ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
COVID-19 Amendments and prolongation of the liquidity support grant scheme for undertakings in the tourism sector

Parliamentary Decision, authorising the amendments and prolongation, and a letter of additional assignment to Innovation Norway from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.

Providing access to liquidity for undertakings facing a sudden shortage of liquidity due to the impact on the economy of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Intensity
Official Journal of the European Union

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2021/C 396/11)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision 18.6.2021 Case No 86974 Decision No 130/21/COL EFTA State Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Prolongation of the COVID-19 Guarantee scheme Legal basis Forskrift om endring i forskrift 27. mars 2020 nr. 490 til lov om statlig garantiordning for lån til små og mellomstore bedrifter, FOR-2020-03-27-490 Type of measure Scheme Objective Ensure access to liquidity for undertakings facing a sudden shortage of liquidity due to the COVID-19 outbreak Form of aid Public guarantees Budget NOK 50 billion (for the scheme as amended) Duration 1.7.2021 - 31.10.2021 Economic sectors All sectors Name and address of the granting authority GIEK, The Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency Pb 1763 Vika N-0122 Oslo NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 January 2022

(Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (1))

(2022/C 183/06)

Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines as amended by ESA’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To obtain the applicable reference rates, appropriate margins shall be added to the base rate in accordance with the State Aid Guidelines.

Base rates have been determined as follows:

Iceland Liechtenstein Norway 1.1.2022 – 2,12 -0,57 0,66

(1) OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1.
Scheme to aid sports events of national importance:

For events that take place as planned, a grant of up to 70 %

For cancelled events the grant may be up to 50 %

Scheme to aid organisations in the voluntary sectors:

Applicants may receive a grant of 70 % of additional costs and/or costs connected to the development and/or adjustment of activities.

For events and other specified activities that take place as planned, applicants may receive a grant of 70 % of eligible costs.

For events and other specified activities that are cancelled, applicants may receive a grant of 50 % of eligible costs.
Official Journal of the European Union

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2022/C 271/07)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision 1 March 2022 Case No 88256 Decision No 061/22/COL EFTA State Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID-19 amendments to the compensation scheme for cancelled and downscaled cultural events Legal basis A regulation on a temporary compensation scheme for cancelled, closed or downscaled cultural events in the period 1 November 2021 to 28 February 2022 as a consequence of the COVID-19 outbreak Type of measure Scheme Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Direct grant Budget NOK 480 million Intensity 70 % Duration Until 30 June 2022 Economic sectors Culture sector Name and address of the granting authority Lotteri- og stiftelsestilsynet P.O. Box 800 N-6805 Førde NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Internet:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Act No 2/2022 amending the Act on withholding of tax on public duties No 45/1987 and the Act on Social Security Contributions No 113/1990

Objective
DECISION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES No 2/95/SC of 18 May 1995 amending the Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States

THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES,

Having regard to the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Having regard to Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 1/94/SC of 10 January 1994 adopting the Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States,

Having regard to the entry into force of the Agreement for Liechtenstein on 1 May 1995,

Whereas the Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States must be amended following the entry into force of the Agreement for Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 11 (1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States shall be replaced by the following:

'1. Representatives of two EFTA States shall constitute a quorum.`

Article 2

This Decision shall take immediate effect.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 18 May 1995.

For the Standing Committee

The Chairman

Eivinn BERG
Report of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States

List of credit institutions authorised in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway provided for in Article 11 of Directive 2000/12/EC

(2001/C 237/11)

1. Articles 11 and 5(2c) of Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions(1) require the European Commission to draw up and publish a list of all credit institutions authorised to do business in EU Member States. Paragraph 6(b) of Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement requires that "where according to an act, facts, procedures, reports and the like are to be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities the corresponding information regarding the EFTA States shall be published in a separate section thereof".

2. This is the fourth occasion on which the Standing Committee of the EFTA States complies with the above requirement. The list published in the Annex to this communication comprises all the credit institutions that were engaged in business in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on 31 December 2000 falling within the scope of the Credit Institutions Directive.

3. The present list was drawn up by the Standing Committee of the EFTA States on the basis of information supplied by the EFTA States concerned. The list has no legal significance and confers no right in law. If an unauthorised institution is inadvertently included in the list, its legal status is in no way altered; similarly, if an institution has inadvertently been omitted from the list, the validity of its authorisation will not be affected.

