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The EOS Committee

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01.03.1996* Regular founding

Name: The EOS Committee
Short name: EOS-utvalget
Affiliations: Storting (Parliament)
COFOG 03 Public order and safety
Superior body: The Storting
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 301 Oslo

The EOS Committee was established by the Storting in 1996. The establishment was motivated by the extensive public attention and political debate concerning the secret services and their operation.
The debate also led to the appointment of the Lund Commission, which, in its 1996 report, concluded that the Norwegian Police Security Service, known as Politiets Overvåkingstjeneste (POT) at the time, had been involved in widespread illegal political surveillance, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s, of individuals and organisations belonging to Norway's political left.
Source: EOS home page; https://eos-utvalget.no/en/home/about-the-eos-committee/history/
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The EOS Committee has seven members, including the Chair and Deputy Chair. The Committee is elected by the Storting, and is supported by a secretariat.

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.