Margrét Einarsdóttir

Associate Professor School of Law Reykjavík University Birth: 25th February 1977 e-mail: [email protected] tel. +354 695 2502

EDUCATION 2015-2019 Doctorate from the University of Iceland, Faculty of Law. 2005-2006 LL.M in European Law from the University of Cambridge. 2003 Barrister to the District Courts of Iceland. 1997-2002 Cand. jur. from the University of Iceland, Faculty of Law. 2001 Erasmus student in the Katholieke University in Leuven in Belgium.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY From 2020 Professor at Reykjavik University, School of Law. 2017-2020 Associate Professor at Reykjavik University, School of Law. 2011- 2017 Assistant Professor at Reykjavik University, School of Law. 2010-2013 Director of the European Law Institute. 2010-2011 Senior scientist at Reykjavik University, School of Law. 2010 Associate. Lex law firm. 2007-2010 Part time teacher in Reykjavik University, School of law. 2007 Part time teacher in the University of Iceland, School of law. 2006-2009 Clerk at the Supreme Court of Iceland. 2003-2005 Associate. Johnson&Hall law firm. 2002 Trainee at the Permanent Mission of Iceland in Geneva. 2001-2002 Assistant, The Althing Ombudsman, working part-time while in law school. 2000 Journalist in RUV, Icelandic State Radio (summer job). 1998-1999 Journalist at Dagblaðið Vísir (newspaper (summer job).

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS 2019-present Board member of the International- and European Institution of the RU.

2017-present Chairman of the “opinion committee for applications for registration of religious organization”, cf. Act on registered religious organizations no. 108/1999, by the Minister of Justice.

2017-present Ad-Hoc College Member – EFTA Surveillance authority.

2016-present Member of the Course development Council of Reykjavik University’s Faculty of Law.

2015-2019 Member of a representative council of Codex, the main publisher of law books in Iceland.

2014-present Advisor for a Steering group set up under the Prime Minister´s Office in Iceland to address the execution of the EEA Agreement.

2018 Appointed in a “working committee” by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the 22th of May. The purpose of the committee was to write an opinion on whether Iceland is in breach of protocol 35 to the EEA Agreement, as the EFTA Surveillance Authority claims, in a letter of formal notice from the 13th of December 2017. Also to suggest changes to the EEA law 2/1993.

2018 Written opinion on administrative issues, for the Audit Council, cf. Act no. 79/2008 on auditors, delivered on February 19.

2015 and 2017 A member of a committee, appointed by the dean of the faculty of Law in Reykjavík University, with the responsibility to recommend to the dean two candidates for academic positions.

2016-2017 Advisor for a working group set up under the Prime Minister´s Office to address whether any changes should be made to law nr. 15/2005 regarding publications of EEA law in Iceland.

2012-2015 Vice-chairman of the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority. Temporarily appointed Chairman of the board from September- December 2013.

2011-2012 Editorial board member of the web journal “Evrópuvefurinn” which has the goal to inform the Icelandic population about the European Union. The web was established by the Icelandic parliament and is sponsored by the state.

2008-2103 Board member of Icelandic Lawyers Association.

2008-2013 Executive Director of the Icelandic Law Journal.

2011-2013 Member of the Course development Council of Reykjavik University’s Faculty of Law.

2010-2011 International Council in Reykjavik University – board member.

2004-2005 Board member of the Union of Women-Attorneys in Iceland.

2004-2005 Alternate member in Chamber of Commerce´s court of arbitration.

2002-2005 Alternate member of the Reykjavík City Council. Full member of Reykjavik city welfare committee and a committee on equality.

2001-2002 Participant. Jessup, International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, USA.

1999-2000 Editor in chief of Úlfljótur (University of Iceland Law Review).

PEER – REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2020 Einarsdóttir: Framkvæmd EES-samningsins á Íslandi og stjórnskipuleg álitamál. [The execution of the EEA Agreement in Iceland and constitutional issues]. Codex 2020.

Einarsdóttir: Hvaða mál eru dæmd í Hæstarétti? Túlkun Hæstaréttar á skilyrðum fyrir veitingu áfrýjunar- og kæruleyfa. [What cases are adjudicated in the Supreme Court? The Supreme Court´s Interpretation of the conditions for granding leave to appeal]. Fortcoming in Heiðursrit Hæstaréttar 2020.

