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EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE JUDGEMENT ON PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CYPRUS

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1503: tabled on 18 May 2009

Tabled in the 2008-09 session.

This motion has been signed by 22 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. The tabling Member has subsequently withdrawn this motion.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

This motion has subsequently been withdrawn by the tabling Member.

Motion text

That this House notes the judgement of the European Court of Justice that a judgement of a District Court in the Republic of Cyprus ordering the British occupiers of a property in the occupied north area of Cyprus to vacate the property and to pay various monetary amounts in compensation to the Greek Cypriot owner of the land is enforceable in all countries of the EU; expects the judgement to be enforced in the UK; welcomes this clarification of property rights in Cyprus; and calls on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to amend its website accordingly to clarify the legal liabilities which may be incurred by British citizens who buy or build on land in the occupied north of Cyprus to which the legal title belongs to absent Greek Cypriot refugees.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.