The Special Coal Mining Regime includes workers employed by another person who render services to companies which conduct the following activities related to Coal Mining:

• Coal extraction in underground mines.
• Open-cast coal exploitation.
• Research and surveys
• Recovery of coal and wastewater containing carbonaceous matter.
• Coal selection in mine dumps
• Manufacturing of mineral carbon agglomerates
• Coke production furnaces (excluding those pertaining to the iron and steel industry).
• River transport of coal.
• Secondary or complementary activities to the above.

Workers in the remaining mining sectors, who are included within the Social Security General Regime.

The General Regime rules are applied.