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The Enforcement of the EEA Agreement by the EFTA Surveillance Authority: Enhancing Welfare and Prosperity

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It is a great honour for me to contribute to this Festschrift for Professor Carl Baudenbacher. Professor Baudenbacher has served the EEA Agreement and the parties to it for a long time—both in his role as judge and President of the EFTA Court, and also as an outspoken, forthright, creative ambassador of the Court and its case-law.

Former President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority.

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  1. 1.

    Clemenz and Gugler (2000), p. 215.

  2. 2.

    OJ L 344, 31.1.1994, p. 3.

  3. 3.

    Case E-4/17, ESA v Norway (“Kristiansand”), 21 March 2018, not yet reported.

  4. 4.

    Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (OJ 2004 L 134, p. 114, as corrected by OJ 2004 L 351, p. 44).

  5. 5.

    Case E-4/17, Kristiansand, cited above, paragraph 68.

  6. 6.

    Ibid.

  7. 7.

    Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts (OJ 1989 L 395, p. 33).

  8. 8.

    CJEU judgment of 30 September 2010 in Case C-314/09, Strabag and Others, EU:C:2010:567.

  9. 9.

    Written Observations by the EFTA Surveillance Authority in Case E-16/16, Fosen-Linjen, 30 January 2017 (Document 838544) paragraphs 33–37.

  10. 10.

    Written Observations by the EFTA Surveillance Authority in Case E-16/16, Fosen-Linjen, 30 January 2017 (Document 838544) paragraph 43.

  11. 11.

    CJEU judgment of 9 December 2010 in case C-568/08, Combinatie Spijker, EU:C:2010:751.

  12. 12.

    Ibid., paragraph 41.

  13. 13.

    EFTA Surveillance Authority, Written Observations in Case E-10/17, Nye Kystlink, 8 February 2018 (Document no. 894265), paragraph 20, referring i.a. to Case E-11/12 Beatrix Koch v Swiss Life (Liechtenstein) AG [2013] EFTA Ct. Rep. 272, paragraphs 121,122.

  14. 14.

    EFTA Surveillance Authority, Written Observations in Case E-10/17, Nye Kystlink, 8 February 2018 (Document no. 894265), paragraph 48, referring i.a. to Case E-11/12 Beatrix Koch v Swiss Life (Liechtenstein) AG [2013] EFTA Ct. Rep. 272, paragraphs 121, 132.

  15. 15.

    Case E-16/16 Fosen-Linjen AS v AtB AS, paragraphs 61 and 62.

  16. 16.

    Ibid., paragraph 68.

  17. 17.

    Ibid., paragraph 72.

  18. 18.

    Ibid., paragraph 76.

  19. 19.

    Ibid., paragraph 78.

  20. 20.

    Ibid., paragraph 101.

  21. 21.

    Frostating Court of Appeal, judgment of 2 March 2018, 15-187242ASD-FROS.

  22. 22.

    Ibid., pp. 22–23 (In Norwegian: “og at EFTA-domstolens rådgivende uttalelse på dette punkt ikke fremstår som klart riktig”).

  23. 23.

    EFTA Surveillance Authority, Decision of 14 December 2011 Relating to proceedings pursuant to Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement (Case No. 59120 Color Line, Dec. No: 387/11/COL).

  24. 24.

    Ibid., paragraphs 607–609.

  25. 25.

    Borgarting Court of Appeal, judgment of 22 September 2014 (case LB-2013-178315).

  26. 26.

    This power is implemented in Section 9 (2) of the Norwegian EEA Competition Act.

  27. 27.

    See EFTA Surveillance Authority, Written Observations to Borgarting Court of Appeal, 28 July 2014 (case no 75554) 25, paragraph 7.

  28. 28.

    Ibid., paragraph 10, referring to i.a. Case E-14/11 Schenker I [2012] EFTA Ct. Rep. p. 1178, paragraph 132.

  29. 29.

    Ibid., paragraph 21.

  30. 30.

    EFTA Surveillance Authority, Written Submissions in Case E-10/17 Nye Kystlink AS v Color Group AS, 8 February 2018 (Document no. 894265), paragraph 25.

  31. 31.

    Ibid., paragraphs 51–53.

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Svedman, S.E. (2019). The Enforcement of the EEA Agreement by the EFTA Surveillance Authority: Enhancing Welfare and Prosperity. In: Selvik, G., Clifton, MJ., Haas, T., Lourenço, L., Schwiesow, K. (eds) The Art of Judicial Reasoning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02553-3_6

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