Federal Laws

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ANNEX III: FEDERAL LAWS

The attachments to this Annex shall be federal legislation upon entry into force of the Foundation Agreement, able to be amended in accordance with the Constitution.

ATTACHMENT 1:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE ANTHEM, FLAG, INSIGNIA AND HONOURS OF THE UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC

ATTACHMENT 2:
FEDERAL LAW ON CONDUCT OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

ATTACHMENT 3:
FEDERAL LAW ON CONDUCT OF EUROPEAN UNION RELATIONS

Law 1: Federal Law on Conduct of European Union Relations
Law 2: Federal Law on the Application of Certain Federal Laws Transposing the European Union Acquis

ATTACHMENT 4:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO

ATTACHMENT 5:
FEDERAL LAWS ON ALIENS, IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM

Law 1: Federal Law on Aliens and Immigration
Law 2: Federal Law on the International Protection of Aliens and the Implementation of the 1951 Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
Law 3: Federal Law on the Freedom of Movement and Residence of European Union Citizens and Members of their Families
Law 4: Federal Law on the Extradition of Fugitives
Law 5: Federal Law on the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures between Member States of the European Union

ATTACHMENT 6:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE CENTRAL BANK OF CYPRUS

ATTACHMENT 7:
FEDERAL LAW ON VALUE-ADDED TAX

ATTACHMENT 8:
FEDERAL LAWS ON THE BUDGET

ATTACHMENT 9:
FEDERAL LAWS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

Law 1: Federal Law on Trade
Law 2: Federal Law on Customs Code
Law 3: Federal Law on Excise Duties
Law 4: Federal Law on Mutual Assistance for the Recovery of Claims Relating to Certain Levies, Duties, Taxes and other Measures (and Regulations)

ATTACHMENT 10:
FEDERAL LAW ON CIVIL AVIATION AND AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT

ATTACHMENT 11:
FEDERAL LAWS ON INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION, TERRITORIAL WATERS, AND CONTINENTAL SHELF

Law 1: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships, Sales and Mortgages)
Law 1A: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Directorate of Maritime Affairs)
Law 2: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Masters and Seamen)
Law 3: Federal Law on Cyprus Ships (Prohibition of Certain Transportations)
Law 4: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Fees and Taxing Provisions) Federal Law on High Speed Small Vessels
Law 5: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping)
Law 6: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Criminal and Disciplinary Liability of Seafarers, Suspension or Cancellation of Certificates)
Law 7: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination of Seafarers and Issue of Medical Fitness Certificates)
Law 8: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Registration of Seafarers and Seafarers Register)
Law 9: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Issue and Recognition of Certificates and Marine Training)
Law 10: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Recognition and Authorisation of Organisations)
Law 11: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Port State Control)
Law 12: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment)
Law 13: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Harmonised Safety Regime for Fishing Vessels of 24 Metres and over)
Law 14: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Registration of Persons Sailing on Board Passenger Ships)
Law 15: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Safety Rules and Standards for Passenger Ships)
Law 16: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Surveys for the Safe Operation of Regular Ro-Ro Ferry and High-Speed Passenger Craft Services)
Law 17: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Minimum Safety and Health Requirements for Work on Board Cyprus Fishing Vessels)
Law 18: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Minimum Requirements for Medical Treatment on Board Vessels)
Law 19: Federal Law on Cyprus Admiralty Jurisdiction
Law 20: Federal Law on Emergency Powers (Control of Small Vessels)
Law 21: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Safety of Non Conventions Ships)
Law 22: Federal Law on the Carriage of Goods by Sea
Law 23: Federal Law on Wrecks
Law 24: Federal Law on Shipwrecked Passengers
Law 25: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention on Load Lines
Law 26: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention for the International Maritime Organisation
Law 27: Federal Law on the Implementation of the Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions At Sea, 1972, as amended
Law 28: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
Law 29: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
Law 30: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969
Law 31: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning the Unity Of State Ships
Law 32: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969
Law 33: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea from Ships
Law 34: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage
Law 35: Federal Law on the Implementation of the Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement
Law 36: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Dumping of Waste and other Matters
Law 37: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning Civil Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision of Ships
Law 38: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention for Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision or other Incidents of Navigation
Law 39: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention for the Maritime Search and Rescue
Law 40: Federal Law on the Implementation of the Convention fixing the Minimum Age for the Admission of Children to Employment at Sea
Law 41: Federal Law on the Implementation of the Convention concerning the Repatriation of Seamen
Law 42: Federal Law on the Implementation of the Convention of the International Labour Organisation No. 147 Concerning Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards)
Law 43: Federal Law on the Implementation of the Convention concerning Crew Accommodation on Board Ships
Law 44: Federal Law on the Implementation of the International Convention of Safe Containers
Law 45: Federal Law on the Implementation of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
Law 46: Federal Law on the Maritime Areas of Cyprus
Law 47: Federal Law on the Continental Shelf of Cyprus
Law 48: Federal Law on Merchant Shipping (Organisation of Working Time of Seafarers)

ATTACHMENT 12:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE NATURAL WATER RESOURCES OF THE UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC, FOR EQUITABLE SHARING OF THESE RESOURCES BETWEEN THE CONSTITUENT STATES AND FOR PURPOSES CONNECTED THEREWITH

