Radiation Protection

The legislation on radiation protection and nuclear safety and security comprises of the Protection against Ionising Radiation and Nuclear and Radiological Safety and Security Law of 2018 and relevant sets of Regulations issued under the Law. This legislation is harmonised with the relevant European Acquis.

Moreover, the EURATOM Treaty and all relevant EU Decisions and Regulations apply directly in Cyprus.

In addition to the above legislation, Cyprus has ratified or signed the following international Conventions, Treaties, Agreements and Protocols (links to the ratifying laws):

• The Conventions on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency.
• The Convention on Nuclear Safety.
• The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and its Amendment.
• The Convention on the non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
• The Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.
• The Agreement between the European Community of Atomic Energy, the Member States that do not possess nuclear weapons and the International Atomic Energy Agency, in application of Annexes 1 and 4 of Article III of the Treaty for the non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and its Additional Protocol.
• The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• The International Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.

Further to the membership to IAEA (N.21/1965, N.49/1972, N.25/1988, N.27(III)/2011), Cyprus is also a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

For the import, export or placing feedings stuff, foodstuff and agricultural products on the market after the Chernobyl accident or following a nuclear/radiological accident, the relevant EURATOM Regulations apply. The relevant implementing regulations of the European Commission which have been issued after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, on 11 March 2011, as well as other relevant information, are available at the website of the European Commission.