Norwegian has been notified that theNorwegian Environmental Agency has imposed a fee for the failure to meet itsEU ETS obligations for 2020, in a period when the company was under reconstruction. According to the Norwegian Reconstructor and the Irish Examiner, the company was prevented from fulfilling these obligations. When Norwegian was informed about the fee earlier this year, the Reconstructor inNorway ,Håvard Wiker , was in dialogue with both theNorwegian Environmental Agency and the Attorney General. In this dialogue it was clarified that Norwegian was under reconstruction and was unable to fulfill itsEU ETS obligations, and that doing so could entail criminal liabilities. "We are prepared to meet ourEU ETS obligations for 2020 but dispute the fee and will seek a legal clarification," saidGeir Karlsen , CEO in Norwegian. The fee is close toNOK 400 million .
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