19.10.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 2741 II (Non-legislative acts) DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 20 April 2011 on suspected aid to the company Tréves C 4/10 (ex NN 64/09) implemented by the French Republic (notified under document C(2011) 2585) (Only the French text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/676/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) 8 January 2010. Following this meeting, the French authorities provided additional information by e-mail dated 15 January 2010. thereof, (3) By letter dated 29 January 2010, the Commission notified France of its decision to initiate the procedure Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Func- Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, tioning of the European Union (below: ‘TFEU) concerning the FMEA investment and a plan to reschedule Tréves' tax and social security debts (also Having called on interested parties to submit their comments referred to as thff ‘.debt.settlement plan’) authpnsed by pursuant to the provisions cited above (') and having regard to the French admlglstratloq. France commumcate@ 1ts their comments comments concerning the initiation of the formal inves- tigation procedure on 25 March 2010. Whereas: (4)  The Commission’s decision to initiate the procedure was L PROCEDURE published in the Official Journal of the European Union (3). The Commission invited interested parties to submit their (1) By means of various articles appearing in the press in comments on the measures in question. spring 2009, it came to the Commission’s attention that the company Tréves would appear to have benefited from an investment amounting to EUR 55 million by the Fonds de Modernisation des Equipementiers Auto- (5)  The Commission received comments on this subject ) mobiles (Fund for the Modernisation of Automobile Parts Manufacturers) (below: ‘FMEA’). The Commission sent the French authorities requests for information on this subject by letters dated 5 May 2009, 11 June 2009, 10 July 2009 and 4 November 2009. The French authorities replied to these requests by letters (or e-mails) dated 5 June 2009, 23 June 2009, 18 August 2009, 18 November 2009 and 23 December 2009. Moreover, at the request of the French authorities, a meeting was held at the Commission’s offices on () OJ C 133, 22.5.2010, p. 12. from the following interested parties: the Italian Republic, the company Treves, the PSA Peugeot Citroén group, the Renault group, one of Tréves competitors wishing to remain anonymous and the FMEA (%). The Commission forwarded these comments to France, giving it the opportunity to comment on them, and received its comments by letter dated 5 October 2010. A meeting was also held with the French authorities on 18 November 2010. Finally, additional information was forwarded to the Commission by e-mails dated 21 December 2010 and 22 February 2011. () See footnote 1. () The comments of interested parties are summarised in Section IIL