De norske myndigheder har desuden anført, at myndighederne i stedet for at nedsætte værdien af indskuddet af naturalier valgte at kompensere Mesta AS for omkostningerne forbundet med ulempen ved omstruktureringsforanstaltningerne.
The Norwegian authorities have also argued that instead of reducing the value of the contribution in kind, the authorities chose rather to compensate Mesta AS for the costs related to the disadvantage of the restructuring measures.