WORLD TRADE S/C/N/36
2December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5071)
Original: English Council forTrade inServices
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE VBISOFTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES
Thefollowing notification hasbeenreceived from thedelegation ofNorway.
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Inaccordance withArticle VbisoftheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices, Norway hereby
notifies totheCouncil forTrade inServices thatNorway ispartytotheAgreement concerning acommon
Nordic Labour Market andtheprotocol annexed toit.
1. Members notifying:
Norway
2. Notification under:
Article VbisoftheGATS
3. Date ofentry intoforce:
Thecurrent Agreement entered intoforce on1August 1983, replacing aprevious Nordic
agreement of22May1954.
Duration:
indefinite
4. Agencies responsible forimplementation andenforcement ofthemeasures:
Ministry ofLocal Government andLabour
P.O.Box8112 Dep
0032 Oslo
Norway
Telephone +(47) 2224 9090
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5. Description ofthemeasures:
TheAgreement concerning acommon Nordic Labour Market isapplied inNorway inafashion
which iscompatible withtheEEAAgreement. According totheprovisions oftheAgreement, nationals
ofthecontracting countries havearightoffreeentry totheemployment market ofanyother contracting
country. They areexempted fromrequirements concerning residency andwork permits. Thelabour
market regulations ofanycontracting country maynotplace thenationals oftheother contracting
countries inalessfavourable position thanthatcountry 'sownnationals.
Furthermore, nationals ofonecontracting country whoareemployed inanother contracting
country shallbetreated inthesame wayasthatcountry 'sownnationals withrespect toremuneration
andother conditions ofwork.
6. Members specifically affected, ifany:
Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden
7. Thefulltextoftheagreement isavailable from:
WTO Secretariat