Label requirements · Cyprus
Cyprus label requirements — check your label
What a label sold in Cyprus must carry for food and drinks, other consumer goods, medical devices, item by item, each with the law it comes from. Paste your label below: Drict shows what it found, on which line, and what is missing.
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Drict looks for the items each label law names, by key words. It is not legal advice and does not say a label is compliant: read the official text, and ask the authority or a specialist before you print.
Food and drinks — what a Cyprus label must show
6 mandatory · 4 only if it applies
Mandatory
- Net quantity (καθαρο βαρος / καθαρη ποσοτητα) — (EU) 1169/2011
- List of ingredients (συστατικα / ingredients) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Expiry date (αναλωση κατα προτιμηση / αναλωση εως) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (παρασκευαστης / παραγεται) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Batch number (παρτιδα / lot) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Nutrition information (διατροφικη δηλωση / διατροφικη αξια) — (EU) 1169/2011
Only if it applies
- Allergens (αλλεργιογονα / περιεχει) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Storage conditions (διατηρειτε / φυλασσεται) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Origin (χωρα προελευσης / προελευση) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Directions for use (οδηγιες χρησης / τροπος χρησης) — (EU) 1169/2011
Language: No Greek found — labels sold in Cyprus must be in Greek (Cyprus food law under FIC Article 15).
Check by eye: Name of the food: check it yourself — in Greek; English may be added beside it.
Other consumer goods — what a Cyprus label must show
1 mandatory · 5 only if it applies
Mandatory
- Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (παρασκευαστης / παραγεται) — (EU) 1169/2011
Only if it applies
- Net quantity (καθαρο βαρος / καθαρη ποσοτητα) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Origin (χωρα προελευσης / προελευση) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Directions for use (οδηγιες χρησης / τροπος χρησης) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Warnings (προσοχη / προειδοποιηση) — (EU) 1169/2011
- Name and address of the importer (εισαγωγεας / εισαγεται) — (EU) 1169/2011
Language: No Greek found — labels sold in Cyprus must be in Greek (Cyprus food law under FIC Article 15).
Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in the languages the law requires. Safety symbols, logos and certification marks are images — they cannot be found as text.
Medical devices — what a Cyprus label must show
5 mandatory · 6 only if it applies
Mandatory
- Manufacturer’s name and registered address — MDR Annex I 23.2(c)
- Lot number (LOT) or serial number (SN) — MDR Annex I 23.2(g)
- UDI carrier — MDR Annex I 23.2(h), Art. 27
- Use-by date, or the date of manufacture when there is none — MDR Annex I 23.2(i)(j)
- The indication that it is a medical device (“MD”) — MDR Annex I 23.2(q)
Only if it applies
- Authorised representative in the EU (“EC REP”), if the manufacturer is outside the Union — MDR Annex I 23.2(d)
- Importer’s name and address, for an imported device — MDR Art. 13(3)
- Sterile state and method of sterilisation — MDR Annex I 23.2(l)
- Special storage or handling conditions — MDR Annex I 23.2(k)
- Warnings and precautions to bring to the user’s attention — MDR Annex I 23.2(m)
- Single use (“Do not re-use”) — MDR Annex I 23.2(n)
Language: No Greek found — devices sold in Cyprus are labelled in Greek (MDR Art. 10(11)).
Check by eye: The device’s name and what it is for (23.2(a)(b)); the CE marking, with the notified body’s four-digit number where one was involved (Art. 20); ISO 15223-1 symbols (factory, LOT, SN, hourglass, MD, EC REP, STERILE, do not re-use) are pictures — Drict reads only words, so a symbol used alone shows as not found.
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- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China
- European Union (other member states) + medical devices
- France + medical devices
- Georgia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Israel
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- Saudi Arabia · UAE
- Singapore
- South Korea + medical devices
- Spain + medical devices
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- United Kingdom + medical devices
- United States + medical devices
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam