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EEA-LEGAL-028 Sérfræðigreining Miðlungs
EES/ESB-löggjöf Lögfræðilegt 28th legal regime proposal
The European Commission's Competitiveness Compass (January 2025) proposed a '28th legal regime' — a unified EU-wide corporate law framework covering company law, insolvency law, employment law, and tax law, running parallel to existing national frameworks. Companies could choose to incorporate under this EU-wide regime instead of any national law. This proposal raises significant questions for EEA/EFTA states: whether the 28th regime would be incorporated into the EEA Agreement, whether EEA companies could opt into it, and whether it would create competitive disadvantages for businesses in EEA states that cannot access it.
Dagsetning 31. janúar 2025
Síðast staðfest 23. mars 2026
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Brussel-vaktin / Stjórnarráðið — 31. janúar 2025: Leiðarvísir fyrir aukna samkeppnishæfni

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The '28th regime' is a proposal at concept stage, not drafted legislation. Its scope, timeline, and political feasibility are uncertain. Whether it would be EEA-relevant depends on its legal basis — if based on internal market provisions, it would likely be EEA-relevant; if based on non-EEA treaty articles, it might not be. The concept has been discussed in EU circles since at least 2010 without materialising.

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EEA-LEGAL-026 EES/ESB-löggjöf

In October 2024, an EFTA Task Force (established July 2024) published a report titled 'Cross-sectoral EU initiatives: The way ahead for the EEA', identifying four categories of EU legislation that structurally threaten EEA/EFTA market access: (1) rules with third-country trade provisions, (2) rules implementing EU industrial policy, (3) rules addressing security/defence, and (4) rules using EU cooperation programmes strategically. The task force warned that EEA/EFTA states risk being classified as third countries in EU market sectors, excluded from supply chain security measures, and subjected to anti-circumvention measures. This represents an institutional acknowledgement that the EEA framework faces structural erosion as EU legislation increasingly addresses extra-EEA matters.

 EEA-LEGAL-027 EES/ESB-löggjöf

In January 2025, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein submitted a joint EEA/EFTA comment on the EU's Single Market Strategy, warning that 'EU legislation increasingly addresses extra-EES matters' and that 'new barriers risk market fragmentation.' The comment asserted EEA/EFTA states' equal rights to participate in EU programmes for 2028–2034 and cautioned against state aid rule modifications that could disadvantage EEA participants. This represents a formal institutional expression of concern that the EEA framework is being eroded by EU legislation expanding beyond its original scope.

 SOV-LEGAL-001 Fullveldi

50. grein sáttmálans um Evrópusambandið (TEU) veitir hverju aðildarríki rétt til að ganga úr ESB í samræmi við eigin stjórnskipunarreglur, með tveggja ára samningsfresti sem hægt er að framlengja með samhljóða samþykki ráðsins.

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Brenglað stöðumat vegna ESB bjorn_is

  • Staðfest Styður Atvinnuvegaráðherra heldur því fram að löggjöf ESB sé oft á mörkum þess að falla undir gildissvið EES-samningsins og þessi þróun geti skapað gliðnun innri markaðarins.