The Commission has today sent a reasoned opinion to Cyprus (INFR(2022)0039) for failing to notify the measures for the transposition into national law of Council Directive 2021/1159 laying down the temporary VAT exemptions on imports and on certain supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Directive is providing temporary measures that aim to help with the sanitary crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Member States should have adopted and published the necessary national provisions by 31 December 2021.
In January 2022, the Commission sent a letter of formal notice to eight Member States including Cyprus on the matter. To date, Cyprus notified no transposition measures to the Commission. Cyprus has now two months to respond and take the necessary measures after which the Commission may decide to refer the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Source ec.europa.eu
