Procedure exempelklausuler

Procedure. By letter dated 28 June 2007 from the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform, received and registered by the Authority on 29 June 2007 (Event No 427327) and letter from the Ministry of Finance dated 22 June 2007, received and registered by the Authority on 4 July 2007 (Event No 428135), the Norwegian authorities notified the proposed amendments to the rules on taxation of cooperative companies contained in Section 10-50 of the Tax Act, pursuant to Article 1(3) of Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement. As it was only the cover letter from the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform that was received by the Authority on 29 June 2007, the Authority considers the notification to have been submitted on 4 July 2007. This was communicated to and agreed upon by the Norwegian authori- ties by an e-mail dated 10 August 2007 (Event No 433019). According to the notification, the scheme is notified for reasons of legal certainty. By letter dated 4 September 2007 (Event No 433067), the Authority requested additional information from the Norwegian authorities. By letter dated 28 September 2007 from the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform, forwarding (1) Hereinafter referred to as ‘the Authority’. (2) Hereinafter referred to as ‘the EEA Agreement’. (3) Hereinafter referred to as ‘the Surveillance and Court Agreement’. (4) Guidelines on the application and interpretation of Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1 of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement, adopted and issued by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 19 January 1994, published in OJ L 231, 3.9.1994, EEA Supplement No 32, 3 September 1994. The Guidelines were last amended on 3 May 2007. Hereinafter referred to as ‘the State Aid Guidelines’. a letter from the Ministry of Finance of 28 September 2007, received and registered by the Authority on the same day (Event No 444538), the Norwegian authorities requested an extension of the deadline to reply. By letter dated 1 October 2007 (Event No 444790), the Authority met this request. By letter dated 16 October 2007 from the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform, forwarding a letter from the Ministry of Finance of 16 October 2007, received and registered by the Authority on the same day (Event No 447272), the Norwegian authorities replied to the Authority's information request. By letter dated 10 December 2007 (Event No 456448), the Authority accordi...

Procedure. 1.1. Administrative procedure leading to the Authority’s Decision No 254/10/COL (1) By letter dated 11 August 2006, the Authority received a complaint from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ AS (‘the complainant’) alleging that the Norwegian authorities had granted State aid to AS Oslo Sporveis­ bussene (‘the complaint’). The letter was registered by the Authority on 16 August 2006 (Event No 384017). By letter dated 17 August 2006 to the complainant, the Authority acknowledged the receipt of the complaint (Event No 384134). (2) By letter dated 7 September 2006, the Authority forwarded the complaint to the Norwegian au­ thorities and invited them to comment (Event No 387163). By letter dated 11 October 2006, the Norwegian authorities replied to the information request. The letter was registered by the Authority on 19 October 2006 (Event No 392725). (3) By letter dated 20 October 2006, the complainant submitted further comments. The letter was registered by the Authority on 23 October 2006 (Event No 394520). (4) By letter dated 29 November 2006, the Authority requested further information from the Norwegian authorities (Event No 394397). The Norwegian authorities replied by letter dated 11 January 2007. The letter was registered by the Authority on 12 January 2007 (Event No 406541). (5) By letter dated 19 June 2007, the Authority requested further information from the Norwegian authorities (Event No 425271). The Norwegian authorities replied by letter submitted electronically on 16 August 2007 (Event No 434326). By e-mail dated 20 February 2008, the complainant submitted further information (Event No 466226). (6) By letter submitted electronically on 2 April 2008, the Authority requested yet further information from the Norwegian authorities (Event No 471926). The Norwegian authorities replied by letter submitted electronically on 29 April 2008 (Event No 475480). (7) The complainant submitted further information by e-mails dated 25 May 2008 (Event No 478132), 2 June 2008 (Event No 479743), 9 July 2008 (Events No 489623 and 489626), 14 August 2008 (Event No 489591), 15 August 2008 (Event No 488527), 1 September 2008 (Event No 489591), 20 January 2009 (Event No 505210) and 22 January 2009 (Event No 505503). (1) Available at: ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇▇ (8) During the beginning of 2010, the Authority and the Norwegian authorities had informal contact both via telephone and e-mail regarding the case. Information received by the Authority in this context ...