(1) Previously the first Council Directive 77/780/EEC, Articles 3(7) and 10(2).

ANNEX

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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 114/7

EMAS

The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme

List of registered sites in Norway in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(2007/C 114/08)
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 45/14

DECISION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES No 2/2016/SC

of 2 June 2016

amending Decision of the Standing Committee No 4/2004/SC establishing a Financial Mechanism Committee [2017/313]

THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021,

Having regard to Protocol 38c on the EEA Financial Mechanism (2014-2021), inserted into the EEA Agreement by the aforementioned Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021,

Having regard to the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021,

Having regard to the Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 4/2004/SC of 3 June 2004 establishing a Financial Mechanism Committee,

Having regard to the Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 2/2015/SC of 24 September 2015 establishing an EEA Financial Mechanism Interim Committee for the period 2014-2021,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In Article 1 of the Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 4/2004/SC of 3 June 2004 the second sentence of paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following wording: The Committee shall manage the EEA Financial Mechanism 2004-2009, the EEA Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 and the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day of entering into force or on the day of provisional application of the legal act establishing the EEA Financial Mechanism for the period 2014-2021.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Official Journal of the European Union

Medicinal products – List of marketing authorisations granted by the EEA EFTA States for the first half of 2019

(2020/C 123/07)

Subcommittee I on the free movement of goods

To be noted by the EEA Joint Committee

With reference to EEA Joint Committee Decision No 74/1999 of 28 May 1999, the EEA Joint Committee is invited to note the following lists concerning marketing authorisations for medicinal products for the period 1 January – 30 June 2019, at their meeting on 25 October 2019:
Official Journal of the European Union

Medicinal products – List of marketing authorisations granted by the EEA EFTA States for the first half of 2020

(2021/C 39/04)

Subcommittee I on the free movement of goods

To be noted by the EEA Joint Committee

With reference to EEA Joint Committee Decision No 74/1999 of 28 May 1999, the EEA Joint Committee is invited to note the following lists concerning marketing authorisations for medicinal products for the period 1 January-30 June 2020, at their meeting on 25 September 2020.

Annex I List of new marketing authorisations

Annex II List of renewed marketing authorisations

Annex III List of extended marketing authorisations

Annex IV List of withdrawn marketing authorisations
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT of 21 March 1995 in Case E-2/94: Scottish Salmon Growers Association Limited v. EFTA Surveillance Authority (1) (Decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority - Constituent Elements - Judicial Review - Statement of Reasons - Admissibility - Locus standi - Direct and Individual Concern) (95/C 193/07)

(Language pursuant to Article 25 (1) of the Rules of Procedure: English)

In Case E-2/94: Scottish Salmon Growers Association Limited, whose registered office is in Perth, Scotland, represented by Alastair Sutton, Barrister, and Alasdair R. M. Bell, Solicitor, with an address for service in Geneva at the Chambers of Edmond Tavernier, Rue Töpffer 11, v. EFTA Surveillance Authority (Agent: Håkan Berglin), supported by the Kingdom of Norway (Agent: Didrik Tønseth) - application for annulment of the decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority dated 24 March 1994 on its competence in matters concerning State aid to fisheries - the Court, composed of: Bjørn Haug, President, Thór Vilhjálmsson, Kurt Herndl (Rapporteur), Sven Norberg and Gustav Bygglin, Judges; Karin Hökborg, Registrar, gave a judgment on 21 March 1995, in which it:

1. annuls the decision of the EFTA Surveillance Authority to close the case registered by the Authority under file number SAM020.100.005;

2. orders the EFTA Surveillance Authority to pay the costs.

(1) OJ No C 199, 21. 7. 1994.
Removal from the Register of Case E-5/94



Official Journal C 106 , 27/04/1995 P. 0006 - 0006



Removal from the Register of Case E-5/94 (1) (95/C 106/07) By order of 27 February 1995 the Acting President of the EFTA Court ordered the removal from the Register of Case E-5/94 (request for an advisory opinion from Marknadsdomstolen: Konsumentombudsmannen against TV-Shop i Sverige AB). (1) OJ No C 347, 8. 12. 1994.
ORDER OF THE COURT of 11 February 1998 in Case E-5/97: European Navigation Inc. v. Star Forsikring AS under offentlig administrasjon (under public administration) (Security for costs - Domicile of plaintiff) (98/C 263/10)

