23.6.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 160/11 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 21 October 2008 on State aid C 44/07 (ex N 460/07) which France is planning to implement for FagorBrandt (notified under document number C(2008) 5995) (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/485/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 88(2) thereof, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provisions cited above (') and having regard to their comments, Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE By letter dated 6 August 2007, France notified the Commission of restructuring aid for the FagorBrandt group. By letter dated 10 October 2007, the Commission informed France of its decision to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of the aid. The Commission’s decision to initiate the procedure (hereinafter the opening decision) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (%). The Commission called on interested parties to submit their comments on the aid. () O] C 275, 16.11.2007, p. 18. () See footnote 1. S The Commission received comments from three interested parties, namely two competitors and the aid recipient. Comments were submitted by Electrolux by letter dated 14 December 2007. Following a meeting with the Commission’s departments on 20 February 2008, Electrolux submitted additional comments by letters dated 26 February and 12 March 2008. A competitor which wishes to remain anonymous submitted comments by letter dated 17 December 2007 (}). FagorBrandt submitted comments by letter dated 17 December 2007. By letters dated 15 January and 13 March 2008, the Commission forwarded these comments to France, inviting it to comment on them, which it did by letter dated 15 February 2008 and in a document presented at a meeting on 18 March 2008 (see below). By letter dated 13 November 2007, France submitted to the Commission its comments on the opening decision. On 18 March 2008, a meeting was held between the Commission’s departments, the French authorities and FagorBrandt. Following that meeting, the French auth- orities submitted information by letters dated 24 April and 7 May 2008. A second meeting was held between the same parties on 12 June 2008. Following that meeting, the French authorities submitted information by letter dated 9 July 2008. On 15 July 2008, the Commission requested additional information, which the French authorities provided on 16 July 2008. 2. DESCRIPTION The aid at issue is restructuring aid. It would amount to EUR 31 million, to be made available by the French Ministry of Economic Affairs, Finance and Employment. (%) The interested party in question had requested, by telephone and by letter dated 16 December 2007, an extension of the one-month time limit within which to submit comments. The Commission raised no objection to the request.