Procedure. On 2 October 2008, the Icelandic authorities informed the Authority of their intention to inject EUR 600 million of capital into Glitnir Bank in return for 75 % of its shares. The information was provided by way of a draft notification said to be submitted for legal certainty only as it was contended that the measure did not involve State aid. This proposal was however subsequently abandoned due to a further deterioration in the financial position of Iceland’s main commercial banks and on 6 October, the Icelandic Parliament (the Althingi) passed Act No 125/2008 on the Authority for Treasury Disbursements due to Unusual Financial Market Circumstances etc. (referred to as the ‘Emergency Act’), which gave the State wide-ranging powers to intervene in the banking sector. On 10 October 2008, the President of the Authority wrote to the Icelandic authorities and (among other matters) requested that State aid measures taken under the Emergency Act be notified to the Authority as the Icelandic authorities had previously indicated that they would. On

Procedure. (7) Following pre-notification discussions, the Icelandic authorities notified, pursuant to Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3, a series of proposed amendments (‘the notified amendments’) to Act No 99/2010 by way of a letter dated and received on 13 December 2012 (Event No 656578). (8) By letter submitted on 22 January 2013 (Event No 660120), the Authority requested additional information from the Icelandic authorities. By letter received on 30 January 2013 (Event No 661235), the Icelandic authorities replied to the information request. (1) Available at: ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇/▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇▇ (2) Lög um ívilnanir vegna nýfjárfestinga á Íslandi, referred to in this Decision as the Act, adopted by the Parliament on 29 June 2010. (3) Reglugerð um um ívilnanir vegna nýfjárfestinga á Íslandi, referred to in this Decision as the Regulation, issued by the Minister for Industry on 25 November 2010. (9) The Authority submitted a second request for information on 11 February 2013 (Event No 662250) to which it received a reply on 5 March 2013 (Event Nos 664789-92). The Authority responded to this letter on 20 March 2013. The Icelandic authorities submitted further information by way of a letter received on 10 April 2013 (Event No 668635) and a meeting was held between the Icelandic authorities and the Authority on 23 April 2013.

Procedure. (1) The Norwegian authorities approached the Authority in June 2011 regarding their plan to establish a Charter Fund Scheme for Northern Norway (‘the Scheme’). A pre-notification document setting out the main elements of the Scheme was communicated on 24 June 2011 (Event No 602898). (2) The Authority provided some initial feedback on 5 August 2011 (Event No 605972). (3) After several exchanges of e-mail, the Authority, by e-mail dated 16 January 2012 (Event No 621292), informed the Norwegian authorities that the pre-notification phase could be considered as complete. It furthermore identified some issues which the notification should address and alleviate. (4) The Norwegian authorities notified the Scheme, pursuant to Article 1(3) of Part I of Protocol 3, by letter of 2 May 2012 (Event Nos 632837 and 322824).

