Laws and regulations

The translations are for information purposes only. Legal authenticity remains with the original Norwegian version as published in “Norsk Lovtidend” (also see Lovdata).
Please see the Faculty of Law Library's website (University of Oslo Library) for a collection of translated Norwegian legislation.

Laws 

• Act relating to measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism, etc. (Money Laundering Act) (pdf)
  Norwegian: LOV-2009-03-06-11 Lov om tiltak mot hvitvasking og terrorfinansiering mv. (hvitvaskingsloven)
• Act on Guarantee Schemes for Banks, Insurance Companies and Public Administration etc., of Financial Institutions (Guarantee Schemes Act) (pdf)
  Norwegian: LOV-1996-12-06-75 Lov om sikringsordninger for banker, forsikringsselskapenes garantiordninger og offentlig administrasjon m.v. av finansinstitusjoner (banksikringsloven)
• Act on Commercial Banks in Norway (Commercial Banks Act) (pdf)
  Norwegian: LOV-1961-05-24-2: Lov om forretningsbanker
• Act on Savings Banks (Savings Banks Act) (pdf)
  Norwegian: LOV 1961-05-24 nr 01: Lov om sparebanker
• Act on Financing Activity and Financial Institutions (Financial Institutions Act) (pdf)
  Norwegian: LOV-1988-06-10-40: Lov om finansieringsvirksomhet og finansinstitusjoner (finansieringsvirksomhetsloven)
• Act on Financial Contracts and Financial Assignments (Financial Contracts Act) (pdf)
  Norwegian: LOV 1999-06-25 nr 46: Lov om finansavtaler og finansoppdrag (finansavtaleloven)
• Act concerning Electronic Money Institutions (pdf)
  Norwegian: LOV 2002-12-13 nr 74: Lov om e-pengeforetak
• Marketing Control Act (on the Consumer Ombudsman's website)
  Norwegian: LOV 2009-01-09 nr 02: Lov om kontroll med markedsføring og avtalevilkår mv. (markedsføringsloven)

Regulations

• Regulation no 1102 on Public Administration of Branches of Banks with their Head Offices in Foreign Countries (pdf)
  Norwegian: FOR-2008-10-12-1102 Forskrift om offentlig administrasjon av filial av bank med hovedsete i fremmed stat
• Regulations on supervision of holdings in financial institutions (2003-12-18 no 1639) (pdf)
  Norwegian: FOR-2003-12-18-1639 Forskrift om eierkontroll i finansinstitusjoner
• Regulation no. 326 on branches of banks and other credit institutions having their head offices in another state in the European Economic Area, etc. (pdf)
  Norwegian: FOR-1994-05-02-326 Forskrift om filial av banker og andre kredittinstitusjoner med hovedsete i annen stat innen Det europeiske økonomiske samarbeidsområde, m.m.
• Regulation on Measurement of the Own Funds of Financial Institutions, Clearing Houses and Investment Firms (pdf)
  Norwegian: FOR-1990-06-01-435 Forskrift om beregning av ansvarlig kapital for finansinstitusjoner, oppgjørssentraler og verdipapirforetak
• Regulation on Minimum Standards of Capital Adequacy for Financial Institutions and Investment Firms (pdf) [not updated]
  Norwegian: FOR-1990-10-22-875 Forskrift om minstekrav til kapitaldekning i finansinstitusjoner og verdipapirforetak
• Regulation on provision of cross-border services by foreign banks and other credit institutions having their head office in another state in the European Economic Area, etc. (pdf)
  Norwegian: FOR-1994-07-07-717 Forskrift om grenseoverskridende tjenesteyting av utenlandske banker og andre kredittinstitusjoner med hovedsete i annen stat innenfor det europeiske økonomiske samarbeidsområdet, m.m.

Delegation of Authority

• Delegation of authority to Kredittilsynet regarding non-innovative tier 1 capital (pdf)
  In addition to the requirements described in the delegation letter, the following requirements also need to be met: Adequate core-capital and total-capital ratio (pdf)