Greetings from the Ambassador

Dear Visitor,

Welcome to the homepage of the Delegation of the European Union to Norway . The English version has limited content, but our site in Norwegian is frequently updated and provides a great deal of information about the European Union.

The EU enjoys good and broad relationship with Norway. The Agreement on the European Economic Area is at the core of our relations. According to this Agreement, Norway participates fully in the EU Internal Market, establishing free movement of goods, capital, services and people with the sole exception of the fishery and the agricultural sectors.

In addition, Norway is associated member of the Schengen Agreement, allowing for travel without a passport within the Schengen area, involving 25 European countries. Furthermore, Norway participates in Europol, several European agencies and a large number of cooperation programmes.

There is vivid interest in European issues in Norway, culminating once in a while in reflections about the implications of EU membership. It is of course up to the Norwegians and nobody else to decide whether to join the European Union or not. Nevertheless, I believe it is of high significance that the Norwegian public could follow developments in the EU, regardless of views on the membership issue itself.

This is all the more important, since we are so close to each other that events and processes in the European Union and Norway have widespread implications for all our citizens. It is therefore essential for this Delegation to provide regular, genuine and precise information about the European Union to the Norwegian public.

This is why we are ready and willing to give presentations in Oslo and many other towns as well as receive groups here at the Delegation. This is why we put forward the present website.

Thank you for visiting our site. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any comments or questions. Your feedback is very much appreciated as we constantly strive to improve our services.

Janos Herman, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation to the European Union to Norway.

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Role of the Delegation in Norway 

Role of the Delegation in Norway The Delegation of the European Union in Oslo is one of the 136 diplomatic representations of the European Union around the world. The Delegation in Oslo was founded in 1987 as the Delegation of the European Commission and was for many years responsible for the official relations between the European Union as well as Norway and Iceland respectively. At the end of 2009, with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Delegation was re-named Delegation of the European Union. At the same time, a separate delegation was created in Iceland.

The Delegation maintains regular contacts with Norwegian authorities as well as with all important players of the Norwegian society. It prepares analyses and reports on developments in Norway. Another important task of the Delegation is to provide information about EU institutions and policies both to the government and the wider public.

The Delegation publishes electronic newsletters and magazines in Norwegian, with the latest up-to-date information on EU policies and current affairs. To subscribe please contact us at the following address: delegation-norway@ec.europa.eu. A list of all our free publications can be found on our homepage.

The Delegation frequently publishes brochures in Norwegian dealing with specific topics. Brochures from the European Commission and other EU institutions are also available, free of charge.

Students, researchers, teachers and others who wish to access official documents from the EU should contact the European Information Centres (EUi).

The trade and industry sectors can contact the Europe Enterprise Network offices located around Norway for information on the European market.

General information about the EU and all official documents can be found on the Europa server on: http://europa.eu 

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