Procedure. By letter dated 28 September 2007 (Event No 442805), the Authority requested information from the Icelandic authorities regarding State guarantees and the obligation to pay a State guarantee premium under the Act on State Guarantees. By letter from the Icelandic Mission to the European Union dated 24 October 2007, forwarding the letter from the Icelandic Ministry of Finance of the same date, received and registered by the Authority on 25 October 2007 (Events No 448739 and 449598), the Icelandic authorities responded to this request. (1) Hereinafter referred to as the Authority. (2) Hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement. (3) Hereinafter referred to as the Surveillance and Court Agreement. (4) Hereinafter referred to as Protocol 3. (5) Guidelines on the application and interpretation of Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1 of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement, adopted and issued by the Authority on 19 January 1994, publi- shed in the Official Journal of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as OJ) L 231 and EEA Supplement No 32 of 3 September 1994. The Guidelines were last amended on 19 December 2007. Hereinafter referred to as the State Aid Guidelines. The updated version of the State Aid Guidelines is published on the Authority's website: ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/ (6) Published in OJ C 139, 25.5.2006, p. 57 and EEA Supplements No 26 of 25 May 2006. (7) Not published yet. The non-confidential full text of the Decision will be available at: ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ work/fieldstateaid/stateaidregistry/ The case was subject to discussions between the representatives of the Authority and the Icelandic Govern- ment on 7 September 2007 in Brussels and on 29 October 2007 in Reykjavik as well as between the repre- sentatives of the Authority and the complainant, the Icelandic Financial Services Association, in a meeting on 6 March 2008 in Brussels.

Procedure. By letter dated 5 June 2003 from the Norwegian Mission to the European Union, forwarding a letter from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Ministry of Trade and Industry dated 4 June 2003, both received and registered by the Authority on 10 June 2003 (Doc. No 03-3705-A, registered under case SAM 030.03006), the Norwegian authorities notified, pursuant to Article 1(3) of Protocol 3 to the Surveil- lance and Court Agreement, alterations of two existing aid schemes, namely ‘Grant programme for intro- duction of new energy technology’ and ‘Information and education measures in the field of energy effi- ciency’. By letter dated 16 June 2003 (Doc. No 03-3789-D), the EFTA Surveillance Authority (hereinafter ‘the Authority’) informed the Norwegian authorities that due to the fact that the scheme had already been put into effect on 1 January 2002, i.e. before the notification, the measure would be assessed as ‘unlawful aid’ in accordance with Chapter 6 of the Authority's Procedural and Substantive Rules in the Field of State Aid (4). By letter dated 23 July 2003 (Doc. No 03-5070-D), the Authority requested further information, to which the Norwegian authorities responded by letter dated 11 September 2003, received and registered by the Authority on 15 September 2003 (Doc. No 03-6210-A). On 9 October 2003 the Authority and the Norwegian authorities had a meeting to discuss various aspects of the case. By letter dated 19 December 2003, the Authority requested further information (Doc. No 03-7431-D). The Norwegian authorities replied to the information request by letter from the Norwegian Mission dated 15 July 2004, forwarding a letter from the Ministry of Trade and Industry dated 13 July 2004 and a letter by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy dated 9 July 2004, received and registered by the Authority on 16 July 2004 (Event No 287857). A meeting was held between the Authority and the Norwegian authori- ties on 23 September 2004. (1) Hereinafter referred to as the EEA Agreement. (2) Hereinafter referred to as the Surveillance and Court Agreement. (3) Guidelines on the application and interpretation of Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1 of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement, adopted and issued by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 19 January 1994, published in OJ L 231, 3.9.1994 and EEA Supplement No 32, 3.9.1994. The Guidelines were last amended on 15 December 2004. (4) That chapter was subsequently deleted by Authority De...

Procedure. (1) The Norwegian authorities notified the regionally differentiated social security contributions scheme 2014-2020 pursuant to Article 1(3) of Part I of Protocol 3 by letter of 13 March 2014 (1). On the basis of that notification and information submitted thereafter (2), the Authority approved the notified aid scheme by its Decision No 225/14/COL of 18 June 2014. (2) By its judgment of 23 September 2015 in case E-23/14 ▇▇▇▇▇ Offshore AS v ESA (3) the EFTA Court annulled, in part, the Authority's decision. (3) By letter dated 15 October 2015 (4), the Authority requested information from the Norwegian authorities. By letter dated 6 November 2015 (5), the Norwegian authorities replied to the information request.

Procedure. (1) Following pre-notification contacts, the UK notified its proposed measure on 22 October 2013 by electronic notification, registered by the Commission on the same day.