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The court recognized that Article 112 of the Constitution is a legal provision, but found that the government did not violate the relevant rights because it had fulfilled the necessary obligations before making the licensing decision. The Tribunal also stated that “CO2 missions abroad from oil and gas exported from Norway are not relevant to determining whether the decision constitutes a violation of Article 112”. In examining whether the Government had fulfilled its obligations with regard to traditional environmental damage or other climate impacts, the Tribunal found that the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament) had largely agreed to open the South-East Barents Sea to licensing and considered proposals to halt such licensing or to verify whether it was inappropriate in relation to the objectives of the Paris on climate change.