Of Chrysostom Chufi

The provision in the Ministry of Finance’s bill on the strengthening of the capital market, to delete municipal cleanliness and lighting of non -electrified real estate, had scattered relief smiles to thousands of property owners who were not faced with their debt.

But because the devil is hidden in the details, as soon as the stakeholders read the contents of the arrangement, the smiles “they froze“As they found that the arrangement was practically inappropriate. In a letter to the leaderships of the Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis and the leaderships of the relevant Ministries of Finance and the Internal Affairs, the Pan -Hellenic Federation of Property Owners, demanding its correction.

The…. But as the letter from the Federation states, “DEDDIE has completely interrupted the issuance of such certificates, not even accepts the citizens’ offices for the above reason, because all municipalities have been interconnected online with the DEDDIE database and see all of their services and services in real time. Not even the opportunity to visit DEDDIE’s offices (closing online appointments) to receive them! “

Therefore, property owners argue, this condition is irrational as it is impossible.

The relevant arrangement came to a breath to thousands of owners who considered it to ask for HEDNO The interruption of the electricity of their property was automatically informed by municipalities to stop charging municipal cleaning and lighting. The arrangement is also retroactive, that is, the application for deletion is done independently when the power outage has occurred.

If the relevant debts have been regulated, the outstanding balance is deleted at the request of the debtor to the municipality, but the provision stipulates that amounts of municipal fees already paid by the owners of non -electrified real estate is not sought and refunded.

The aim of the Ministry of Finance is for this regulation to operate as a bridge until the automated debt cessation process is completed by the Ministries of Digital Governance and Interior. With this process, as soon as the electricity of a property is stopped, automatically – without statements and applications – its owner will be exempt from the charge of municipal fees.