Action brought on 9 April 2026 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland (Case E-7/26)
Date: 2026-04-09
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Iceland, computer applications, data collection, disclosure of information, emergency aid, mobile communication, mobile phone, national implementing measure








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2026/2806


21.5.2026






Action brought on 9 April 2026 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against Iceland
(Case E-7/26)
(C/2026/2806)

An action against Iceland was brought before the EFTA Court on 17 March 2026 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Sigurbjörn Bernharð Edvardsson, Hildur Hjörvar and Melpo-Menie Joséphidès, acting as Agents of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, Avenue de Arts 19H, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority requests the EFTA Court to:






(1)



Declare that Iceland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 7 of the EEA Agreement by failing to make the Act referred to at point 5czsd of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/444 of 16 December 2022 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council with measures to ensure effective access to emergency services through emergency communications to the single European emergency number ‘112’), as adapted by Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement part of its internal legal order, and











(2)



Order Iceland to bear the costs of these proceedings.






Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:







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By this application, the EFTA Surveillance Authority (‘ESA’) seeks a declaration from the Court that Iceland has failed to adopt the measures necessary to make the Act referred to at point 5czsd of Annex XI to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/444 of 16 December 2022 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council with measures to ensure effective access to emergency services through emergency communications to the single European emergency number ‘112’), as adapted by Protocol 1 to that Agreement, part of its internal legal order, as required by Article 7 EEA.










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ESA sent a letter of formal notice to Iceland on 15 May 2025, to which Iceland submitted no response.










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ESA delivered a reasoned opinion on 17 September 2025 maintaining its view set out in the letter of formal notice and giving Iceland two months to take the necessary measures to comply with the reasoned opinion, i.e. no later than 17 November 2025.










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Iceland did not reply to the reasoned opinion.










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When the deadline set in the reasoned opinion expired, Iceland had neither informed ESA of any measures adopted to make the Act part of its internal legal order, nor was ESA in possession of any other information indicating that the Act had been made part of Iceland´s internal legal order.










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Since Iceland had not complied with the reasoned opinion by the deadline set therein, ESA on 8 April 2026, decided to bring the matter before the Court, pursuant to Article 31 SCA.










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ESA notes that at the point of lodging the present application, ESA has not been notified, nor does it have any other information suggesting that Iceland has implemented the Act into its national legal order.






ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/2806/oj
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