SoftOx Solutions AS announced that it has received a response from the Ministry of Climate and Environment. Update regarding the ongoing application process for national approval of biocidal products (disinfection products) in Norway. The Ministry of Climate and the Environment has not upheld the postponed implementation of whether there should be a deadline in Norway for SoftOx to suspend sales by 3 October 2021, for SoftOx disinfection based on active chlorine released from sodium hypochlorite. The notice concerns the application for disinfection based on active chlorine released from sodium hypochlorite, where there has been an ongoing appeal process in the Ministry of Climate and Environment regarding the approval of SoftOx disinfection. This application was rejected by KemI in Sweden, and has been appealed to the Land and Environmental Courts in Sweden. Pending a decision from Sweden, SoftOx has applied to the Ministry of Climate and Environment in Norway to remain in the market with the product in question. The current deadline for SoftOx to suspend sales is by October 3, 2021, with the possibility of continued use for a period of six months thereafter. SoftOx has now received a rejection of the request for deferred implementation of decisions. It is pointed out, however, that when SoftOx is upheld in Sweden, the product will be able to be put back on the market in Norway. SoftOx is now taking a thorough review of the letter from the Ministry of Climate and the Environment and continues the active dialogue with both KemI in Sweden.