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Report No. 13 to the Storting (2006-2007) - An active and Long-Term State Ownership
08/12/2006 Report to the Storting Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisherieswholly-owned companies are instructed to make investments or undertake other activities that their board does not find commercially sound, such companies shall be compensated through separate allocations. Processing of Norwegian raw materials in Norway
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Financial Markets Department
Department Ministry of FinanceThe work of the Ministry of Finance includes a number of responsibilities toward the financial markets. The Financial Markets Department attends to many of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance toward the financial markets including
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Act no. 0101 of 11 June 1993 relating to Aviation (Aviation Act)
23/02/2006 Rules Ministry of TransportForeign aircraft’s access to airports etc Section 7-29 Certification, revocation of licences and suspension etc Chapter VIII Commercial aviation activities etc A Air routes Section 8-1 Concession requirements Section 8-2 When an operating concession may be
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Norges svar til Europarådet vedrørende ulovlig fangetransport
22/02/2006 Report Ministry of Foreign Affairsundermine 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
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Recommendation of 14 November 2005
05/01/2006 Letter Ministry of Financegovernment has secured control over 12 key economic sectors, including mining and energy. 11“The State-Owned Economic Enterprise Law” from 1989 secures state control over the following key areas: a) extraction of teak and sale of the same in the country and
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Seventeenth/eighteenth periodic report submitted by Norway under article 9 of the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
12/09/2005 Report Ministry of Foreign Affairsobservations on Norway’s 16th report, paragraph 9. The committee mandated to examine how ICERD can be incorporated into Norwegian law through the adoption of a statute prohibiting ethnic discrimination presented its recommendation in June 2002 (NOU 2002: 12
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Act relating to forestry (Forestry Act)
27/05/2005 Law Ministry of Agriculture and FoodEmphasis shall be placed on providing an adequate road network, which also pays regard to the usefulness of the road for other commercial activities associated with the agricultural properties. The Ministry may issue further regulations concerning planning,
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Implementation of the international covenant on civil and political rights
18/02/2005 Report Ministry of Foreign Affairsof appendices Appendix 1: Act of 21 May 1999 No 30 relating to the strengthening of the status of human rights in Norwegian law (the Human Rights Act) (English translation). Appendix 2: Circular G-45/99 of 31 May 1999 on the Human Rights Act. Appendix
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Report on Convention no 182 concerning worst forms of child labour, 1999
01/12/2004 Report Ministry of Foreign Affairsall 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
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Report on Convention no 169 concerning indigenous and tribal peoples, 1989
01/12/2004 Report Ministry of Foreign AffairsJustice has commissioned two professors at the University of Oslo to produce an independent assessment of the international law aspects of the Act by the end of October 2003. 1.2 The Act The main objective of the new Act is to replace the uncertainties
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Report on Convention no 100 concerning equal remuneration, 1951
01/12/2004 Report Ministry of Foreign Affairsinformation 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
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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))
01/07/2004 Report Ministry of Foreign AffairsWTO 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
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Consultation – Implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health
02/03/2004 Rules Ministry of Foreign AffairsConsultation – 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
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Environmental Information Act
09/05/2003 Law Ministry of Climate and EnvironmentThe purpose of this Act is to ensure public access to environmental information and thus make it easier for individuals to contribute to the protection of the environment, to protect themselves against injury to health and environmental damage, and
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Report No. 23 to the Storting (2001-2002) - Improving urban environment
26/04/2002 Report to the Storting Ministry of Climate and Environmentstorage 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
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Report No. 12 to the Storting (2001-2002) - Protecting the Riches of the Seas
15/03/2002 Report to the Storting Ministry of Climate and Environmentand they are daunting, but the rewards will also be huge if we succeed. There are great opportunities for industrial and commercial development in the aquaculture and fishing industries in the future. This Parliamentary Report is a prelude to a long-term
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European charter for regional or minority languages
Second periodical report Norway March 2002
05/03/2002 Report Ministry of Culture and Equalitypromote a broader knowledge of the rights and duties deriving from the implementation of the Charter’s provisions in Norwegian law 5. Measures taken to implement the recommendations of the Committee of Ministers and comments on the observations made by the
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Implementation-related Issues and Concerns. Doha, 14. November 2001
21/11/2001 Rules Ministry of Foreign Affairsthe context of aid programmes to improve agricultural productivity and infrastructure; (iii) financing normal levels of commercial imports of basic foodstuffs; and (iv) review of follow-up. 2.3Takes note of the report of the Committee on Agriculture (G/AG/11)
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Guidelines for Project Grants under the Government's Plan of Action For Candidate Countries To The EU
02/08/2001 Report Ministry of Foreign Affairsmeasures that promote political pluralism, the building of democratic institutions, free elections, the principles of the rule of law, and respect for fundamental human rights, including gender equality and trade union rights. Implement environmental measures
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Norway and the Candidate Countries
03/05/2001 Report Ministry of Foreign Affairscriteria for membership: The candidate country must have achieved stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities. It must have a functioning market economy and the capacity to cope