ATTACHMENT 13:
FEDERAL LAW ON NATURAL RESOURCES

Law 1: Federal Law on the Prospecting, Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons
Law 2: Federal Law on Mines and Quarries

ATTACHMENT 14:
FEDERAL LAWS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF FEDERAL LAWS

Law 1: Federal Law on the Issuing of Regulations
Law 2: Federal Law on Implementation of Federal Laws by Constituent State Authorities

ATTACHMENT 15:
FEDERAL LAWS ON COMMUNICATIONS

Law 1: Federal Law on the Legislative Framework governing the Radio communications sector

Law 2: Federal Law on the Regulation of Electronic Communication and Postal Services

ATTACHMENT 16:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CYPRUS AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS FUNCTIONS AND FOR PURPOSES CONNECTED THEREWITH

ATTACHMENT 17:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BASED ON THE METRIC SYSTEM AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO

ATTACHMENT 18:
FEDERAL LAWS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Law 1: Federal Law on the Legal Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
Law 2: Federal Law on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products
Law 3: Federal Law on Trade Marks
Law 4: Federal Law on Patent
Law 5: Federal Law on the Legal Protection of Industrial Designs and Models
Law 6: Federal Law on the Registration and Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin of Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs
Law 7: Federal Law on the Control of Movement of Goods which Infringe Intellectual Property Rights

ATTACHMENT 19:
FEDERAL LAWS ON ANTIQUITIES

Law 1: Federal Law on Antiquities
Law 2: Federal Law on the Return of Cultural Objects
Law 3: Federal Law on the Export of Cultural Objects

ATTACHMENT 20:
FEDERAL LAWS ON ELECTIONS

Law 1: Federal Law on the Members of Parliament (Senate and the Chamber of Deputies) (Transitional Provisions)
Law 2: Federal Law on the Members of Parliament (Senate and the Chamber of Deputies)
Law 3: Federal Law on Elections to the European Parliament

ATTACHMENT 21:
FEDERAL LAW ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMMUNITIES AND EXEMPTIONS

ATTACHMENT 22:
FEDERAL LAWS ON ADMINISTRATION

Law 1: Federal Law on the Functioning of the Public Service Commission, for the Appointment, Promotion and Retirement of Public Officers, and for Conditions of Service, Disciplinary Proceedings and other Matters relating to the Public Service
Law 2: Federal Law on Pensions

ATTACHMENT 23:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE UNITED CYPRUS REPUBLIC

ATTACHMENT 24:
FEDERAL LAW ON FEDERAL POLICE AND JOINT INVESTIGATION AGENCY

Law 1: Federal Law on the organization, discipline, powers and duties of the Federal Police and for matters incidental thereto
Law 2: Federal Law on Joint Investigation Agency

ATTACHMENT 25:
FEDERAL LAW ON LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE AND ON PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION

ATTACHMENT 26:
FEDERAL LAWS ON ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Law 1: Federal Law on Adminstration of Justice
Law 2: Federal Law on Civil Procedure
Law 3: Federal Law on Criminal Procedure
Law 4: Federal Law on Evidence

ATTACHMENT 27:
FEDERAL LAW ON FEDERAL OFFENCES

Law 1: Federal Law on Terrorism
Law 2: Federal Law on Drug Trafficking
Law 3: Federal Law on the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering
Law 4: Federal Law on the General Principles of Criminal Law
Law 5: Federal Law on Organised Crime

ATTACHMENT 28:
FEDERAL LAW ON IMPEACHMENT

ATTACHMENT 29:
FEDERAL LAWS ON THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS

Law 1: Federal Law on the Award of Public Contracts (Supply, Works and Services)
Law 2: Federal Law on the Award of Public Contracts (Supply, Works and Services) of Entities Operating in the Water, Energy, Transport and Telecommunications Sectors and for Other Related Matters

ATTACHMENT 30:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

ATTACHMENT 31:
FEDERAL LAWS ON REGULATION OF CAPITAL MARKETS

Law 1: Federal Law on Insider Dealing, Market Manipulation (Market Abuse) and Related Issues
Law 2: Federal Law on Prospectus to be Published when Securities are Offered to the Public or Admitted to Trading in a Regulated Market
Law 3: Federal Law on the Operation of Investment Advisory Firms, and other Related Issues
Law 4: Federal Law on Public Offering for the acquisition or purchase of securities and mergers of listed companies
Law 5: Federal Law on the Control of Concentrations between Undertakings
Law 6: Federal Law on Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Law 7: Federal Law on Settlement Finality in Payment Systems and Security Settlement Systems
Law 8: Federal Law on Investment Firms
Law 9: Federal Law on the Open-ended Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) and Related Issues

ATTACHMENT 32:
FEDERAL LAWS ON REGULATION OF INSURANCE MARKETS

ATTACHMENT 33:
FEDERAL LAWS ON BANKING

ATTACHMENT 34:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE CONTROL OF CONCENTRATIONS BETWEEN UNDERTAKINGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF EFFECTIVE COMPETITION

ATTACHMENT 35:
FEDERAL LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF COMPETITION


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