Naujienos
2005 - 04 - 14
*No fear of a complaint to ESA
Mr Lars Sponheim, Norwegian Minister for Food a
nd Agriculture, sniffs at the complaint lodged against him with the EFTA Surveillance Authority, ESA, for having created distortions of competition in the construction industry.
I am looking forward to entering into a controversy with ESA on this matter, says Sponheim.
The background of the complaint is that the concrete industry accuses Mr Sponheim of giving moral support to the wood industry, at the expense of other industrial sectors.
I am really looking forward to seeing how ESA will deal with this matter. From my point of view the whole story is quite amusing, says Sponheim. He also seizes the opportunity to thank the concrete industry for creating so much publicity for the Norwegian Wood Programme. During the last five years the wood industry has received 135 million NOK from that programme for research and development.
In case ESA agrees to hear the case in the first place, I will heavily emphasize all subsidies that the concrete industry has received over the years, says Sponheim. He cannot understand why the concrete industry is provoked because he, in his capacity of "Minister of Forestry" openly supports wood in competition with other building materials.
He does not conceal the fact that the concrete industry has an environmental problem in comparison with the wood industry. In his opinion wood is a much more environment friendly material.
Source: www.nordicforestry.org
nd Agriculture, sniffs at the complaint lodged against him with the EFTA Surveillance Authority, ESA, for having created distortions of competition in the construction industry.I am looking forward to entering into a controversy with ESA on this matter, says Sponheim.
The background of the complaint is that the concrete industry accuses Mr Sponheim of giving moral support to the wood industry, at the expense of other industrial sectors.
I am really looking forward to seeing how ESA will deal with this matter. From my point of view the whole story is quite amusing, says Sponheim. He also seizes the opportunity to thank the concrete industry for creating so much publicity for the Norwegian Wood Programme. During the last five years the wood industry has received 135 million NOK from that programme for research and development.
In case ESA agrees to hear the case in the first place, I will heavily emphasize all subsidies that the concrete industry has received over the years, says Sponheim. He cannot understand why the concrete industry is provoked because he, in his capacity of "Minister of Forestry" openly supports wood in competition with other building materials.
He does not conceal the fact that the concrete industry has an environmental problem in comparison with the wood industry. In his opinion wood is a much more environment friendly material.
Source: www.nordicforestry.org
