A delegation from the EFTA Court, headed by the President of the Court, Páll Hreinsson, Judge Bernd Hammermann, and the Registrar of the Court, Ólafur Jóhannes Einarsson, visited the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg the 15^th of September 2022.

On 6 October 2022, President Robert Spano will give a speech at 16:30 on the subject of "The EEA Agreement, the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – A Multifaceted Relationship?"

Judgment in English in Case E-3/22 - EFTA Surveillance Authority v Iceland, delivered in open Court on 29 July 2022.

Judgment in English and in Icelandic in Case E-5/21 - Anna Bryndís Einarsdóttir v ríkissjóður Íslands, delivered in open Court on 29 July 2022.

Judgment in English and Norwegian in Case E-2/22 - A v Arbeids- og velferdsdirektoratet, delivered in open Court on 29 July 2022.

The EFTA Court has made a Decision on participation in oral hearings via video conference equipment. Following the experience of remote oral hearings during the Covid pandemic from early 2020, the Court decided to allow for a voluntary participation in oral hearings via video conference equipment in certain cases and under certain circumstances. The Decision is valid for two years and will be reviewed in 2024. It enters into force on 1 August 2022 and applies to all cases pending before the Court on that day.

Judgment in Case E-4/21 - SÝN hf. v EFTA Surveillance Authority, delivered in open Court on 1 June 2022.

The Report covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2021 and contains the decisions rendered during that period as well as an overview of other activities of the Court.