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Energy, minerals, wood

Electrical equipment

The regulation establishes the safety objectives which electrical equipment must fulfil when being placed or made available on the market.

Safety of toys

The regulation establishes the safety objectives toys must fulfil when being placed or made available on the market.

Domestic and leisure equipment

Environment

Biocidal Products

Registration in the national product register, language requirement for labelling and national fee

Plant protection products

Harmonised rules for the approval of active substances and the placing on the market of plant protection products. Different specified requirements in connection with import of plant protection products.

Food information to the consumers

To require foods marketed to the final consumers to be labelled in Norwegian.

Cosmetics and personal care products

Supplementary national provisions regarding labelling. Supplementary national provisions regarding notification.

Regulations on sale and documentation of products for construction works

Requirements to document the essential requirements of CE-marked construction products. The declaration of performance and the user manual must be written in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish.

Food Contact Materials

Requirement on Declaration of Compliance for all types of food contact materials. Maximum limits for Cd and Pb in release of metals from articles made of glass, metal and non-ceramic materials without enamel coatings. Maximum limits for Pb, Cd and

Fruit juices

Norway has authorised the use of a traditional name for apple juice.

Regulation No 391 of 8 April 2013 on cosmetics and personal care products

Supplementary national provisions regarding labelling. Supplementary national provisions regarding notification.

Regulation No 139 of 18 February 2015 on voluntary labelling of foods with the Keyhole

Gives the possibility to voluntarily label and present foods with the Keyhole. The Keyhole symbol is linked to the food’s content of fat, sugars, dietary fibre or salt in different food groups.

Food supplements

National maximum limits for folic acid, magnesium, vitamin C, calcium and vitamin D in food supplements.Particular requirements for labelling of food supplements containing specific amounts of folic acid, calcium, vitamin C and vitamin D per daily

Regulation No 1497 of 28 November 2014 on food information to the consumers

To require foods marketed to the final consumers to be labelled in Norwegian.

Vitamins, minerals and certain other substances to foods

Chapter II contains supplementary national provisions relating to the addition of vitamins and minerals to foods, excluding food supplements. Chapter III contains supplementary national provisions regarding the addition of certain “other substances”

Act No 455 of May 6 2015 on plant protection products

Harmonised rules for the approval of active substances and the placing on the market of plant protection products. Different specified requirements in connection with import of plant protection products.

Agriculture, fishing and foodstuffs

Trans fatty acids

Setting maximum levels for the content of trans fatty acids in foods.