RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/Q1/NOR/3
7October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4041)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
Reply toQuestion Posed bytheUNITED STATES1Concerning
theArticle XVII Notification ofNORWAY2
Thefollowing communication wasreceived on26September 1996fromthePermanent Mission
ofNorway, witharequest thatitbecirculated toMembers.
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TheUnited States hasasked whytheexport oftheNorwegian Dairies Association wasomitted
from Norway 'snotification. TheUSunderstanding isthattheNorwegian Dairies Association hasa
monopoly ontheexport ofcheese. Thisisnotthecase. TheNDA enjoys no"special orexclusive
rights" intheterms ofArticle XVII, andtherefore wasnotincluded inthenotification. Itisafact
thatNDA, which isaproducers cooperative, hasaleading position intheNorwegian dairy market.
However, anyone wishing todoso,maystartproduction andexport ofcheese oranyotherdairyproduct.
1G/STR/Q1/NOR/2.
2G/STR/N/2/NOR.