18.6.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 166/1 (Non-legislative acts) DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 25 July 2012 on state aid that France plans to grant to FagorBrandt (SA.23839 (C 44/2007)) (notified under document C(2012) 5043) (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/283/EV) 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 (1), 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 above Articles (3 and having regard to their comments, Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE (1) By letter dated 6 August 2007, France notified the Commission of restructuring aid for the FagorBrandt group. (") 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 substance of the two articles has not changed. For the purposes of this Decision, references to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU should be understood where appropriate as references to Articles 87 and 88 respectively of the EC Treaty. The TFEU also introduced certain changes in terminology, such as the replacement of ‘Community’ by ‘Union’, ‘common market' by ‘internal market and ‘Court of First Instance’ by ‘General Court’. The terminology used in this decision is that of the TFEU. (3 O] C 275, 16.11.2007, p. 18. (2) By letter dated 10 October 2007, the Commission informed France that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) in respect of the aid. (3)  The Commission’s decision to initiate the procedure (‘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 measure. (4 The Commission received comments from three interested parties, namely two competitors and the aid recipient. Electrolux submitted comments by letter dated 14 December 2007. Following a meeting with the Commission’s departments on 20 February 2008, Elec- trolux submitted additional comments by letters dated 26 February and 12 March 2008. A competitor who 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 paragraph 5). () See footnote 2. (*) 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.