In December last year, an expert committee delivered its proposal for a revised Norwegian Competition Act (NOU 2025:11 Revised Competition Act). The report revealed disagreements on a range of issues, from institutional design to procedural safeguards. Yet the most important questions raised by the reform process extend beyond competition law itself. They concern how Norway should organize legal protection in a legal landscape increasingly shaped by EEA law and the European C

The EFTA Court abolished reports for the hearing in 2025 to speed up advisory opinions. Has the change delivered? Author: Kyrre Isaksen, EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) Introduction As of 2025, the EFTA Court is no longer preparing reports for the hearing in advisory opinion cases. The purpose of this change is to reduce the time it takes from the Court's receipt of a request for an advisory opinion until judgment is delivered. As pointed out by Ingrid Barlund, Christian Fr