Commission Decision of 20 December 2011 on State aid C 25/08 (ex NN 23/08) reform of the arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for France Télécom implemented by the French Republic in favour of France Télécom (notified under document C(2012) 9403) (Only the French version is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/540/EU)

Article 2 U.K.

The employer’s contribution in full discharge of liabilities, payable by France Télécom under Article 30, point (c) of Law No 90-568 of 2 July 1990 on the organisation of the public postal and telecommunications service, shall be calculated and levied so as to equalise the levels of all the wage-based social security contributions and tax payments between France Télécom and the other undertakings of the telecommunications sector covered by the ordinary social security arrangements.

To fulfil this condition, no later than within seven months of the notification of the present decision, the French Republic:

(a)

shall amend Article 30 of Law No 90-568 of 2 July 1990 on the organisation of the public postal and telecommunications service and the regulatory or other texts adopted to implement it so that the bases for calculating and levying the employer’s contribution in full discharge of liabilities, payable by France Télécom, are not confined solely to the risks common to ordinary employees and civil servants, but also include the non-common risks;

(b)

shall levy on France Télécom, from the day on which the amounts of the exceptional contribution introduced by Law No 96-660 of 26 July 1996 capitalised at the discount rate resulting from the application of the Commission notice on the method for setting the reference and discount rates applicable in this case equal the amount of the contributions and costs that France Télécom would have continued to pay under Article 30 of Law No 90-568 of 2 July 1990 in its initial wording, an employer’s contribution with full discharge of liabilities calculated according to the terms specified in point (a), taking into account the risks that are common and not common to ordinary employees and civil servants.