How the Ministry's work on EU/EEA matters is organised:

  • The responsibility for each legislative act lies within the relevant units of the Ministry.
  • The Ministry's internal EEAcoordination group discusses and coordinates the Ministry's work.
  • The Energy Counsellor in Brussels follows EU energy policy closely and reports back to the Ministry.
  • Energy acts are discussed with other relevant Ministries in regular meetings ("spesialutvalget for energy").
  • The Ministries also meet regularly to discuss EU matters of a general nature ("koordineringsutvalget for EU/EØS")
  • Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein meet in EFTA's working group on energy
  • The Ministry organises regular meetings with Norwegian stakeholders to discuss relevant EU issues in the energy field.

 

Relevant contacts at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy:

Deputy General

Turi Bakke – tlf: (+47) 22 24 62 16 / e-mail: Turi.Bakke@ed.dep.no

Assistant Director General 

Ragmar Semundseth - tlf:  (+47) 22 24 61 60 / e-mail: Ragnar.Semundseth@ed.dep.no

Senior Adviser

Kristin Thorvaldsen – tlf: (+47) 22 24 61 64 / e-mail: Kristin.Thorvaldsen@ed.dep.no

Energy councillor at Mission of Norway to the EU in Brussels:

Johan Vetlesen,  +32 (0) 2 238 74 45 / e-mail: johan.vetlesen@mfa.no

 

More information on Norway's relations with the EU on this website.