In Case E-5/97: European Navigation Inc. v. Star Forsikring AS under offentlig administrasjon (under public administration) - request for an advisory opinion by Høyesteretts kjæremålsutvalg (the Interlocutory Appeal Committee of the Supreme Court) by order of that court of 16 September 1997, concerning the provision of security for costs by a plaintiff domiciled abroad - the Court, composed of: Bjørn Haug, President and judge-rapporteur, Thór Vilhjálmsson and Carl Baudenbacher, judges; and Per Christiansen, registrar, made an order on 11 February 1998, the operative part of which is as follows:

Case E-5/97 is removed from the
ADVISORY OPINION OF THE COURT

of 12 May 1999

in Case E-5/98 (Request for an Advisory Opinion from Hæstiréttur Íslands (Supreme Court of Iceland)) Fagtún ehf. v. Byggingarnefnd Borgarholtsskóla, the Government of Iceland, the City of Reykjavík and the Municipality of Mosfellsbær(1)

General prohibition on discrimination - Free movement of goods - Post-tender negotiations in public procurement proceedings

(Pursuant to Article 27(5) of the Rules of Procedure only the English and Icelandic texts are authentic)

(1999/C 223/07)

In Case E-5/98: request to the Court pursuant to Article 34 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by Hæstiréttur Íslands (Supreme Court of Iceland), Iceland, for an Advisory Opinion in the case pending before it between Fagtún ehf. and Byggingarnefnd Borgarholtsskóla, the Government of Iceland, the City of Reykjavík and the Municipality of Mosfellsbær, on the interpretation of Articles 4 and 11 of the EEA Agreement, the Court, composed of: Bjørn Haug, President, Thór Vilhjálmsson and Carl Baudenbacher (Judge-Rapporteur), Judges; and Gunnar Selvik, Registrar, gave an Advisory Opinion on 12 May 1999, the operative part of which is as follows:

A provision in a public works contract that has been inserted after the tender procedure at the contracting authority's request and which states that roof elements required for the works are to be produced in Iceland constitutes a measure having effect equivalent to a quantitative restriction prohibited by Article 11 of the EEA Agreement. Such a measure cannot be justified on grounds of protection of the health and life of humans under Article 13 of the EEA Agreement.

(1) OJ C 331, 29.10.1998, p. 25.
Advisory Opinion of the Court

of 14 June 2001

in Case E-5/00 (Request for an Advisory Opinion from the Administrative Court for the Principality of Liechtenstein): Dr Josef Mangold

Right of establishment - Single practice rule - Justification by overriding reasons of general interest

(Pursuant to Article 27(5) of the Rules of Procedure only the English and German texts are authentic)

(2001/C 237/06)

In Case E-5/00: request to the Court pursuant to Article 34 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a surveillance authority and a Court of Justice by Verwaltungsbeschwerdeinstanz des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (/Administrative Court for the Principality of Liechtenstein), for an Advisory Opinion in the case pending before it concerning Dr Josef Mangold, in the interpretation of Article 31 of the EEA Agreement, the Court, composed of: Thór Vilhjálmsson, President, Carl Baudenbacher and Per Tresselt (Judge-Rapporteur), Judges; and Gunnar Selvik, Registrar, gave an Advisory Opinion on 14 June 2001, the operative part of which is as follows:

A national provision of a contracting party to the EEA Agreement which provides that a dentist may not operate more than one practice, regardless of location, is incompatible with Article 31 EEA.
Judgment of the Court

of 30 May 2002

in Case E-4/01: Request for an Advisory Opinion from Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík District Court): Karl K. Karlsson hf. and The Icelandic State

State alcohol monopoly - incompatibility with Article 16 EEA - State liability in the event of a breach of EEA law - Conditions of liability

(2002/C 177/07)

In Case E-4/01: request to the Court under Article 34 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur for an Advisory Opinion in the case pending before it concerning the questions of whether the State monopoly on the import and wholesale distribution of alcoholic beverages in force in Iceland until 1 December 1995 was incompatible with the EEA Agreement, and, if so, whether a prospective importer of alcoholic beverages is entitled to compensation from the State for financial loss incurred as a result of that monopoly, the Court, composed of Thór Vilhjálmsson, President, Carl Baudenbacher and Per Tresselt (Judge-Rapporteur), Judges, gave a judgment on 30 May 2002, the operative part of which declares as follows:

1. The maintenance after 1 January 1994 of a State monopoly on the import of alcoholic beverages is incompatible with Article 16 EEA.

