EFTA NORWAY
July 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Free Trade Area (EFTA) Court has been asked to rule whether Norway's alcohol advertising ban (regarding wine) is legal under the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement. This imposes much European Union (EU) legislation onto signatory countries Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, including that guaranteeing free trade between EEA and EU member countries. This could prevent advertising bans on products covered by the agreement, but wine's position is ambiguous. It is not in the main list of relevant products, however special rules ...
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