We set out below the most important decisions adopted in 2019 by the Commission for Protection of Competition.

On 13 July 2020 the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection announced that she will soon commence investigations on private companies in order to evaluate whether the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 is properly applied.

Our Associate Mr Christos Stroppos contributed to the Commercial Law Review as a co-author of a brief overview on the legal framework regulating the provision of electronic money services in the Republic of Cyprus.

The European Commission (Commission) published on 24 June 2020, just over two years of its entry into application, the first evaluation report on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

On 05/06/2020, the Parliament adopted the amendment of the Finance Leasing Law of 2016 (72(I)/2016) (the "Law") with 29 votes in favor, 14 against and 2 abstentions.