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Section for EU/EEA

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01.01.2011* Regular founding

Name: * Unit for international coordination

Short name: INT

Affiliations: Ministry

Hierarchical level: Quasi Department

Superior body: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

Located: 301 Oslo

The unit has responsibility for coordinating the EU / EEA in Petroleum and Energy. Contact with the European Commission, ESA, and so on directives that are relevant for Petroleum and Energy, on with the respective department.

The Coordination Unit is responsible for developing and following an international strategy for Petroleum and Energy in cooperation with technical departments. The strategy will communicate the interests of the ministry in the different countries, the tasks / processes the ministry want to get involved in, and prioritization of activities.
Source: National Calendar 2011

01.01.2017* Change of name

Name: The EU/EØS unit

Short name: EU/EØS-enheten

The EU/EØS unit is responsible for the coordination between the Ministry for Petroleum and Energy and EU/EEA. The contact with the EU commission, ESA and others, concerning directives that are relevant for the ministry is conducted in relation with the appropriate department.
Source: regjeringen.no - 2017

01.01.2022* New superior organization and level

(The unit reports to a new superior organization and at the same time changes its form of affiliation/administrative level.)

Affiliations: Ministry

Hierarchical level: Section

Superior body: Department for Economic and Administrative Affairs (ØA)

Tasks, 2022:
Section for EU/EEA is responsible for the coordination between the Ministry for Petroleum and Energy and EU/EEA. The contact with the EU Commission, ESA and others, concerning directives that are relevant for the Ministry is conducted in relation with the appropriate department.

Source: regjeringen.no january 2022

01.01.2022* Change of name

Name: Section for EU/EEA

Short name: Seksjon for EU/EØS

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.