
Article 1 
The aid amounting to EUR 31 million which France plans to grant to FagorBrandt is compatible with the internal market subject to the conditions laid down in Article 2.
Article 2 

1. The French authorities shall suspend payment to FagorBrandt of the aid referred to in Article 1 of this Decision until such time as the recovery from FagorBrandt of the incompatible aid referred to in Commission Decision 2004/343/EC of 16 December 2003 has become effective.
2. FagorBrandt’s restructuring plan, as communicated to the Commission by France on 6 August 2007, must be implemented in full.
3. FagorBrandt’s own contribution to the cost of restructuring, which FagorBrandt proposes should be EUR 31,5 million, must be increased by EUR 3 190 878,02 plus the interest on that sum running from the date on which the Italian aid was put at FagorBrandt’s disposal until 21 October 2008. The increase must take place before the end of the period of restructuring of the undertaking, which has been set at 31 December 2012. The French authorities must produce evidence of this increase within two months after 31 December 2012.
4. FagorBrandt shall cease marketing refrigeration, cooking and dishwashing products of the Vedette brand for a period of eight years.
5. In order to ensure that the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article are observed, France shall inform the Commission, by means of annual reports, of progress with the restructuring of FagorBrandt, the recovery of the incompatible aid described in paragraph 1, the payment of the compatible aid, and the implementation of the compensatory measures.
Article 3 
France shall inform the Commission within two months of the date of notification of this Decision of the measures it has taken to comply with it.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 25 July 2012.
For the Commission
Joaquín ALMUNIA
Vice-President