17.1.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 14/1 (Non-legislative acts) DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 29 June 2011 on State aid granted by France to the Institut Francais du Pétrole (Case C 35/08 (ex NN 11/08)) (notified under document C(2011) 4483) (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/26/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 108(2) thereof, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (3), and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provisions cited above (3), Whereas: 1 PROCEDURE (1)  In the course of a formal investigation in State aid case No C 51/05, concerning aid granted by France to the () OJ C 83, 30.3.2010, p. 47. With effect from 1 December 2009, Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty have become Articles 107 and 108, respectively, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU'); the two sets of provisions are, in substance, identical. For the purposes of this decision, references to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU should be understood as references to Articles 87 and 88, respectively, of the EC Treaty where appropriate. A certain number of changes in terminology have also been made by the TFEU, such as the change from ‘Community’ to ‘Union’ and from ‘common market’ to ‘internal market.. ® OJ L1, 3.1.1994, p. 1. () OJ C 259, 11.10.2008, p. 12. Institut Frangais du Pétrole (%), the French authorities informed the Commission, by letter dated 18 July 2006, registered as received on 19 July 2006, that on 7 July 2006 the Institut Francais du Pétrole (TFP’), which had formerly been a trade body (établissement professional) within the meaning of the legislation known as Law No 43-612 of 17 November 1943 on the management of trade interests (loi sur la gestion des intéréts profes- sionnels), had now been converted into a publicly owned industrial and commercial establishment (établis- sement public a caractére industriel et commercial — ‘EPIC). This conversion was evidenced in two documents which the French authorities enclosed with their letter: i) Decree No 2006-797 of 6 July 2006 establishing the consti- tution of the publicly owned establishment IFP (décret portant  statuts de I'établissement public IFP), and ii) Article 95 of Programme Law No 2005-781 of 13 July 2005 establishing the energy policy guidelines (loi de programme fixant les orientations de la politique énergétique), under which the Decree cited above had been issued. (2) By letters dated 3 August 2007 and 7 May 2008, the Commission requested information from the French authorities; they replied by letters dated 28 September 2007 and 26 June 2008 respectively. (3) On 16 ]uly 2008, in a previous case, the Commission adopted a decision on a first measure implemented by (*) The Institut Francais du Pétrole has since been renamed the ‘Institut Francais du Pétrole Energies Nouvelles, with effect from 13 July 2010. This name change was made by Article 81 of Law No 2010-788 of 12 July 2010 on national commitment to the environment (loi portant engagement national pour lenvironnement) (the ‘Grenelle 2 Law’). (IFP press release of 13 July 2010, available at  Internet  site  http://www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr/actualites| communiques-de-presse/, site consulted on 28 June 2011).