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EU to Bring North Cyprus Ports up to EU Standards

Posted on 2008-07-08 15:55:16


E.U. OFFICIALS will today carry out safety and security inspections at Tymbou (Ercan) airport as part of efforts to bring the north up to European standards, it was announced yesterday.

“The Commission is organising, in the framework of its TAIEX programme, two fact-finding missions in the field of transport to the northern part of Cyprus in late January and early February.

“The first mission will focus on safety and security aspects of ports, while the second will examine safety and security issues linked to aviation,” a press release from the EU Commission’s office in Nicosia said yesterday.

Speaking to the Cyprus Mail yesterday, head of the EU Commission’s Project Support Office in north Nicosia Alain Botherel said the inspections would take place tomorrow as part of efforts to upgrade the north’s infrastructure so that EU law could be applied “as and when” a solution to the Cyprus problem is achieved.

He said there was no link between the inspections and the EU Commission’s proposal for direct trade between the breakaway state and the EU.