As regards Cyprus, Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 (35) provides for specific rules that apply to the line between the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control and those areas in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control. Under this Regulation, although that line does not constitute an external border, checks are to be carried out on all persons crossing the line through an authorised or unauthorised crossing point with the aim to combat illegal immigration of third-country nationals and to detect and prevent any security risk. It follows that the screening at the external border may also apply to third-country nationals who are apprehended in connection with an unauthorised crossing of that line and to those who have made an application for international protection at the authorised crossing points.
35. Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 of 29 April 2004 on a regime under Article 2 of Protocol 10 to the Act of Accession (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 128). ↩︎