WORLD TRADE S/C/N/14
28February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0740)
Original: English Council forTrade inServices
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE VII:4 OFTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES
Thefollowing notification hasbeenreceived from thedelegation ofNorway.
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1. Member notifying :
Norway
TheMinistry ofJustice andPolice
2. Notification under Article(s) :
Article VII,paragraph 4oftheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices (recognition of
diplomas).
3. Date ofentry intoforce/duration :
Regulations concerning therights offoreign lawyers toprovide legal aidinNorway and
concerning foreign qualifications asabasisforalicence topractice lawinNorway. Laiddown
byRoyal Decree of10December 1993.
Interim guidelines foraptitude testforlawyers fromEEAcountries wishing toqualify aslawyers
inNorway. Adopted bytheBoard oftheFaculty atameeting of7June1994, withamendment
adopted atameeting of14March 1995.
4. Agency responsible forenforcement oftheregulations :
TheMinistry ofJustice andPolice
5. Description oftheregulations :
Theprovisions ofChapter Iapply toforeign lawyers generally, i.e.alsotolawyers fromStates
thatarenotparties totheEEA Agreement. These provisions statethatforeign lawyers may
begranted permission bytheMinistry toprovide legalaidinforeign andinternational law.
Aforeign lawyer whoisgranted permission pursuant toChapter Imayestablish himself in
Norway inorder toprovide legalaidasaforeign lawyer. Such permission maybegranted
subject toconditions andrestrictions imposed. Thecontents ofthese provisions havebeen
arrived atindependently oftheEEA Agreement, butoneassumes thattheyatthesame time
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satisfy therights thatarederivable from thenon-discriminatory principle intheAgreement
asfarastherightoflawyers toestablish themselves inother EEA States asforeign lawyers
isconcerned.
Chapter IIimplements Norway 'sobligations pursuant toAnnex VII,Section 2oftheEEA
Agreement, cf.theCouncil Directive of22March 1977, which aimstofacilitate theactual
implementation oflawyers 'right toprovide services (77/249/EEC) inEEA-adjusted form.
Thischapter onlyapplies tolawyers established inStates thatareparties totheEEAAgreement.
Chapter IIIimplements Norway 'sobligations pursuant toAnnex VII,Section IoftheEEA
Agreement, cf.theCouncil Directive of21December 1988 concerning ageneral system for
theapproval ofdiplomas ofhigher professional education ofatleastthree years duration
(89/48/EEC) inEEA-adjusted form.
6. Changes toexisting regulations :
Therehavebeennochangestotheseregulationswhichsignificantlyaffecttradeinservicescovered
byitsspecific commitments under thisAgreement.
7. Textavailable from:
TheMinistry ofJustice andPolice
P.O.Box8005 Dep.
0030 Oslo
Norway