CELEX: E2007P0006
Language: en
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Hæstiréttur Íslands dated 8 May 2007 in the case of HOB vín ehf v Faxaflóahafnir sf. (Case E-6/07)

13.12.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 301/19
            
         Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Hæstiréttur Íslands dated 8 May 2007 in the case of HOB vín ehf v Faxaflóahafnir sf.
   (Case E-6/07)
   (2007/C 301/11)
   A request has been made to the EFTA Court by a letter of 8 May 2007 from Hæstiréttur Íslands (the Supreme Court of Iceland), which was received at the Court Registry on 21 May 2007, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of HOB vín ehf v Faxaflóahafnir sf., on the following questions:
   
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               Does the levying of charges by a partnership owned by several municipalities, in connection with the import of alcoholic beverages from other EEA States through a port owned by the partnership, fall under the provisions of Articles 10, 11 or 14 of the EEA Agreement? The question is based on the premise that the operation of the port is not regarded in law as a public operation; the levying of the charges is based on an authorisation in law and the charges are to meet the cost of the services provided, together with a share of the joint operation of the port.
            
         
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               If the answer to the first question is such that any of the abovementioned provisions of the EEA Agreement apply, does that provision preclude the levying of charges of the type referred to in the first question? The question is based on the premise that higher charges are imposed in connection with the import of alcoholic beverages than of non-alcoholic beverages, and that in Iceland alcoholic beverages are generally imported, inter alia from other EEA States.