration. It envisages preserving a minimum production capacity, because coal is still an important source of home-produced energy which is available in the long term and is stable and secure."@en1
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