For selv om man fulgte de franske myndigheders ræsonnement om, at der ikke findes nogen ubegrænset garanti til fordel for La Poste som følge af virksomhedens status, et ræsonnement, som Kommissionen tilbageviser, fører de ovenfor analyserede oplysninger til, at fordringshaverne med rette tror, at der alligevel foreligger en sådan garanti.
Indeed, even if one were to follow the French authorities’ argument, according to which there is no unlimited guarantee in favour of La Poste because of the latter’s legal form — an argument refuted by the Commission — the factors analysed above legitimately lead creditors to believe that such a guarantee does nonetheless exist.