2. An EEA State will, under the EEA Agreement, be liable to a prospective importer of alcoholic beverages for loss or damage incurred as a result of the maintenance of a State monopoly on the import of alcoholic beverages, provided that the conditions for State liability are fulfilled. Where those conditions are fulfilled, compensation by the State for such loss and damage must be based on national liability law. The rules on compensation laid down by national law must not be less favourable than those relating to similar domestic claims and must not be framed so as to make it in practice impossible or excessively difficult to obtain compensation.

3. It is, in principle, for the national court to decide whether the conditions for State liability are fulfilled. In that assessment, the following considerations are to be taken into account: (1) Article 16 EEA is intended to confer rights on individuals; (2) the breach of Article 16 EEA is sufficiently serious to entail liability; (3) whether there is a direct causal link between the breach of Article 16 EEA and any damage sustained, is for the national court to decide.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 148/7

ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT

25 February 2004

in Case E-3/03, Transportbedriftenes Landsforening and Nor-Way Bussekspress AS v EFTA Surveillance Authority, with respect to the application from Transportbedriftenes Landsforening and Nor-Way Bussekspress AS of 18 September 2003, seeking annulment of the EFTA Surveillance Authority's Decision No 140/03/COL of 16 July 2003

(2004/C 148/07)

the President of the Court made an Order of 25 February 2004, the operative part of which orders:

1. Case E-3/03 to be removed from the Register.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 45/14

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 21 July 2005

in Joined Cases E-5/04, E-6/04 and E-7/04 Fesil and Finnfjord, PIL and others, and The Kingdom of Norway v EFTA Surveillance Authority

(State aid — Exemptions from energy tax for the manufacturing and mining industries — Admissibility — Selectivity — Effect on trade and distortion of competition — Existing aid and new aid — Recovery — Legal certainty — Legitimate expectations — Proportionality)

(2006/C 45/10)

In Joined Cases E-5/04, E-6/04 and E-7/04, Fesil and Finnfjord, PIL and others, and The Kingdom of Norway v EFTA Surveillance Authority — APPLICATION for the partial annulment of Decision 148/04/COL of 30 June 2004 concerning environmental tax measures in Norway, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President and Judge-Rapporteur, Per Tresselt and Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judges, gave judgment on 21 July 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Joins Cases E-5/04, E-6/04 and E-7/04 for the purposes of the judgment;

2. Dismisses the applications;
5.

Under Article 36 EEA, to the extent the national court concludes that the exclusive rights systems established under the Gaming Act and the Totalisator Act constitute lawful restrictions, national authorities have the right to ban the provision and marketing of games of chance from abroad, no matter whether or not these are lawful in their State of origin. The same applies to the extent the national court concludes that the exclusion of commercial operators under the Lottery Act constitutes a lawful restriction on the free movement of services. To the extent the national court comes to the conclusion that the bans implied in the three Acts on commercial operators organising any form of game of chance are not justified, the answer must be that a licence may still be required in view of possible differences in the level of protection throughout the EEA. However, national measures must not be excessive in relation to the aims pursued. They have to be non-discriminatory and must take into account the requirements already fulfilled by the provider of the services for the pursuit of activities in the home State.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 113/13

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 14 December 2007

in Case E-3/07

EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland

(Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations — Directive 2002/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery)

(2008/C 113/10)

In Case E-3/07, EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Republic of Iceland — application for a declaration that, by failing to adopt, within the time-limit prescribed, or to notify the EFTA Surveillance Authority of the adoption of, the measures necessary to implement the Act referred to at the second indent of point 1a of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement (Directive 2002/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 97/68/EC), as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto, the Republic of Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2 of that Act and Article 7 of the EEA Agreement, the Court, composed of: Carl Baudenbacher, President, Henrik Bull, Judge-Rapporteur, and Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judge, gave judgment on 14 December 2007, the operative part of which is as follows:

1. Declares that, by failing to adopt, within the time-limit prescribed, the measures necessary to implement the Act referred to at the second indent of point 1a of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement (Directive 2002/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2002 amending Directive 97/68/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery), as adapted to the EEA Agreement by Protocol 1 thereto, the Republic of Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 2 of that Act and under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement.