Episimi Efimerida tis Dimokratias tis Kyprou
Official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus
Published by: Typografio tis Kypriakis Dimokratias
(Printing Office of the Republic of Cyprus)
Solomou Solomou 30, 2037 Strovolos (Location)
1445 Nicosia (Postal/Mail Code)
Cyprus
Tel. +357 22405800
Fax +357 22303175
E-mail: cdemetriades@gpo.mof.gov.cy
Website: http://www.mof.gov.cy/gpo
Official journal / legal gazette
In Cyprus there is a single publication containing legislation as well as legal notices and other official texts (official gazette);see point 1.2 for details.
First edition
5 November 1878
First online edition
June 2003
Paper edition
Epissimi Efimerida tis Dimokratias tis Kyprou Price
EUR 598/year Legally binding Available by demand
Online edition
http://www.mof.gov.cy Available texts
From 2004 (PDF) Access and price
Free Legally binding
The Episimi Efimerida contains one main part (with information on miscellaneous items, offers, appointments, scholarships, exams, etc.) and several annexes, divided into the following sections:
Annex I: Part I (general legislation); Part II (budgets); Part III (international agreements)
Annex II: Part I (regulations), Part II (decisions of the High Court)
Annex III: Part I (regulatory administrative acts), Part II (personal administrative acts)
Annex IV: Part I (ministerial council decisions), Part II (House of Parliament decisions)
Annex V: Part I (general and limited partnerships), Part II (trademarks, patents, industrial designs, designations of origin), Part III (document reception)
Annex VI (draft legislation)
Annex VII (international agreements)
Annex VIII (schemes of service)
Legal
basis
Article 52 of the Constitution and Article 43 of the Interpretation Law, Chapter 1, are the legal basis for the publication of legislation in Cyprus.
Legally binding
Paper and Electronic Edition
Financing
The budget of the Government Printing Office is included in the government’s main budget. The office itself earns a considerable income from selling publications as well as from various other services — income which is transferred to the State budget.
The authenticity of the electronic and published text is validated by law.
Archiving
The Government Printing Office is responsible for archiving. The online publisher (Netveil Ltd) makes older texts available. There are legal provisions for archiving the electronic editions of legislation/electronic official texts in general.
The legislation is drafted in the government departments by ministerial staff and verified by the Legal Office.
To process the texts, the Printing Office of the Republic of Cyprus uses Quark Express, Ready, Set, Go and Freehand (Macintosh PCs).
The same system applies for primary and secondary legislation.
Workflow
As there is no single integrated electronic workflow system, the transmission takes place on paper, CD and electronically.
Publishing
Staff of the Printing Office of the Republic of Cyprus take care of proofreading and editing.
Once a text is received by the publishing workflow, it takes an hour for publication.
Both the paper and electronic editions of the Episimi Efimerida are derived from the same final text file. They are published concurrently.
