Compensation is one of the driving factors behind Norway’s decision to take the EU to court to get a judicial assessment of the measures imposed on its salmon industry by the European Commission.
“These were companies that due to the punitive measures paid equalization duty. They had to pay this as they had sold salmon when the market price was lower than the minimum import price (MIP),” Trond Davidsen, Norwegian Seafood Federation (FHL) director for market access, told IntraFish.
“This applied to three exporters that in total paid NOK 12 million (€1.37