Einarsdóttir and Stefánsson: Beiting innleiddra EES-reglna í ljósi bókunar 35. Afmælisrit Hæstaréttar 2020.

2019 Einarsdóttir: The Execution of the EEA Agreement. Incorporation of EU Acts into the EEA Agreement and Implementation into Icelandic law, p. 1-304 (Doctorate thesis), the University of Iceland, 2019.

Einarsdóttir M: Incorporation and implementation – the Execution of the EEA Agreement by the Icelandic state. The Nordic Journal of European Law, p. 1-23.

Einarsdóttir and Stefánsson: Um valdmörk og valdheimildir stofnana Evrópusambandsins og Evrópska efnahagssvæðisins. Tímarit lögfræðinga 3/2018 p. 343-390.

Einarsdóttir og Helgadóttir: Breakthrough in the payment service market legislation: Payment Service Directive No. 2015/2366/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Tímarit lögréttu 2019, pþ 1- 21.

2018 Einarsdóttir M: Implenting secondary law into Icelandic national law – reasons for difficulties and what can be done? Tímarit lögfræðinga, 1/2018 p. 3-72.

Einarsdóttir and Helgadóttir. „Iceland and the EEA-Agreementin“. In Agreement on the European Economic Area – A Commentary 2018, pp. 13-34. Editors: Finn Arnesen/Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen/Hans Petter Graver/Ola Mestad/Christoph Vedder, p. 13-34.

2017 Einarsdóttir M: The Increasing problems with the execution of the EEA Agreement – the Incorporation of EU Secondary law. Tímarit lögfræðinga, 4/2016 p. 503-546.

2016 Einarsdóttir M: The Incorporation of EU Secondary law into the EEA Agreement – what improvements can be made? Tímarit lögfræðinga, 1/2016 p. 3-54.

Einarsdóttir M: The Incorporation of EU secondary law into the EEA Agreement and the Implementation into Icelandic national law. Tímarit lögfræðinga, 4/2015 p. 545-587.

2014 Einarsdóttir M: Supremacy of EEA-law in the Icelandic legal system. Tímarit Lögréttu, 1/2014 p. 75-86.

2013 Einarsdóttir M: Legal framework for cross border healthcare in the European Union. Tímarit Lögréttu, 1/2013 p. 49-69.

2012 Einarsdóttir M: Advisory Opinions of the EFTA Court - real effects in the Icelandic legal system, Tímarit lögfræðinga, 2/2012 p. 133-153.

2011 Einarsdóttir M: State liability for breaches of EEA-law committed by courts adjudicating at last instance. Tímarit lögfræðinga, 1/ 2011 p. 5- 34.

2010 Einarsdóttir M: Supremacy of implemented EEA-rules, Tímarit lögréttu, 1/2010 p. 25-36.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

2009 Einarsdóttir M, Árnason A and Svenson S: Textbook on European and International law. Used for teaching the first year students, in Reykjavik University.

2014 Einarsdóttir M, Árnason A and Svenson S: Updated Textbook on European and International law.

2000 Einarsdóttir M: Project in the field of Privacy law for Ethical Research Institute.

2000 Einarsdóttir M: Úlfljótur Editorials: volume 53, number 1-4.

1999 Einarsdóttir M: The European Economic Area Agreement and its impact on Icelandic Administrative Decisions, Úlfljótur (Law Review), volume 52, number 4, 1999, p. 545-558.

1999 Report about the EEA Agreement and its impact on Icelandic Administrative Decisions. Made for and financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Icelandic Student Innovation Fund. It was published on the ministry´s webpage 1999.

CONFERENCES Speaker: 2019 Einarsdóttir M: “The EEA Agreement in 25 years”. A conference held by the University of Reykjavík, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Delegation of the EU to Iceland on the 6th of February. 2018 Einarsdóttir M: I was invited to give a lecture for the EEA working committee, (appointed by the minister of foreign affairs in August 2018) about my research on the execution of the EEA Agreement on November 12.

