The reason for the request - Statement that the information given in the request is correct. 18 regarding court actions will not be directly implemented as the Department of Justice is of the opinion that the present legislation already takes care of that. From February 2001, the Norwegian rules concerning domains have been changed. Formally a legal entity could only have one domain. With the new rules, this will be extended to 15 domains per legal entity.
Any legal entity can now apply for any kind of domain.
In connection with the new rules, a system of drawing lots has been chosen. After this period, a regular system of first priority now takes place. Following the EU directive concerning electronic signatures of 13 December 1999, the member countries have been given a time limit to implement the directive to 19 July 2001. A bill with a proposal to an Act concerning electronic signatures has been passed by the Parliament, and is expected to be in force from 1 July 2001. The purpose of the Act is to enable the providers of certificates, services and products on the Norwegian market to fulfil a certain high security level.