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Report on Convention no 182 concerning worst forms of child labour, 1999

all persons under the age of 18 are regarded as children under the legislation on child pornography. In the sphere of labour law the requirements of the Convention are met by the Act relating to Worker Protection and Working Environment (Working Environment

Municipal planning functions

The municipality is the local planning authority. The municipalities are responsible for preparing a municipal master plan with a social element and a land-use element, and for creating a municipal planning strategy. In addition, the municipalities

Consultation – Implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health

Consultation – Implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health in Norwegian law (Compulsory licence for the export of pharmaceutical products to developing countries) 1. Summary This consultation paper describes

Annual Report 2022

Council on Ethics

The role of the Council on Ethics for the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) is to evaluate whether or not the Fund’s investment in specified companies is inconsistent with its Ethical Guidelines.

Meld. St. 23 (2022–2023) - Escalation Plan for Mental Health (2023–2033)

Meld. St. 23 (2022–2023) Report to the Storting (white paper)

whether the municipalities will have the capacity or competence to do this. New tasks for municipalities must be authorised by law and investigated in line with the principles and guidelines for state management of municipalities (refer to Chapter 3.2.2 for

The health industry

The Government will take steps to ensure that more publicly funded research strengthens value creation through increased commercial use of research. This will help ensure that the results of publicly funded research benefit all of society. In the annual

Report to the Storting Nr. 29 (1996-1997) Regional planning and land-use policy (Summary) -

Recommendations of 21 March 1997 from the Ministry of the Environment, approved by the King in Council on the same day

Report No. 23 to the Storting (2001-2002) - Improving urban environment

storage businesses are not the only ones localising along main roads with spacious areas for parking; shopping malls and commercial retail outlets have also decided this is often suitable. At the same time, many public institutions in health, education

Meld. St. 34 (2012-2013) - Public Health Report

Meld. St. 34 (2012–2013) Report to the Storting (White Paper) Summary

significance for Sami culture and commercial activities in accordance with Section 5.4 of the Planning and Building Act. The Planning and Building Act shall help to ensure a natural basis for Sami culture, commercial activities and social life, see Section

Meld. St. 5 (2023–2024) - A Resilient Health Emergency Preparedness

Meld. St. 5 (2023–2024) Report to the Storting (white paper)

active use of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) from 2014. IPCEI is an alternative scheme under state aid law, which allows national authorities to provide increased funding for projects that are considered to be of common European interest

Explanatory notes - Regulations amending the Patent Regulations (implementation of the Decision of the WTO General Council of 30 August 2003, paragraphs 1(b) and 2(a))

WTO Agreement. The TRIPS Agreement sets out minimum requirements for the protection of most areas of intellectual property law. This includes requirements for national provisions concerning compulsory licences, which are licences issued by the public

The decision of the Tariff Board of 27 May 2015 concerning the issue of Regulations on general application of collective agreements concerning passenger transport by tour bus

This matter derives from a claim by the Yrkesorganisasjonenes Sentralforbund (YS) [Confederation of Vocational Unions]/Yrkestrafikkforbundet (YTF) [Union of Norwegian Transport Employees] of 12 August 2014 and concerns general application of the Bus

International strategy for freedom of expression

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched its international strategy for promoting freedom of expression in foreign and development policy 29 June.

Norway introduces additional sanctions against Russia

Norway has introduced a new set of sanctions against President Putin and the Russian regime.

Norges svar til Europarådet vedrørende ulovlig fangetransport

undermine the fight against terrorism. A peaceful society must be based on the rule of law and the upholding of fundamental norms as laid down in international humanitarian law as well as in international human rights, of which the European Convention for the

Report on Convention no 100 concerning equal remuneration, 1951

information on remuneration disaggregated by sex. Balanced gender representation on company boards Parliament has adopted a law on gender balance to be imposed on public limited companies. Companies will be required to increase the number of women on their

Report No. 14 to the Storting (2006-2007) - Working together towards a non-toxic environment and a safer future

– Norway’s chemicals policy

environmental and consumer safety, and in addition raise awareness of the legislation and provide greater equality before the law. The Government is inviting everyone, whether as managers, as employees or as private individuals, to join in the efforts to

Meld. St. 13 (2014–2015) - New emission commitment for Norway for 2030 – towards joint fulfilment with the EU

There are plans to establish a national emissions trading system in 2016. An environmental protection law was adopted in 2014, and a climate change law is being drafted and according to plan will be adopted in 2015. Latin America Several Latin American

Joint statement on the Israeli plan to expand its military operations in Gaza

Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Slovenia and Spain on the Israeli plan to expand its military operations in Gaza.

NOU 2000: 1 A Quota System for Greenhouse Gases (Summary) -

A policy instrument for fulfilling Norway's emission reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.