The Economic Affairs and Trade Committee (
Icelandic: ''Efnahags- og viðskiptanefnd'') is a
standing committee
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization. A committee may not itself be considered to be a form of assembly or a decision-making body. Usually, an assembly o ...
of the
Icelandic parliament
The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (' thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what lat ...
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Jurisdiction
According to la
№ 55/1991, with later amendments all matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Economic Affairs and Trade Committee:
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Bank
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ing
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Tax
A tax is a mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on an individual or legal entity by a governmental organization to support government spending and public expenditures collectively or to regulate and reduce negative externalities. Tax co ...
ation
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Customs
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Members, 140th parliament
The main members have seats in the committees and attend the meetings. When they are unable to do so the substitute members temporarily take their place.
Main
Substitute
See also
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List of standing committees of the Icelandic parliament
The following is a list of standing committees of the Althing, Icelandic parliament.
See also
*List of Icelandic ministries
*Government agencies in Iceland
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Standing committees of the Icelandic parliament, ...
External links
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Standing committees of the Icelandic parliament
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