Insights
Insightful Perspectives with Meaningful Impact
Access of non EU bidders and goods to the Cyprus public procurement market
On 24 July 2019 the European Commission issued new guidelines geared towards access of third party nationals and corporations in the EU public procurement area, as part of a package of initiatives aiming to ensure - Read More...
Sovereign Immunity 2019 – Cyprus
Institutions are occasionally prohibited from suing sovereign governments without their consent on the basis of the soverign immunity doctrine. Harris Kyriakides LLC summarises the Cyprus position on the matter in the 2019 Sovereign Immunity edition - Read More...
Recent Important Rulings of the Administrative Court of Cyprus
A. Introduction Every organised society is governed by a set of rules of law, that its members are bound to follow. At the same time, given that our legal system follows the rules of common - Read More...
Register of corporate beneficial owners and other legal entities in the department of companies and official receiver
Article 30 of the 4th European Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering or terrorist financing requires Member States of the European Union - Read More...
Post GDPR: Cyprus Supreme Court directions on the Online Publication of Court decisions
A. Introduction Right after the new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into force, many debates were initiated regarding its limits and the proper way of its implementation. The GDPR provides a new set of - Read More...
ERA Competition
The Contest was organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA) and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) and it was the first of its kind. It was aimed towards trainees and - Read More...
Cyprus and United Kingdom signed a Tax Treaty on 22nd March 2018
Introduction On the 22nd of March 2018, Cyprus and United Kingdom entered into a Double Tax Treaty (‘DTT’) that enables both countries to expand their DTT network and strengthen their mutual economic and commercial relations. - Read More...
Cyprus firms up discussions with India on new Double Tax Treaty
On 29 June 2016, Cyprus successfully completed the negotiation on the Double Taxation Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income with India. - Read More...
Harris Kyriakides succeeds a record antitrust fine by the Cyprus Commission for the Protection of Competition against Daimler AG
The Commission for the Protection of Competition in Cyprus (Commission) has issued its decision on the CIC-Daimler AG case, imposing a record aggregate fine of €20.7 million on Cyprus Import Corporation Ltd and Daimler - Read More...
Cyprus Tender Review Authority issues new procedural framework
In the context of the Cyprus government’s overall policy to promote transparency and efficiency in the Cyprus public procurement process, the Cyprus Tenders Review Authority (TRA) has recently issued new procedural guidelines that are - Read More...
Cyprus public procurement thresholds revised
Earlier this month, Cyprus has implemented the provisions of the EU Regulation 1336/2013, amending Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the - Read More...
New EU proposals on damage claims related to violation of competition laws
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive on how citizens and companies can claim damages when they are victims of infringements of the EU antitrust rules, such as cartels and abuses - Read More...