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Attorney General of Iceland

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This chapter draws upon my personal experiences as the Attorney-General of Iceland regarding the process and effects of seeking advisory opinions from the EFTA Court. The subsequent discussion comprises of five parts; firstly, the Office of the Attorney-General is explained; the following two sections further explain the role and policy of the Office of the Attorney General vis-a-vis the EEA Agreement; the fourth section engages with relevant case-law both at EEA and national level; the final section seeks to scrutinise the Icelandic appeals system.

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  1. 1.

    Act No 2/1993 on the European Economic Area (Lög nr. 2/1993 um Evrópska efnahagssvæðið).

  2. 2.

    See, for example, Case E-2/97 Maglite [1997] EFTA Ct. Rep. 127 and Case E-9/97 Sveinsbjörnsdóttir [1998] EFTA Ct. Rep. 95.

  3. 3.

    Case E-9/97 Sveinsbjörnsdóttir [1998] EFTA Ct. Rep. 95.

  4. 4.

    Case E-1/01 Hörður Einarsson v. Iceland [2002] EFTA Ct. Rep 1.

  5. 5.

    Ibid.

  6. 6.

    Supreme Court Case No. 497/1999.

  7. 7.

    Supreme Court Case No. 446/2012, Supreme Court Case No. 77/2012.

  8. 8.

    Supreme Court Case No. 195/2008, Supreme Court Case No. 267/2014.

  9. 9.

    Supreme Court Case No. 461/2003.

  10. 10.

    Supreme Court Case No. 274/2006.

  11. 11.

    Supreme Court Case No. 276/2004.

  12. 12.

    Case E-5/98 Fagtún ehf v. Iceland [1999] EFTA Ct. Rep. 51.

  13. 13.

    Case E-4/01 Karlsson ehf. v. Iceland [2002] EFTA Ct. Rep. 240.

  14. 14.

    Supreme Court Case No. 120/2006.

  15. 15.

    Act No. 21/1994 on Advisory Opinions from the EFTA Court (Lög nr. 21/1994 um öflun álits EFTA-dómstólsins um skýringu samnings um Evrópska efnahagssvæðið).

  16. 16.

    Case E-7/11 Grund [2012] EFTA Ct. Rep. 188.

  17. 17.

    Case E-2/10 Kolbeinsson v. Iceland [2009–2010] EFTA Ct. Rep 234.

  18. 18.

    Case E-9/97 Sveinsbjörnsdóttir, cited above.

  19. 19.

    Case E-2/10 Kolbeinsson v. Iceland, cited above.

  20. 20.

    Supreme Court Case No. 132/2010.

  21. 21.

    Case C-224/01 Köbler [2003] ECR I-10239. See also, Einarsdóttir (2012) [Advisory opinions from the EFTA Court—their actual impact on Icelandic law.].

  22. 22.

    Supreme Court Case No. 532/2012.

  23. 23.

    Code of Civil Procedure, No. 91/1991.

  24. 24.

    Supreme Court Case No. 477/2003.

  25. 25.

    Act No. 21/1994 on Advisory Opinions from the EFTA Court (Lög nr. 21/1994 um öflun álits EFTA-dómstólsins um skýringu samnings um Evrópska efnahagssvæðið).

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  • Einarsdóttir M (2012) Ráðgefandi álit EFTA-dómstólsins – raunveruleg áhrif í íslenskum rétti. Tímarit lögfræðinga, 2. hefti

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    Einar Karl Hallvarðsson

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Hallvarðsson, E.K. (2016). Attorney General of Iceland. In: Baudenbacher, C. (eds) The Handbook of EEA Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24343-6_11

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