The Digital Security Act and the Digital Security Regulation entered into force in Norway on 1 October 2025. They apply to parts of the shipping and offshore sector, including ports, port facilities and shipping companies that meet certain criteria. Here are the five key takeaways about the new rules.

In most instances, only transactions with an EU dimension - that is transactions where the parties involved exceed certain turnover thresholds - qualify for review by the European Commission ("the Commission") under the EU Merger Regulation ("the EUMR"). However one mechanism, found in Article 22 EUMR, allows one or more Member States to request the Commission to examine, on behalf of those Member States, any concentration that does not have an EU dimension but affects trade between Member States and threatens to significantly affect competition within the territory of the Member State(s) making the request.

Competition Law

Foreign direct investment and national security

Procurement

State Aid and EU/EEA

Associate

Helene assists clients with various legal questions within competition law, and state aid law.

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Helene primarily works with competition law, both in relation to Norwegian and EU/EEA law.