The Cyprus National Rural Network, in the framework of the implementation of its action plan, organizes informative lectures to advise those involved in the agricultural and food supply chain on issues related to the implementation of the Law on Unfair Commercial Practices.

The lectures will be held as follows:

• Tuesday 27 June 2023 at 19:00 – Arakapas Community Council Hall. For information and registration please contact 25874077 or 25874031.
• Wednesday 28 June 2023 at 10:00 – Training & Demonstration Center “Christos Hadjiantonis,” Paphos Government Farms, Achelia. For information and registration please contact 26804600 or 26322946 or 26804592 or 26804578.
• Wednesday 28 June 2023 at 18:00 – Cultural Center Hall of the Polis Chrysochous Municipality. For information and registration please contact 26322946 or 26321531.

The agendas of the lectures are attached below.

Informative lectures on the legislation regarding Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain

This is the weekly information bulletin, with comprehensive briefing in matters of direct and indirect taxation. Due to the pandemic, certain relevant government decisions are also included, where applicable. The links will be valid until 15/07/2023.

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1. Publication of Ministry of Finance announcement regarding the imposition of reduced VAT on the acquisition of a first home, (ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ 09/06/2023).
2. Publication of Tax Department announcement regarding the extension of the deadline for the submission of the Personal Income Declaration for the tax year 2022 (ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ 09/06/2023/1).
3. Publication of a new Direct Tax Order regarding the Extension of the Deadline for Submission of Individual Tax Returns and Payment of Tax Due for the Tax Year 2022, Κ.Δ.Π. 183/2023.
4. Publication of a new Direct Tax Order on the exemption from the obligation to submit a tax return for Natural Persons for the year 2023, Κ.Δ.Π. 184/2023.
5. Publication of an amending law regarding the Extraordinary Contribution for the Defence of the Republic Law of 2002, N. 40(I)/2023.

PDF – KEBE Tax Update to 090623

• ΣΔ(201) – Διέλευση δομικών υλικών (Cement-based tile adhesive) από τις μη ελεγχόμενες περιοχές από την Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία περιοχές στις ελεγχόμενες διαμέσου των εγκεκριμένων σημείων διέλευσης.
• ΣΔ(202) –  Διέλευση δομικών υλικών ( Ύαλος για δομική χρήση) από τις μη ελεγχόμενες περιοχές από την Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία στις ελεγχόμενες διαμέσου των εγκεκριμένων σημείων διέλευσης.

We would like to inform you that the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial is currently calling for applications for the EU initiative “Keys to Japan”.

Are you considering marketing a product or service in Japan? Do you need a professional market entry plan?

“Keys to Japan” is a European Commission-funded initiative, managed by the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, which offers a tailor-made detailed business plan for entering the Japanese market to two (2) European Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) selected through a competitive process and wishing to market their products or services in Japan.

Financial conditions for 2023/2024:
The plan worths €10,000: €9.000 are covered by the EU-Japan Centre, and €1.000 will be covered by the SME.

Who is eligible to apply?
Applicants must be citizens of an EU Member-State, working in a management position for a SME headquartered in the EU.

Applicants must be at least 20 years of age at the date of submission of the application form. Deadline for application: 3 July 2023 (h 17:30 Tokyo time)

For more information and for the online application form: tel +81 (0)3 6408 0281; e-mail: KeysToJapan@eu-japan.gr.jp
https://www.eu-japan.eu/market-entry-business-plan-support-keys-japan

PDF – KEYS TO JAPAN

The Department of Environment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, in an announcement, informs that in the context of its controls, it has detected in the market single-use products, which although declared to be biodegradable from sugar cane and free of plastic, according to the data provided by their production companies contain at least one polymer.

On the basis of the control, all producers and importers placing biodegradable single-use products on the market shall be invited to submit to the Department of Environment by Friday 14 July 2023 at the latest, laboratory analyses for each product by an independent accredited laboratory, expressly certifying that they do not contain any kind of polymer, including chemically modified natural polymers. This data should be sent to the email director@environment.moa.gov.cy.

The Department of Environment’s announcement referring to the EU guidelines on banning the supply and availability on the market of single-use plastic products is attached.
For more information, please contact the competent Officer of the Department of Environment, Ms. Natalia Georgiou-Tsiakalou, at telephone number 22408923.

PDF – Waste Law 2011-2022 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment