19.8.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 244/59 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 23 November 2011 on State aid No C 28/10 implemented by Portugal for the short-term export credit insurance scheme (notified under document C(2011) 7756) (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/532/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), 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 those provisions ('), Whereas: (1)  This decision concerns State aid put into effect by Portugal in the form of a short-term export credit insurance scheme (hereinafter ‘the scheme’). 1. PROCEDURAL ASPECTS (2)  On 12 January 2009 Portugal notified a short-term export-credit insurance scheme under section 5.1 of the Commission Communication ‘Temporary Community framework for State aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis’ (%) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Temporary Framework’). (3)  Although the scheme was originally notified as short-term export-credit insurance for OECD countries, the scheme also covers domestic trade transactions. (4)  Insofar as the Portuguese authorities confirmed that the scheme was implemented as of January 2009, the Commission informed Portugal by letter dated 19 April 2010 that the scheme had been transferred to the Non- Notified aid registry. (5) By letter of 27 October 2010, the Commission informed Portugal of the opening of an investigation under Article 108(2) of the TFEU in relation to the scheme. (6) By letter of 29 November 2010, the Portuguese authorities sent their observations on the Commission’s letter of 27 October 2010. They attached two letters from credit insurers (CESCE and COSEC) dated 22 November 2010 and 23 November 2010 respectively. (7)  The Commission’s decision to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union of 9 April 2011 (}). The Commission invited interested parties to submit comments on the scheme. No comments were received. () OJC111,9.42011,p. 46. 2 O] C 16, 22.1.2009, p. 1. The Commission has applied the Temporary Framework since 17 December 2008 and authorised the Portu- p pp porary guese ‘Limited amounts of aid’ scheme (case N 13/09) on 19 January 2009 on the basis of the Temporary Framework. () Seefootnote 1.