L 254/24 Official Journal of the European Union 28.8.2014 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 27 March 2014 on the State aid SA.34572 (13/C) (ex 13/NN) implemented by Greece for Larco General Mining & Metallurgical Company S.A. (notified under document C(2014) 1818) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/539/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 108(2) thereof, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 62(1)(a) thereof, Having called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to the provisions cited above ('), Whereas: 1. PROCEDURE (1)  In the context of its economic adjustment programme, Greece has undertaken a privatisation programme (3. Larco General Mining & Metallurgical Company S.A. (Larco’) has been earmarked as a State-owned company for privatisation. (2)  In March 2012 the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) (*) informed the Commission about the proposed privatisation of Larco. In order to clarify whether any State aid issues could arise in the context of the privatisation project, the Commission opened a case ex officio and initiated a preliminary assessment in April 2012. (3)  In the context of those discussions, it became apparent from the Greek authorities’ reply to a questionnaire on 16 March 2012 that Larco had already benefited from State measures. The Commission requested further infor- mation by e-mails dated 18 April 2012, 24 April 2012, 5 July 2012, 22 August 2012 and 7 December 2012, and by letters of 4 May 2012 and 14 January 2013, to which the Greek authorities replied on 20 April 2012, 26 April 2012, 3 October 2012, 13 November 2012, 15 November 2012, 7 December 2012, 24 December 2012 and 18 January 2013. Meetings between the Commission services and representatives of the Greek author- ities took place on 30 April 2012 and 11 September 2012 in Athens and on 25 January 2013 in Brussels. (4) By letter dated 6 March 2013 (‘the decision of 6 March 2013’), the Commission informed Greece that it had decided to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty in respect of certain aid measures described in Section 2.2 below (the formal investigation procedure’). () OJC136,15.5.2013,p.27. (*) See the Second Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece — First Review December 2012, http:/[ec.europa.eu/economy_finance| publications/occasional_paper/2012/pdffocp123_en.pdf (*) The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) is an S.A. entity established on 1 July 2011 in order to manage the privatisation process.