CELEX: E1998P0004
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-02 00:00:00
Title: Request for an advisory opinion from the EFTA Court by Oslo byrett (Oslo City Court) by decision of that court of 14 May 1998 in the case of Blyth Software Ltd v. AlphaBit AS (Case E-4/98)

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E1998P0004

Request for an advisory opinion from the EFTA Court by Oslo byrett (Oslo City Court) by decision of that court of 14 May 1998 in the case of Blyth Software Ltd v. AlphaBit AS (Case E-4/98)  

Official Journal C 331 , 29/10/1998 P. 0024 - 0025

Request for an advisory opinion from the EFTA Court by Oslo byrett (Oslo City Court) by decision of that court of 14 May 1998 in the case of Blyth Software Ltd v. AlphaBit AS (Case E-4/98) (98/C 331/10)A request has been made to the EFTA Court by decision of 14 May 1998 of Oslo byrett (Oslo City Court), Norway, which was received at the Court Registry on 2 June 1998, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of Blyth Software Ltd v. AlphaBit AS, on the following questions:1. Is it incompatible with Article 4 of the EEA Agreement for national procedural rules to empower a Norwegian court to decide, at the request of a defendant, that a company with its place of business (domicile) in an EEA country other than Norway must provide security for costs when it brings an action against a company with its place of business (domicile) in Norway, when such provision of security cannot be required from legal persons with their place of business (domicile) in Norway?2. If such a requirement is not, as a starting proposition, compatible with the EEA Agreement, is Article 4 of the EEA Agreement none the less to be interpreted to the effect that a requirement for provision of security for costs can be justified (proportional) on the basis of the intended purposes and objective