Report from the Commission to the Council – Eighth report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) 866/2004 of 29 April 2004 and the situation resulting from its application covering the period 1 January until 31 December 2011

Council Regulation (EC) 866/2004 (the "Green Line Regulation") entered into force on 1 May 2004. It defines the terms under which provisions of EU law apply to the movement of persons, goods and services across the Line between the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the government does not exercise effective control and the areas in which it does. In order to ensure the effectiveness of these rules, their application has been extended to the boundary between these areas and the UK Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA).

This report covers the period 1 January – 31 December 2011. During the reporting period, the Commission did not propose any changes to the GLR but amended the implementing rules. The Commission has maintained a constructive dialogue with the relevant authorities of the Republic of Cyprus and the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) Administration at working level, on the implementation of the Regulation.

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)251: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:251:FIN

European Commission: SWD(2012)140: Technical annexes http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2012:0140:FIN:EN:PDF

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