Cyprus

Office of the Law Commissioner

Website of the Office of the Law Commissioner, in Cyprus. The English version of the site includes a large collection of Cypriot legislation translated into English (some of which is consolidated, but not necessarily completely up-to-date). The English-language site also provides the Index of Treaties of the Republic of Cyprus (1960 onwards), country reports submitted by Cyprus in connection with various human rights conventions and some information about the current Commissioner.

Epseme Ephemerida

Online version of Epseme Ephemerida tes Kypriakes Demokratias, the Cyprus Government Gazette (or Official Gazette), provided by the Cypriot Government Printing Office on the website of the Ministry of Finance. The Gazette publishes official notices, legislation, international agreements, decisions of the Council of Ministers and other documentation. It is available here from December 2004 onwards, in Greek (although some of the treaties – in Supplement 7 - are in English/other languages).

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Website of the Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Provides policy information, news and guidance. Includes a collection of documents relating to the Cyprus Question and lists of multilateral and bilateral treaties involving Cyprus (with citations to Supplement 7 to the Cyprus Official Gazette, or ‘COG’). The site is available in English and Greek.

Sovereign Base Areas Cyprus

The Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) of Cyprus are British overseas territories with their own administration and legal system. Almost all current SBA legislation is available on the SBA website via an index of legislation in force. There is also an index to repealed and revoked legislation, a list of multilateral treaties applicable to the SBA and a set of constitutional documents. There are descriptions of the court system and procedure, but no judgments are available.

Focus Business Services

Focus Business Services provides law, tax, accounting and other services for international clients. Cyprus double taxation treaties and Cypriot tax and companies legislation are available in English on its website, together with general tax and company information relating to Cyprus.

Cyprus Law Reports

The decisions of the Supreme Court of Cyprus are available on this site from 1976 to 2003, as published in the Cyprus Law Reports. The interface and many of the older reports are in English, but from about 1990 onwards the reports are in Greek. The resource is provided free by technology company NetVeil Ltd, as a demonstration of their capabilities.

World Law: Cyprus

Section of WorldLII's Countries service covering the Republic of Cyprus. The site offers links to Cypriot court websites and general information about the Republic. There is also a search facility. This section of WorldLII was developed from work initiated by Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

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