European Union acquis communautaire suspension in northern Cyprus

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The European Union acquis communautaire suspension in northern Cyprus refers to the temporary non-application of EU law in the areas of Cyprus not under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus, pending a political settlement of the island’s division.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union legal regime ⓘ
derogation from EU law ⓘ
affects application of the EU acquis communautaire ⓘ
appliesToTerritory areas of the Republic of Cyprus not under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
northern part of Cyprus ⓘ
conditionForTermination comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem ⓘ
restoration of effective control of the Republic of Cyprus over the whole island ⓘ
doesNotAffect international recognition of the Republic of Cyprus as the only state of Cyprus ⓘ
doesNotConstitute recognition of any entity other than the Republic of Cyprus as a state under international law ⓘ
exception EU citizenship of Cypriot nationals residing in the north is recognized ⓘ
certain EU measures may be adopted to benefit the Turkish Cypriot community ⓘ
futureChangeDependsOn agreement between the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities ⓘ
futureChangeRequires decision of the Council of the European Union acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, under Protocol No 10 ⓘ
geopoliticalContext division of Cyprus following the events of 1974 ⓘ
implementedBy Council of the European Union ⓘ
European Council ⓘ
interpretationClarifiedBy Council conclusions on Cyprus ⓘ
linked to: Council conclusions

European Commission communications on Cyprus ⓘ
legalBasis Article 1(1) of Protocol No 10 to the 2003 Act of Accession ⓘ
Protocol No 10 on Cyprus to the 2003 Act of Accession ⓘ
legalCharacter territorial suspension of EU law ⓘ
linkedTo EU conflict resolution policy in Cyprus ⓘ
EU enlargement policy ⓘ
EU external relations with Turkey ⓘ
means EU primary and secondary law do not apply in the suspended areas ⓘ
monitoredBy European Commission ⓘ
politicalObjective facilitate the eventual integration of the whole island into the EU legal order after a settlement ⓘ
reason lack of effective control of the Republic of Cyprus government over the northern part of the island ⓘ
ongoing political division of Cyprus ⓘ
relatedInstrument Aid Regulation for the Turkish Cypriot community (Regulation (EC) No 389/2006) ⓘ
Green Line Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 866/2004) ⓘ
relatedIssue non-recognition of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus by the European Union ⓘ
relatedToEntity European Union ⓘ
Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot community ⓘ
linked to: Turkish Cypriots

United Nations settlement efforts on Cyprus ⓘ
relatedToTreaty 2003 Treaty of Accession of Cyprus to the European Union ⓘ
scope EU agricultural and fisheries policies do not apply in the suspended areas ⓘ
EU competition and state aid rules do not apply in the suspended areas ⓘ
EU customs rules do not apply in the suspended areas ⓘ
EU environmental acquis does not apply in the suspended areas ⓘ
EU judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters does not apply in the suspended areas ⓘ
Schengen acquis does not apply in the suspended areas ⓘ
linked to: Schengen acquis

all four freedoms of the internal market are suspended in the affected areas ⓘ
startDate 2004-05-01 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
temporalNature temporary ⓘ
territorialScopeDefinedBy line separating areas under effective control of the Republic of Cyprus from areas not under its control ⓘ

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Green Line (Cyprus) → relatedTo → European Union acquis communautaire suspension in northern Cyprus ⓘ
European Union acquis communautaire suspension in northern Cyprus → legalBasis → Protocol No 10 on Cyprus to the 2003 Act of Accession ⓘ
linked to: European Union acquis communautaire suspension in northern Cyprus