On 31 March 2021, the Cyprus official gazette published the law (Ν. 41(Ι)/2021, the Law) amending the Law on Administrative Cooperation in the field of Taxation (Law N. 205(I)/2012). The Law transposed the EU Council Directive 2011/16 referred to as DAC6 into domestic law. The Law entered into effect as of 1 January 2021. But it will have a retrospective effect for reportable cross-border arrangements concluded on or after 25 June 2018 provided that one of the prerequisite triggering events is fulfilled.
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