Georgiadis: The bill for business parks in the Parliament within the week

Within the week, the bill for the business parks, as announced by the Minister of Development and Investments ‘Adonis Georgiades in the context of the two-day work of the 52nd general assembly of the General Confederation of Professional Craftsmen and Merchants of Greece (GSEVEE).

The minister in his greeting, among other things, referred to the strong intention of the government to continue the reforms, reiterated that this year our country is expected to achieve record investments, while underlining that “the government has changed the business landscape in the country and continues to undertake actions and changes every day”.

He noted that “only if the economic pie grows, SMEs will also win” and that “the pro-investment spirit needs cooperation with the market” while he reiterated that in October the new Competitiveness program (EPANEK) of the NSRF, with a budget of 700 million euros, starts for the energy saving of small and medium enterprises.

GSEVEE action planning

During the first day of work, the administrative and financial report of GSEVEE was carried out, while the president of GSEVEE George Kavvathas presented the 2022-2023 Action Planning of GSEVEE.

In his presentation, the president referred to two main axes. The first axis concerns those proposals that would result in the sustainable regulation of private debt. In this context, as he said, GSEVEE proposes a revision of the Bankruptcy Code, removal from the private debt of all fines and default interest that have been paid, deletion of part of the capital for the debt created during the pandemic and finally it is proposed to rejoin in the regulation of the 120 installments those who were unable to serve their installments during the pandemic period, while it is deemed necessary to expand and speed up the procedures of the extrajudicial mechanism for the regulation of the 240 installments.

The second axis concerns the strengthening of liquidity for small and very small businesses (directly and indirectly). In other words, it is proposed to institutionalize an unrestricted operating account for small and medium-sized businesses, the reduction of bank fees in electronic transactions, the complete and unconditional abolition of the pretense fee! the restoration of the tax-free limit for professionals, artisans and traders in the context of equality.

In the proposals referring to the access of small and medium-sized enterprises to sources of financing, it is proposed to institute a measure in the form of refundable advances as a permanent financing tool exclusively for small and very small enterprises (working capital), the activation of the Development Bank not as a Fund but as A bank in which the tax-free reserve could be deposited against non-transferable shares, limiting the short sale of the market and institutionalizing a special tax rate for excess profits.

For energy costs, it is proposed to limit cost increases such as Excise Tax, VAT on a range of goods and services, regulatory policies that focus on the distortions of energy markets and their removal, as well as calling on the Public Electricity Company to play an important role in shaping the prices and consumer protection.

Statement by G. Kavvathas

Mr. Kavvathas stated: “GSEVEE’s priority in the coming period will be to improve the position of small and very small businesses in the economy by limiting or removing all those obstacles that for years have condemned them to play a marginal role in an economy where oligopolies prevail”.

Awards

At the same time, as part of the work, a discussion was held by IME-GSEVEE on the topic “Small business: Its impact on the development of the economy” in which, in addition to the Minister of Development and Investments Adonis Georgiadis, the deputy head of the Economy and Development Department of K.O. . SYRIZA-PS Haris Mamoulakis, the Member of Parliament for Halkidiki, Head of Development and Investments of K.O. PASOK-KINAL Apostolos Panas, the member of K.E. of the KKE, head of the EBE department Thanasis Tzimas, and Kostas Daskas, coordinator of the K.E. DAY 25.

The speakers referred to the policies that must be followed in the direction of dealing with key problems that hinder their development, in some cases even their survival. The event concluded with the awarding of honors to trade union officials for their contribution to the trade union movement as well as to representatives of print and electronic media for highlighting the issues of small and medium entrepreneurship and the work of the confederation. Journalists were awarded: Evi Papadosifaki from the Athenian and Macedonian News Agency, Dimitra Manifava from the newspaper Kathimerini and the financial site Moneyreview.gr and Fanis Zois from the financial newspaper Nautemboriki.

Today, Sunday, September 25, 2022, the work of the assembly will be completed with the elections to appoint a new administration.

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