60 STAT.] NORWAY-LIBERATED NORWEGIAN TERRITORY-MAY 16, 1944 10. The Allied Commander in Chief and the Norwegian authorities will take the necessary steps to provide machinery for such mutual assistance as may be required in making investigations, collecting evi- dence, and securing the attendance of witnesses in relation to cases triable under Allied or Norwegian jurisdiction. 11. There shall be established by the respective Allies claims com- missions to examine and dispose of claims for compensation for dam- age or injury preferred by Norwegian civilians against the Allied forces exclusive of claims for damage or injury resulting from enemy action or operations against the enemy. 12. Members of the Allied forces and organizations and persons employed by or accompanying those forces, and all property belonging to them or to the Allied Governments, shall be exempt from all Nor- wegian taxation (including customs) except as may be subsequently agreed between the Allied and Norwegian Governments. The Allied authorities will take the necessary steps to insure that such property is not sold to the public in Norway except in agreement with the Norwegian Government. 13. The Commander in Chief shall have power to requisition billets and supplies and make use of lands, buildings, transportation and other services for the military needs of the forces under his command. Requisitions will be effected where possible through Norwegian author- ities and in accordance with Norwegian law. For this purpose the fullest use will be made of Norwegian liaison officers attached to the staff of the Commander in Chief. 14. The immunity from Norwegian jurisdiction and taxation result- ing from paragraphs 8 and 12 will extend to such selected civilian officials and employees of the Allied Governments present in Norway on duty in furtherance of the purposes of the Allied Expeditionary Force as may from time to time be notified by the Commander in Chief to the competent Norwegian authority. 15. Should circumstances in future be such as to require provision to be made for the exercise of jurisdiction in civil matters over non- Norwegian members of the Allied forces present in Norway, the Allied Governments concerned and the Norwegian Government will consult together as to the measures to be adopted. 16. Other questions arising as a result of the liberation of Norwegian territory by an Allied Expeditionary Force (in particular questions relating to finance and currency and the attribution of the cost of maintaining the civil administration during the first or military phase) which are not dealt with in this agreement shall be regarded as re- maining open and shall form the subject of further negotiation as circumstances may require. IN WrrNEss WHEIOF, this instrument has been executed in duplicate as of this 16th day of May, 1944, on behalf of the parties hereto under the respective authorizations hereinafter set forth. 80634°- 4 8 - -PT . II-31 Investigations, etc. Claims Commis- sions. Tax exemption. Requisition of billets and supplies. 1583
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