1 Summary (1) The EFTA Surveillance Authority (

(29) The relevant restrictive measures – the prohibition of large scale public events and the capping of attendance for events – adopted by the Norwegian authorities,

(41) The Norwegian authorities also commit to ensure that beneficiaries repay any overcompensation, should the ex post assessment show that the total aid

5 ESA’s Decision No 091/20/COL of 16 July 2020 on COVID-19 Amendments and prolongation of the compensation scheme for the cancellation or postponement of cultural events.. 6

(6) The objective of the measure is to compensate for damage caused by the COVID- 19 outbreak to taxi companies that have entered into contracts concerning transportation

“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

(7) The scheme aims at ensuring access to liquidity for SMEs facing a sudden shortage of liquidity due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, by

(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