L 143[16 Official Journal of the European Union 31.5.2011 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 26 January 2011 on State aid C 50/07 (ex N 894/06) which France plans to implement to promote the development of sickness insurance policies (contrats solidaires et responsables) and supplementary group insurance policies providing cover for death, incapacity and invalidity (notified under document C(2011) 267) (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/319/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 (1), Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the Article cited above (?) and having regard to their comments, Whereas: [. PROCEDURE By letter of 28 December 2006, France notified to the Commission aid schemes to promote the development of sickness insurance policies (contrats  solidaires et responsables) as planned in a Finance (Amendment) Act for 2006. The provisions governing these schemes are set out in Article 88 of the Finance (Amendment) Act for 2006 (Law No 2006-1771 of 30 December 2006) (3). France communicated additional information to the Commission by letters of 26 February, 11 May and 18 September 2007. () 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). In both cases, the provisions are identical in substance. For the purposes of this Decision, the references made to Articles 107 and 108 of the TFEU are to be understood, where appropriate, as made to Articles 87 and 88 respectively of the EC Treaty. A number of changes in terminology have also been made by the TFEU, such as the change of ‘Community’ to ‘Union’ and ‘common market’ to ‘internal market’. () OJ C 38, 12.2.2008, p. 10. () Official Gazette of the French Republic No 303 of 31 December 2006, p. 20228, text No 2 (source: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr). ) By letter dated 13 November 2007, the Commission informed France of its decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty (TFEU) concerning this aid. The Commission decision to initiate the formal investi- gation procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (*. The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the aid measures in question. France transmitted its comments on the decision to initiate the formal investigation procedure by letter of 21 December 2007. The Commission received comments on this subject from several interested third parties. It communicated them to France, giving it the opportunity to comment on them, and received its comments by letter of 8 May 2008. France communicated additional information to the Commission by letter of 31 October 2008. Certain  interested third parties sent additional information to the Commission during February 2009. Following a meeting between the Commission and the French authorities on 2 June 2009, the latter undertook to examine the possibility of making certain amendments to the schemes notified and to forward their analysis to the Commission as soon as possible. () See footnote 2.