Country Profile: Cyprus

AuthorNaldini, Andrea; Pompili, Marco; Peruccacci, Eleonora
Pages112-117
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4.COUNTRY PROFI LE: CYPRUS
4. 1. Sect ion 1-National rules fort he evaluat ion of State aidschemes
4.1.1.Obligation or lack ther eof to evaluate
I n Cyp rus t here are no provi sions for a ge neral obl igat ion to eval uate all public policies,
but, in m any cases, ev aluations do t ake place, par tly following specific po licy initi atives
(e.g. educat ional policy) , part ly following the ESIF obligations and the monitoring and
evaluation mechanism developed in the context of the Economic Adjustment
Programme105.
There are no prov isions for the ex-post ev aluat ion of State aid. The national legislation
only foresees the obligation to carry out an ex-ante compatibilit y assessment of State
aidschemes based on Laws 30(I)/2001, 122(I)/2001, 139(I)/2002, 10(I)/2003,
80(I)/ 2003, 14 4(I )/ 20 04, 177(I )/2005, 9( I) /2007, 82(I )/ 20 07, 108(I) /2009.
4.1.2.Procedu res to en force the o bligation
Under the above-mentioned legislation each Competent Authority is obliged to notify
any State aidmeasure to the Commissioner for State aidControl (see below) for
app ro val or opi nio n a s ap pro pri ate , w hil e i f n ecessa ry , it s hou ld a lso not ify t he Euro pean
Commission aboutthe measure. No State aidmeasure may enter into force in the
country without previous approval by the Commissioner for State aidControl or the
European Com mission .
I n t he case th at th e Com mi ssion er beco mes awa re, fo llow ing a c omp lain t or inf orm at ion
fromany person, that a State aidmeasure has entered into force without his/her
approval or opinion or without previous notification of the measure to the European
Commission, she/ h emay, by a duly substantiated decision published in the Official
Gazette of the Republic, order the suspension of the measure, the term ination of the
unlawfulness and the recovery of any grants received in breach of the Law plus the
law ful in terest . Also,t he Comm issioner for State aidCont rol has th e regulat ory contr ol
ov er t he effecti ve imp lem entation of th e de cision s of t he Europ ean Com mission , in case
recovering unlawf ul State aidis needed.
4.2.Section 2- Nat ional auth orities responsible for the evaluat ion of State aid
4.2.1.Nat ional organ isation for State aid
In Cyprus there are two authorities Responsible for State aid. In both cases the
authorities are creat ed to respond to compliance assessm ent s:
The Office of t he Commissioner forSt ate aidControl ( Cent ralised)
The Directorate General forEuropean Programmes, Coordination and
105In May 20 13, an Econom ic Ad jus tm ent Progr amm e w as ag reed bet wee n t he Eur ope an Com mi ssion, t he
European Cent ral Bank (ECB), the I nter natio nal Monet ary Fund (IMF) and the Republic of Cyp rus, aiming
to add ress t he financi al, f iscal and stru ctur al ch allen ges f acing th e econ omy and allo w Cyp rus to r etu rn t o
a sustainable growth path. It covers the period 2013- 2016. The financial package will cover up to €10
billion, including €1 billion from the IMF. The key objectives and measures of the Programm e were laid
do wn in a Mem or and um of Un der stan din g ( MoU) w ith th e Eur opea n Com m ission (o n b ehal f of th e Eur opea n
Stability Mechanism - ESM) and a Mem orandum Of Econom ic and Finan cial Policies (MEFP) with t he I MF.
The rev iew of t he im plem en tat ion of t he Progr am me fo llow s a st anda rd pr ocedu re th at t akes pla ce q uart erly
and is applicable to the Member States which are subject to similar programs.
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