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Factsheet: Greenhouse Gas Emission
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Key Information
Country/Region:
Europe (non EU)
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NORWAY (NORGE)
Description:
The purpose of this Act is to limit emissions of greenhouse gases in a cost-effective manner by means of a system involving the duty to surrender greenhouse gas emission allowances and freely transferable emission allowances.
Goal/Aim:
Limit emissions of greenhouse gases.
Type (and subtype) :
Regulatory (binding) instruments
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Requirements
Sector/Topic targeted:
Energy
Status:
In force
Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives
Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:
Not Relevant
Building a strong research, development and innovation base:
Not Relevant
Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:
Not Relevant
Building competitive biobased industries:
Not Relevant
Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:
Not Relevant
Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:
Not Relevant
Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:
Not Relevant
Availability of financial resources:
Not Relevant
Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:
Not Relevant
Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:
Not Relevant
Contact References
Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):
Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations
Full name of Instrument & Measure (native language):
Forskrift om kvoteplikt og handel med kvoter for utslipp av klimagasser (klimakvoteforskriften)
Links:
http://www.regjeringen.no/en/doc/Laws/Acts/Greenhouse-Gas-Emission-Trading-Act.h...
https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2004-12-23-1851
Responsible Authority:
Environment Agency
Contact of Responsible Authority:
http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/no/
Completed by:
VTT
Completed on:
December, 2014
Advanced Information
Feedstock type targeted:
used cooking oils
landfill gas
Product type targeted:
Bioproducts (fibres, plastics, fertilisers,...)
Food/feed products
Paper and Cardboard products
Electricity
Wood products
Heating/Cooling
Combined Heat and Power
Biofuels (transport)
Value Chain:
Waste/residues/byproducts
Conversion / transformation / processing
Conversion / transformation / processing
Waste/recycling/end-of-life
Year Instrument & Measure Started:
2005
Year Last Instrument & Measure was last Amended:
2010