L 280/26 Official Journal of the European Union 22.10.2013 COMMISSION DECISION of 6 July 2010 on the measure C 40/07 (ex NN 48/07) implemented by Romania for ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Roman S.A. (formerly Petrotub Roman S.A.) (notified under document C(2010) 4492) (Only the Romanian version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/516/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, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, Having regard to the provisions of Annex VII, and Appendix A to Annex VII, to the Protocol on Transitional Measures to the Accession Treaty of Romania, Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provision(s) cited above ('), and having regard to their comments, Whereas: [. PROCEDURE (1) By letter dating from 2 February 2007, the Commission requested Romania to provide information regarding public debt waivers and the rescheduling of public debt for Petrotub Roman S.A. (hereinafter ‘Petrotub’) in the context of its privatisation in 2003 (following privati- sation, the company was re-named Mittal Steel Roman, and subsequently ArcelorMittal Tubular Products S.A. (?) - hereinafter ‘AM Roman’). (2) By letter dated 25 September 2007, the Commission informed Romania that it decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (%) in respect of possible aid involved in the privatisation of Petrotub. The () O] C 287, 29.11.2007, p. 29. (%) Petrotub was acquired in 2003 by LNM Holdings, and the latter merged in 2004 with ISPAT International, to form the Mittal Steel group. In 2006, Mittal Steel merged with Arcelor to form the Arce- lorMittal group. As of December 31, 2009, ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Holding B.V. Rotterdam NLD holds a 69,7684 % stake in ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Roman S.A. 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. S N Decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (*). The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments on the measure. (3)  Romania submitted its comments by letter of 26 November 2007, registered on the same date. By letters dated 28 January 2008, registered on 29 January 2008, ArcelorMittal (the parent company) and AM Roman (the subsidiary concerned) submitted their comments, which were communicated to Romania on 12 February 2008. Romania reacted by letter of 11 March 2008, registered on the same date. (4)  The Commission requested additional information by letters of 26 February 2009, 8 October 2009 and 29 January 2010. Romania replied by letters of 27 April 2009, 19 October 2009 and 3 February 2010, all registered on the same dates. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE FACTS 1. The company (5)  AM Roman is a seamless steel tubes producer located in Roman, a Romanian region receiving assistance under Article 107(3)(a) TFEU (°). Before privatisation in 2003, the company, then named Petrotub, was a producer of seamless steel tubes, whose production consisted of hot- rolled and cold-rolled steel tubes with diameters between 6 and 620 mm and wall width between 0,5 and 70 mm. These products have various applications in energy industries (oil, gas, chemicals, nuclear and conventional energy) and in the machinery and construction industries. After privatisation, the company continued to operate on the same product market. At present ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Holding B.V. Rotterdam NLD (of the ArcerlorMittal group) holds a 69,76 % stake in the company (%). () See footnote 1 above. (°) Roman is the second largest city of a North-Eastern Romanian county qualifying as assisted region under Article 107(3)(a) TFEU pursuant to the Commission Decision of 24 January 2007 on the national regional State Aid map for Romania (N 2/07) (O] C 73, 30.3.2007, p. 17). Further details on the company’s current profile are available on the website of ArcelorMittal (see http://www.arcelormittal.com/tubular/ roman-54.html). — <=