REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

CA 3-3

No 5872/0101/24.

Nicosia, 3ra November, 1961.

Mr. Chargé d'affaires,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your

letter No. 62, Vi dated 3rd November, 1961, concerning a proposal for the signing of an agreement for the abolition of visas and containing the following terms:- 1.

Citizens of the Republic of Cyprus shall be free tr

ravel from any place whatever to francerfor a perina ho exceeding three months without the necessity of obtaining a visa in advance provided that they are in possession of valia passports of the Republic of Cyprus.

place waterer to the Repube of careto 7ero exceeding three months wl thout the necessity of obtaining a visa in advance, provided that they are in possession of a valid French passport.

3. French citizens domiciled in Cyprus can leave the

Island and return there without a visa, provided that they are holders of a valid national passport. Citizens of the

Republic of Cyprus domiciled in France can leave France and return there without a visa, provided that they are holders of a valid national passport.

4.

Citizens of the Republic of Cyprus and French Citizens

may be granted on application to the competent authorities of each receiving country an extension of stay provided that the competent authorities have the right to refuse such an extension

If they think fit to do so.

5.

French Citizens and citizens of the Republic of Cyprus

can visit respectively Cyprus or France by virtue of a collective passport and return from these countries without visas. The duration of their stay cannot exceed 45 days. The present

Article applies exclusively to students, athletic teams, and

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ir. Robert Baudou hargé d'affaires ex of the Republic of France

Nicosia.
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tourists groupped by any official organisation, Persons not in possession of the nationality of the country which issues this kind of passport cannot take advantage of this provision, In the case of transit to a third country the return must take place within the period of 90 days following the date of the first entry of the group into France or Cyprus. The group-leader must carry a valid individual passport and a collective paseport, indicating the names, surnames and dates of birth of each member of the group.

Every member of the group must

be in possession of an official identity document (identity card, birth certificate, driving licence, students card, etc., with his own photograph). The number of persons travelling by virtue of the same collective passport cannot be less than five and not more than fifty. A copy of the passport is furnished by the organizer of the voyage before the departure of the group to a Consul in France or to a Consul in Cyprus for their information. All the persons inscribed on this document must travel together and must not separate during their stay in the country of the other party and must present themselves together at the frontier without leaving the country. If any of the passengers, for reasons independent of their will, (sickness, accident, etc.) cannot return to their countries with their group, the group-leader must in time apply for an individual passport from his Consul. Before leaving the country he must inform the local authorities of the reasons of the absence of any missing member.

6. Citizens of the Republic of Cypmis and French citizens who intend to stay for a period exceeding three months in the respective countries or those who intend to establish themselves in business profession or occupation or who want to take up residence in the respective countries must obtain a visa before departure from the competent authorities of the country where the persons interested reside.

7.

It is understood that the waiver of the visa requirement

does not excempt citizens of the Republic of Cyprus and French

Citizens going respectively to France and Cyprus from the necessity of complying with the laws and regulations of the

Republie of Cyprus and the French laws and regulations concerning the entry, residence (temporary or permanent) and employment or occupation of foreigners and that travellers who are unable to y satisfy the inmigration authorities that they comply with these law and regulations are liable to be refused leave to enter or to land.
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The competent authorities of each country reserve the

right to refuse leave to enter or stay in the country to persons considered undesirable and to expel them at any moment If they have already entered the country by virtue of the present Agreement to the country of their origin which 1s bound to accept then.

9.

Either Government may suspend the agreement temporarily

for reasons of publie order, and the suspension shall be notified immediately to tak

either Government through the diplomatic

channel.

10.

Either Government may denounce the agreement subject

to one month's notice.

11.

The present agreement shall enter into force on

15th December, 1961.

Further I wish to bringto your notice that the

Government of the Republic of Cyprus accept the above provisions a well as your proposal to the effect that your letter together with the present letter shall be considered as constituting an agreement between the two Governments.

Please accept, MI. Charge d'affaires, the assurances

of my highest consideration.

Гурманни

(Sp. Kyprianou)

Minister of Foreign Affairs.