CELEX: E2005P0004
Language: en
Date: 2005-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur by decision of that court of  4 May 2005  in the case of  HOB-vín ehf.  v  the Icelandic State and the State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland  (Case E-4/05)

1.12.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 304/38
            
         Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur by decision of that court of 4 May 2005 in the case of HOB-vín ehf. v the Icelandic State and the State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland
   
   (Case E-4/05)
   (2005/C 304/16)
   A request has been made to the EFTA Court by decision of 4 May 2005 of Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík District Court), Iceland, which was received at the Court Registry on 17 June 2005, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of HOB-vín ehf. v the Icelandic State and the State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland, on the following questions:
   
               1.
            
            
               Do Articles 11 and 16 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area prevent a state enterprise, which holds exclusive right to the retail sale of alcoholic beverages, from demanding that its suppliers deliver to the enterprise alcoholic beverages for retail sale on a specific type of pallet (EUR pallet), and furthermore that that the price of the pallet be included in the product price?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Does Article 59 of the Agreement prevent requirements of this sort?