Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court by Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur dated 8 February 2011 in the case of Pálmi Sigmarsson v Seðlabanki Íslands (Central Bank of Iceland)

(Case E-3/11)

2011/C 208/05

A request has been made to the EFTA Court by a letter of 8 February 2011 from Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur (Reykjavik District Court), which was received at the Court Registry on 14 February 2011, for an Advisory Opinion in the case of Pálmi Sigmarsson v Seðlabanki Íslands (Central Bank of Iceland), on the following question:

Is it compatible with paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 43 of the EEA Agreement that the Icelandic State should prevent an Icelandic national, resident in Britain, from transferring Icelandic krónur, which he has purchased on the offshore market in Britain, to Iceland?