WORLD TRADE G/STR/N/2/NOR
12September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3508)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
STATE TRADING
Updating Notification Pursuant toArticle XVII:4(a) oftheGATT 1994 and
Paragraph 1oftheUnderstanding ontheInterpretation ofArticle XVII
NORWAY
Thefollowing communication, dated 30August 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofNorway.
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During 1996 Norway hasreplied toseveral questions concerning statetrading enterprises;
G/STR/W/5 (Statoil, Norsk Hydro A/S,A/SSydvaranger andStore Norske Spitsbergen), G/STR/W/27
(Statens Kornforretning) andG/STR/Q1/NOR/1 (Norwegian Medicinal Depot andA/SVinmonopolet).
Inthecaseofallthese enterprises (except A/SVinmonopolet) Norway concluded thatthey
either didnotreceive "exclusive orspecial rights orprivileges", ortheydidnot"influence through
theirpurchases orsalesthelevelordirection ofimports orexports".
Asregards theretailmonopoly foralcoholic beverages andtheproduction monopoly forspirits,
Norway hasmade itclearthatstatistical information cannot beprovided untilafteroneyearofoperation,
i.e.in1997. Assoonasthestatistical dataareavailable, theWTO willbeinformed.