21.7.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 195/1 II (Non-legislative acts) DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 24 October 2011 on State Aid SA 32600 (2011/C) — France — Restructuring aid to SeaFrance SA granted by the SNCF (notified under document C(2011) 7808) (Only the French version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/397/EV) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, information, which was provided by the French auth- orities on 4 May 2011. Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter: ‘TFEU’), and in particular the first (3)  On 6 April 2011, a competitor of SeaFrance, P&O Ferries subparagraph of Article 108(2) thereof, (hereinafter: ‘P&0’), filed a complaint with the Commission against the restructuring aid. Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, (4) By letter dated 22 June 2011, the Commission notified the French Republic of its decision to initiate the procedure (hereinafter: ‘the decision to initiate the Having called on interested parties to submit their comments procedure) provided for under Article 108(2) TFEU. pursuant to the provisions cited above (1), (5)  The Commission invited interested parties to submit their Whereas: comments on the aid in question (}). A detailed description of the comments received by it is given in Section V. I. PROCEDURE 1.1. General procedural context (6)  The French authorities presented comments on 14 July . o 2011 in response to the decision to initiate the (1)~ By decision of 18 August 2010 (*) the Commission procedure, on 22 July 2011 following the complaint approved rescue aid (hereinafter: ‘rescue aid) in favour by P&O, and on 19 August 2011 in response to the of SeaFrance SA (hereinafter: ‘SeaFrance), which France comments by interested third parties on the decision to has since implemented. This aid consisted of a loan for a initiate the procedure. maximum amount of EUR [40-70] million granted by the SNCF to SeaFrance. 7) On 12 September 2011, the French authorities communicated a modified restructuring plan. () On 18 February 2011, the French authorities notified restructuring aid  (hereinafter ‘restructuring aid’) in favour of SeaFrance amounting to EUR 223 million, N . accompanied by a restructuring plan. By letter dated 8  On 3 October 2011, the French authorities again 29 March 2011, the Commission requested additional modified the restructuring plan (hereinafter: ‘the modified restructuring plan). () O] C 208, 14.7.2011, p. 8. - (3 O] C 102, 2.4.2011, p. 2. () See footnote 1.