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Article 1
Non-resident refers to all iridividuals and legal persons other than residents. Staff
members of fareign embassies in Iceland who are foreign nationals, and military
personnel serving in Iceland under the auspices of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organizatian shall also be regarded as non-residents. The same hall apply to
their dependents stayirrg in Iceland, wha are not Icelandic nationals.
Domestic currency refers ta Icelandic banknotes, coins, cheques and other
references to payment, drafts amd other orders for payment denominated in
Icelandic currency, commemorative coins, and gold, silver and other preciaus
mnetals, pravided they are used as currency in Iceland.
Foreign curreric:y refers to foreign bank notes, cuins, cheques and other
references ta payment, drafts and ather orders for payment denominated in
foreign currericy, commemtiarative coins,
and gald, silver and other precious metals, pravided they are used as currency iri
othier countries.
2. The service, for payment, of bringing together buyer and seller of currency.
Capital movements refer to the transfer or movement of capital between
countries in relation to:
2.the issue, sale or purchase of shares, debt instruments, drafts, unit shares in
mutual funds and other long-term and short-term securities, including factoring.
1.the issue, sale and purchase of debt instruments and drafts with an original
maturity of up to one year, and all other short-term securities;
2.the issue, sale or purchase of unit shares in mutual funds which invest in short-
term securities;
Furthermore, short-term capital movements shall include the import and export of
short-term securities and other analogous transactions.
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 6
Article 7
Safeguard Provisions
Article 8
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CHAPTER IV
Miscellaneous Provisions
Artic le 9
Article 10
Compilation of Economic Statistics, and Duty to Provide
Information
It is obligatory to provide the Central Bank of Iceland with any information it may
request concerning foreign currency transactions in order to fulfil its necessary
role in supervision and compilation of economic statistics. The bank may issue
further rules on the implementation of foreign currency transactions, such as the
obligation to register and notify about accounts held by residents with depositary
institutions in other countries, presentation of documents, general provision of
information including information on transactions taking place without the
intermediacy of parties holding operating licences as foreign currency transaction
intermediaries or so authorized by statute provisians or international agreements
to which Iceland is party, and the design of forms.
Article 11
Foreign Exchange Cooperation Coriunittee
Confidentiality
Article 13
Sanctions
Article 14
Entry Into Effect