
Article 1 
The State aid which France has implemented for Arebel Fauvet Rail SA is incompatible with the common market.
Article 2 

1. France shall take all necessary measures to recover from the beneficiary the aid referred to in Article 1 and unlawfully made available to the beneficiary.
2. Recovery shall be effected without delay and in accordance with the procedures of national law provided that they allow the immediate and effective execution of the decision. The aid to be recovered shall include interest from the day on which it was at the disposal of the beneficiary until the date of its recovery.
3. Interest shall be calculated on a compound basis in accordance with Chapter V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004.
4. France shall cancel all outstanding payments of the aid referred to in Article 1 with effect from the date of notification of this decision.
Article 3 

1. France shall ensure that this decision is implemented within four months following the date of its notification.
2. France shall inform the Commission, within two months of the date of notification of this decision, of the measures taken to comply with it, and in particular the following:
(a) the total amount (principal and interest) to be recovered from the beneficiary;
(b) a detailed description of the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision;
(c) the documents demonstrating that the beneficiary has been ordered to repay the aid.
3. France shall keep the Commission informed of the progress of the national measures taken to implement this decision until recovery of the aid referred to in Article 1 has been completed. It shall immediately forward to the Commission, at the latter’s request, any information on the measures already taken and planned to comply with this decision, as well as detailed information concerning the amounts of aid and interest already recovered from the beneficiary.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 2 April 2008.
For the Commission
Neelie KROES
Member of the Commission