1 Summary (1)The EFTA Surveillance Authority (

(1) The EFTA Surveillance Authority (“ESA”) wishes to inform Norway that, having assessed the notified prolongation of and amendments to the Norwegian umbrella scheme

(24) The national legal basis for the October and November-December periods is set out in the Regulation on a temporary compensation scheme in connection with

“Save as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any aid granted by EC Member States, EFTA States or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts

(36) In order to ensure uniform application of the state aid rules throughout the European Economic Area, in line with the objective of homogeneity established in

(10) In connection with the amendment of the maximum duration, the rules on guarantee premiums in the scheme will be amended to ensure correct guarantee premium

(80) Sixth, as the credit institutions are not taking any risk under Option 2, which could in principle lead to excessively cheap loans for the airlines, the Norwegian

(25) The functions of the measure are (i) to tax any benefit from the option when the employee realises the underlying shares, (ii) to tax any benefit from the option as share

(12) Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement reads as follows: “Save as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any aid granted by EC Member States, EFTA States or through State resources