Packet reforms With the aim of modernizing and simplifying basic procedures in the operation of sectors of economic activity under the supervision of the State, the Ministry of National Economy and Finance is promoted.

These are three bills to be tabled by the Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakis in the House in the summer and will be related to the operation of the Customs, the incorporation into national law of the new European fiscal regulation as well as the status of bequests and hereditary schools.

The first bill will concern the complete revision of the Customs Code with the main aim of modernizing through the digitization of all procedures for dealing with bureaucracy. Promoted changes will simplify the processes of transactions for both citizens and businesses. The main focus of the interventions will be the introduction of a digital platform and the abolition of handwritten documents in all transactions. The new provisions will incorporate all European guidelines into the national system and are estimated to drastically limit bureaucracy and delays in handling transactions between public and traders.

The second bill will concern the incorporation of new budgetary rules into national law. According to the new European regulations, the fiscal supervision of Member States now focuses on the rate of increase in net primary expenses and not on primary surpluses. Since this increase on an annual basis is lower than the limit set by the Commission for each country, a budgetary space for positive sign interventions will be released. For Greece, the threshold for increasing primary spending for 2026 is set at 3.6%. The bill will also incorporate the escape clause for equipment expenditure, which for our country creates an additional fiscal space of 600 million euros which can be exploited in 2026. Based on the new rules and powerful financial results of 2024 and 2025, the financial staff will be appointed to the financial staff for the new financial staff. They will be announced in September at the TIF by the Prime Minister.

The third bill will relate to the reform of the rules relating to the donations to the State, the bequests and the school legacies. Centrally targeting the new bill will be to accelerate the procedures for accepting and liquidation of the inheritance and to exploit the inactive assets that exist today as another additional means of resolving the housing problem. To this end, it will be provided for the creation of a national register of benefactors and donors as part of the operation of an electronic platform to ensure transparency, determination of uniform and faster processes and the reduction of bureaucracy. It is estimated that today there are 4,500 active school legacies that will be monitored through the digital platform. The bill will also provide for tax incentives with the aim of strengthening institutions and public donations.