Iceland – EU Accession Talks State of Play University of Iceland - Centre for Small State Studies Intensive Summer Course 2013  Visit to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Bryndís Kjartansdóttir Director, European Affairs, Department of External Trade and Economic Affairs

Structure New Government´s platform Process so far Next steps

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Government Platform Accession negotiations with the EU will be put on hold and an assessment made of the status of the negotiations and developments within the EU. The assessment will be submitted to the Althingi for discussion and presented to the nation. Accession negotiations will not be continued without a prior referendum.

Where are we now – chapters

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What happens next? Assessment on state of play and the development within the EU... ... with subsequent parliamentary discussion and debate No continuation without a referendum In the meantime FM has stated his intention to strengthen Iceland´s participation in EEA

NATO 1949 EFTA 1970 EES 1994 Schengen 1996 EU Application 2009 June 2013: Next step is to put Iceland´s accession talks on hold and give the Parliament the opportunity to review the situation. Iceland´s participation in the EEA will presumably be strengthened - cooperation with Europe continues

Questions?

Issues - three categories of readiness Aff Asdf AsdFasdf Covered by EEA 1. Free movement of goods 2. Freedom of movement for workers 3. Right of establishment and freedom to provide services 4. Free movement of capital 5. Public procurement 6. Company law 7. Intellectual property law 8. Competition 9. Financial services 10. Information society and media Partially EEA covered Food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy Transport policy Energy Statistics Social policy and employment Enterprise and industrial policy Trans-European networks Research and development Education and culture Environment Consumer and health protection Not covered by EEA 11. Agriculture,rural development Fisheries Taxation Economic and monetary policy Regional and coordination of structural instruments Judiciary & fundamental rights Justice, freedom and security Customs union External relations Foreign, security and defence policy Financial control 33. Financial & budgetary provisions Af Asdf AsdFasdf „If EU accession is a marathon, Iceland has already completed the first 40 kilometres Olli Rehn, Enlargement Commissioner (2009)