New Legal Acts in the EEA Agreement on 25 September

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After years of waiting, the EU's carbon tax has finally become part of Norwegian law. The carbon tax, which is actually called the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), was formally incorporated into the EEA Agreement at the EEA Committee meeting on Friday last week. – This is good news for Norwegian industry and Norwegian jobs, says Minister for Climate and Environment Sigrun Aasland in a press release. In June […]

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Norway is participating in CBAM, the EU's scheme to price greenhouse gas emissions from imports of certain goods from countries outside the EEA. This became clear when the EEA Committee met in Brussels today and incorporated 89 legal acts into the EEA Agreement.