Getting a product onto the shelf
Does permission to cross the Green Line translate into access to customers?
What the documents show
In an undated published account, KTTO president Turgay Deniz describes pressure on buyers of Turkish Cypriot products. This is the chamber’s attributed account. Separately, the Commission’s report for 2025 records traders reporting difficulties stocking and advertising products in government-controlled areas.
What the evidence still needs to answer
Which refusals concern safety certification, commercial choices or community-based pressure? Documented reasons are needed to distinguish them.
Related assessments
Sources
- KTTO: account of barriers to Green Line tradeB — institutional / reportedThe chamber’s own account of market barriers. Publication date not stated.Statement attributed to chamber president Turgay Deniz; the page states no publication datehttps://www.ktto.net/deniz-yesil-hat-ticareti-…https://www.ktto.net/deniz-yesil-hat-ticareti-devede-kulak-dahi-degil-tuy-2/
- Twenty-second Green Line Regulation report, COM(2026) 324 final (covering 2025)A — primary / documentaryThe European Commission's twenty-second annual report to the Council on implementation of the Green Line Regulation, COM(2026) 324 final.Twenty-second report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004, COM(2026) 324 final, 30 June 2026, covering 1 January-31 December 2025https://commission.europa.eu/document/download…https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/7e0f3950-fcfa-49a1-913c-fe6ce245141f_en?filename=COM_2026_324_1_EN_ACT_part1_v4.pdf