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Cyprus signed the Council of Europe Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access. According to the minutes of the process-verbal of signature, "On the twenty-fifth of January 2002, at the seat of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Mr Christophoros Yiangou, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Council of Europe, signed, subject to ratification, the European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services, based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access (ETS 178), which was opened for signature by the Member States of the Council of...

On the 11 July 2001 the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus issued two Decisions regarding the list of "events of major importance to society" as envisaged by Art. 3a of the Directive 89/552/EEC as amended by Directive 97/36/EC. The Decision No. 53.992 therefore brings into force the obligation for private television stations to broadcast events of major importance on the basis of Art. 27A paragraph 3 "Laws concerning Private Radio and Television Stations 1998 to 2000" from 1 October 2001 while Decision no. 54.001 imposes similar obligations on the public service Cyprus Broadcasting...

During 2000, numerous efforts have been made in order to bring the legal order for the media of the Republic of Cyprus into line with European prerequisites. As far as private broadcasting is concerned, Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities had already been transposed by Law 7(I) of 29 January 1998 "consolidating and revising the Establishment, Installation and Operation of Radio and Television Stations". Furthermore, Law 7(I) had adopted certain...

On 15 September 1998 the European Parliament via the consultation procedure approved the European Commission's proposal for the decision of the Council of the European Union on the Participation of Cyprus in the MEDIA II Programme ( see IRIS 1998-7: 6). The Parliament gave its approval on condition that the European Commission amend the recital of the proposal among others regarding language confirming Cyprus' compliance with the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive (97/36/EEC, OJ L 202, 30 July1997, p.60).

In accordance with the pre-membership strategy laid down on the 12 June 1995 in the Council's resolution on the association between the European Union and Cyprus, the Commission put forward a proposal for the European Council's decision to approve the agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cyprus establishing co-operation in the audiovisual field, including Cyprus' participation in the Media II programme. The first clause of the said agreement, which is set to span the lifetime of the MEDIA II programme (until December 2000), stipulates that the Republic of Cyprus will participate...