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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PAST exemption enjoyed by the Norwegian manufacturing and mining industry to a tax on electricity consumption has been found to be illegal state aid by the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) Surveillance Authority, which has ordered the repayment of this de facto subsidy.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SPANISH oil and gas giant Repsol YDF has begun drilling for oil in Cuban waters in a narrow sector of the Gulf of Mexico, using a Norwegian drilling platform for US$200,000 a day. The Spaniards are working with government oil company Cubapetróleo in a narrow sector of the Gulf of Mexico, off Cuba’s north-western coast.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EXEMPTION enjoyed by the Norwegian mining industry to a tax on electricity consumption has been found to be illegal state aid by the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) Surveillance Authority, which has ordered the repayment of this de facto subsidy.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
NORWAY has followed Ireland’s example and become the world’s second country to ban smoking in restaurants and bars nationwide. Claiming support from opinion polls, the Norwegian government has justified its ban by the need to protect bar and restaurant staff from passive smoking.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MARATHON by name and nature, the European Commission has closed a gas network access case involving the Norwegian subsidiary of American gas producer Marathon, after negotiations stretching from the 1990’s. The deal, involving French and German gas companies Gaz de France (GdF) and Ruhrgas, allows the Commission to close a competition file that has also sparked pipeline access deals with German companies BEB and Thyssengas, plus Dutch company Gasunie.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is bankrolling the development of Kazakhstan’s oil and gas reserves, a key alternative supply for the European Union (EU). It wants to lend Tasbulat Ltd Euro 60 million to help develop three medium-sized oil and gas fields in Mangistau region, western Kazakhstan, producing up to 8,000 barrels/day in 2006; Tasbulat is owned by SNP Petrom, Romania’s national oil company.…

KEITH NUTHALL
TRADERS in fish flour cannot under European Union (EU) law deliver consignments containing mammal bone fragments, even if the contamination is slight and accidental, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Public authorities have the right to destroy such consignments, if discovered by health inspectors, judges added.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A LAW insisting that at least half of crew members or sharesmen on Norwegian-owned vessels fishing within the 200 mile Norwegian Economic Exclusive Zone of the North Sea be Norway nationals or residents is being challenged by the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) Surveillance Authority.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NORWEGIAN county has struck down a smoking ban in its municipal offices, ruling that it violates the European Human Rights Convention. The decision by the governor of North Trondelag county, central Norway, has annulled a rule preventing Levanger city local government employees from smoking during working hours, on or off municipal property.…

KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve definitive anti-dumping duties on large rainbow trout from Norway and the Faeroe Islands, answering claims that cut-priced imports are damaging EU producers. The tariffs would be particularly tough for the Danish island dependency, ranging from 30 and 54.4 per cent, depending on the company concerned.…