Failure by a Contracting Party to fulfil its obligations  – Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency – Regulation (EC) No 1891/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on multiannual funding for the action of the European Maritime Safety Agency in the field of response to pollution caused by ships and amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002.

An action against the Kingdom of Norway was brought before the EFTA Court on 24 February 2011 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority.