#2026-407France-Cyprus Agreement on Evacuations from the Middle East
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This decree brings into force a France-Cyprus agreement that sets the framework for using Cyprus as a transit and reception point during crisis evacuations from the Middle East. It is designed for situations where France evacuates EU citizens, dependants, and in some cases third-country nationals for humanitarian or international-obligation reasons. The practical effect is operational rather than commercial: French forces, personnel, transport, and equipment can be received in Cyprus during evacuation missions. It matters mainly to government crisis teams, military and diplomatic services, transport operators involved in evacuations, and people who may be evacuated through Cyprus during a regional emergency.
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Key Changes
- Publishes and gives effect in France to the 2022 France-Cyprus evacuation cooperation agreement.
- Defines Cyprus as the host territory for French-led evacuation operations from the Middle East during crises.
- Sets the operational scope for evacuees, French personnel, transport, equipment, and crisis situations covered by the agreement.
Obligations
What this law requires
Use the territory of the Republic of Cyprus as the reception/transit location for evacuees, personnel, transport means and equipment of the sending Party during evacuation operations from the Middle East in a crisis situation.
Limit the scope of covered evacuees to EU citizens and their dependants, and to third-country nationals evacuated on the basis of the sending Party’s international obligations or humanitarian considerations.
Apply the agreement only to evacuation operations responding to an actual or potential crisis situation in the Middle East region as defined in the agreement.