Telekommunikationsoperatøren er enig i og støtter Kommissionens indledende analyse i beslutningen om at indlede proceduren, der bruger betegnelsen ny og ulovlig statsstøtte for at beskrive de ændringer, der blev indført med 1996-loven, som skulle erstatte France Télécoms årlige frigørende bidrag med pensionsbetalinger varetaget af staten med fradrag af de bidrag, der blev indbetalt af ansatte med tjenestemandsstatus.
The telecommunications operator endorses and supports the preliminary analysis set out in the Commission’s decision initiating the procedure, regarding as new, unlawful State aid the amendments introduced by the 1996 Law with a view to substituting the annual contributions in full discharge of liabilities by France Télécom for the payments of pensions actually made by the State, with the deduction of the contributions paid by the employees still working with the status of civil servant.