Einarsdóttir M: I was invited by the Constitutional and Supervisary Committee in Althingi to give a lecture about the constitutional challenges of the EEA Agreement, October 24.

Einarsdóttir M: “The Icesave-case – a risk pays off?”. Interdisciplinary conference held by the University of Iceland on the 5-6th of October 2018 about the economic collapse in Iceland in 2008.

2017 Einarsdóttir M: Presentation for the “Governmental school” at a conference held about the execution of the EEA Agreement on the 1st of September. Einarsdóttir M: The Increasing problems with the execution of the EEA Agreement – the Incorporation of EU Secondary law. Lögfræðingafélag Íslands, April 26, 2017. Einarsdóttir M:The execution of the EEA Agreement. University of Reykjavík, March 30, 2017.

Einarsdóttir M: I was invited by the Foreign Affairs Committee in Althingi to give a lecture about the incorporation process of EU Secondary law into the EEA Agreement, February 7, 2017.

2016 Einarsdóttir M: The Incorporation of EU Secondary law into the EEA Agreement – what improvements can be made? Lögfræðingafélag Íslands, September 14, 2016.

Einarsdóttir M: The execution of the EEA Agreement. Lagadagur, hosted by the Icelandic Lawyers Association, the Icelandic Bar Association and the Icelandic Judges Association, April 15, 2016.

Einarsdóttir M: I was invited by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to give a brief lecture in a round table discussion on EEA Challenges and constitutional framework, March 15, 2016.

2015 Einarsdóttir M: Functioning of the EEA Agreement. How is the Icelandic state doing? Conference hosted by Reykjavik University April 21, 2015.

2013 Einarsdóttir M: Advisory Opinions of the EFTA Court - real effects in the Icelandic legal system. Conference hosted by the University of Iceland on February 15, 2013.

2012 Einarsdóttir M: Advisory Opinions of the EFTA Court. Conference hosted by the EFTA Court and the University of Iceland on March 9, 2012 with the participation of the University of Akureyri, the University of Bifröst and the University of Reykjavík.

2011 Einarsdóttir M. Icesave, legal consequences of saying no. Conference hosted by Reykjavik University on March 17, 2011.

Organizer: 2019 Organizer (together with dr. Bjarni Már Magnússon) and moderator of the conference “The effect of the EFTA surveillance authority on the execution of the EEA Agreement the last 25 years” which was held Reykjavík University on the 1th of November, in collaboration with the EFTA Surveillance authority, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Delegation of the EU to Iceland.

Main organizer (together with dr. Bjarni Már Magnússon) of the conference “The EEA Agreement in 25 years”, which was held in Reykjavik University on the 6th of February, in collaboration with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Delegation of the EU to Iceland.

2016 I organized a seminar about the EEA Agreement in a conference hosted by the Icelandic Lawyers Association, the Icelandic Bar Association and the Icelandic Judges Association – Lagadagur- on April 15.

2013 Main organizer of the conference “Access to the EFTA Court”. Conference hosted by Reykjavik University on April 12, 2013 Four speakers participated, including Dr. Carl Baudenbacher president of the EFTA Court.

2012 Member of a organizer committee, appointed by the Icelandic Association of Lawyers for “Lagadagur” [The day of Law] which is a yearly conference for lawyers in Iceland organized by the Judges Association, the Bar Association and the Association of Lawyers. There were about 500 participants and over 30 speakers.

2011 Main organizer and moderator of the conference “Iceland´s application to the European Union. Conference hosted by Reykjavik University February 15, 2011. The key speaker was Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson, Ambassador and the Chief Negotiator with the European Union.

HONOURS AND GRANTS 2017 Grant from “the Research Fund” of the University of Iceland (1.000.000 ISK) to finance my PhD project: The execution of the EEA-Agreement.

2016 Grant from “the Research Fund” of the University of Iceland (1.000.000 ISK) to finance my PhD project: The execution of the EEA-Agreement.

2005 Chevening Scholarship of the British Council, awarded by the British Embassy in Iceland for study at the University of Cambridge.

1999 Nominated for the innovation award of the President of Iceland for a research project on the legal aspects of the European Economic Area agreement for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

1999 Grant from the Icelandic Student Innovation Fund.