Search Results for: Norwegian

BY SIGRÚN DAVÍDSDOTTIR
THE FOUR Scandinavian language-speaking countries, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, all pass with flying colours on Transparency International’s Corruption Index when considering their exposure to money laundering. Though the use criminal proceeds is not a serious issue in this friendly part of the world, their vicinity to countries in the former communist eastern bloc and the increasingly pervasive nature of international terrorism means that no one can afford to be caught sleeping on the post, especially not after 9/11.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SIGNIFICANT liberalisation of Denmark’s natural gas market has been agreed in a deal between the European Commission’s competition directorate and the key suppliers and producers in the Danish sector. Notably, Shell, AP Møller and ChevronTexaco, have agreed to stop jointly marketing their gas as part of the country’s dominant production group, called the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC).…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s competition directorate-general has decided to close its probe into the alleged refusal by Dutch gas company Gasunie to grant access to its pipeline network to the Norwegian subsidiary of US oil and gas producer Marathon in the 1990’s.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has exempted three Norwegian companies from the EU anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on farmed Norway salmon, agreeing that they are new exporters untainted by dumping. They are Vestmar, Gaia Seafood and Polar Quality.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Norwegian oil and gas company Fortum Petroleum by Italy’s energy company ENI, saying it would not damage the current competitive situation in the gas markets in Italy or in southern Germany, where ENI is present through GVS.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been laying preparations for possible fuel shortages associated with a possible war in the Middle East, summoning its special group on petroleum provisions to analyse existing European Union (EU) fuel stocks and supplies. The Commission wants every Member State to stockpile enough fuel to last for 40 days of standard consumption.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that three Norwegian companies be exempted from the European Union’s (EU) anti-dumping and countervailing duties on farmed Norway salmon, agreeing that they are new exporters untainted by past allegations of dumping. They are Vestmar AS, Gaia Seafood AS and Polar Quality AS.…

BY ALAN OSBORN and MARK ROWE, in London, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane, and RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg

Introduction

Europe

Cuts to EU catch quotas

New sources of fish

Affect on fish producers

Wild alternatives to cod

Farmed cod

North America

USA – Healthier local stocks

USA – Demand up

USA – Fish imports

Canada – Farmed fish exports

Canada – GM issues

Australasia

Australia – New wild sources

Australia – Aquaculture

Australia – Wild fish innovation

Australia and New Zealand – sustainability

South Africa – Export increase and conservation

Japan – Local and regional supply

Japan – Maintaining quality

Japan – Non-Asian sources

Introduction

ONCE it was said, cod was so abundant that fishermen in some parts of the world boasted they could walk on the backs of the fish to find their catch.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has imposed anti-dumping and countervailing duties on 10 Norwegian salmon exporters who had previously been exempt from the protective regime imposed in 1997. Ministers agreed that the companies had either broken promises to keep salmon prices at a minimum level or had failed to supply information proving that they had stuck to these pledges.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has imposed anti-dumping and countervailing duties on 10 Norwegian farmed salmon exporters who were previously exempt from the tariffs by promising to keep prices above a minimum level, backed by documentary proof.…