NORWAY FACES LEGAL ACTION AT THE EFTA COURT OVER ALLEGED TAX DISCRIMINATION ON BOTTLES
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NORWAY is being threatened with legal action at the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) Court over alleged discriminatory taxation of imported non-refillable beverage packaging. Under Norway's membership of the European Economic Area (EEA), it cannot tax products made in other EEA states [the European Union and EFTA, minus Switzerland] differently from Norwegian products. But the EFTA Surveillance Authority claims by levying a special tax (grunnavgift) on bottles and cans that cannot be reused, "imported beverages are de facto taxed more ...
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