The lease by the Defence Agency of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Iceland with Og fjarskipti of 1 February 2010 for the use and operation of an optical fibre does not involve state aid within the meaning of Article 61 of the EEA Agreement.
EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 61/16/COL of 16 March 2016 to close the formal investigation into alleged state aid through the lease of an optical fibre previously operated on behalf of NATO (Iceland) [2017/1498]
EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 61/16/COL of 16 March 2016 to close the formal investigation into alleged state aid through the lease of an optical fibre previously operated on behalf of NATO (Iceland) [2017/1498]
The EFTA Surveillance Authority (‘the Authority’),
HAVING REGARD to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), in particular to Article 61 and Protocol 26,
HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice (‘the Surveillance and Court Agreement’), in particular to Article 24,
HAVING REGARD to Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement (‘Protocol 3’), in particular to Article 1 of Part I and Article 7(2) of Part II,
HAVING called on interested parties to submit their comments pursuant to those provisions,(1) and having regard to their comments,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to Iceland.
Article 3
Only the English language version of this Decision is authentic.
Done at Brussels, 16 March 2016.
For the EFTA Surveillance Authority
Sven Erik Svedman
President
Helga Jónsdóttir
College Member