21.2.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 48/33

(1)

On the basis of a complaint and various exchange of letters (Event Nos. 427226, 422506, 449988, 428521 and 458787), the Authority, by letter dated 24 March 2010 (Event No 549786), informed the Norwegian authorities that it had initiated the procedure laid down in Article 1(2) of Part I of Protocol 3 in respect of the sale of certain buildings at the Inner camp at Haslemoen Leir.

(2)

The Authority‘檚 Decision No 96/10/COL of 24 March 2010 to initiate the procedure was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and the EEA Supplement thereto (2). The Norwegian authorities submitted their comments by letter dated 12 May 2010 and also by letter dated 19 November 2010 (Event No 557187 and Event No 581797). There were no comments from third parties.

(3)

In 2001 the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) decided that military properties that were no longer used for military purposes should be sold at market value (3). The municipalities concerned were given a right of first refusal.

(4)

One of the properties for sale was the military camp Haslemoen Leir located in the municipality of V氓ler in the county of Hedmark, in which military activities ceased on 30 June 2003. The Norwegian State initiated a sales process in October 2004, which led to the subsequent acquisition of the entire military camp by V氓ler Municipality for the price of NOK 46 million by a contract dated 16 April 2005.

(5)

Haslemoen Leir was an army base since the 1950s and is composed of the following: (i) forest areas; (ii) cultivated area; (iii) housing area (also referred to as Storskj忙ret); and (iv) an area called the Inner Camp.

(6)

The entire Inner Camp covers approximately 300 000 m2 with 44 buildings (4) of more than 42 000 m2. The buildings include inter alia barracks and service buildings for army activities such as kitchen facilities, movie theatre, officer‘檚 mess, school and education facilities, training and mobilisation sections, storage buildings and garages. Some of the old buildings are renovated and the military camp was, until it was closed, well preserved.

(7)

When Haslemoen Leir was put on the market for sale in 2004, the Norwegian State commissioned an independent expert valuer, Agdestein Takst & Eiendomsr氓dgivning, to undertake a valuation of Haslemoen Leir (5). The Agdestein report dated 22 December 2004 (the first Agdestein report) concluded that the ‘渋nvestor value‘�a href="#ntr6-L_2013048EN.01003301-E0006" id="ntc6-L_2013048EN.01003301-E0006" shape="rect"> (6)