Complaints about arbitrariness and illegalities on the beaches of the country, already made at the Treasury at the July doorstep, exceeds 3,000.

More specifically, according to ERT, in June they were already submitted 2.667 anonymous and branded complaintswhich were added to about 300 that had arrived at the Treasury in May.

More than half of the complaints have already been checked and imposed in some cases in some cases exceeding 60,000 euros.

The blocking public access of the public to the sea, the seaside and the beach draws “bells” from 2,000 euros to 60,000 euros, while the obstruction of the audit project of any body, 10,000 euros. A fine of EUR 1,000 falls to fail to post the plate with the concession details.

In the Audit mechanism arsenal and drones

Until now the checks- autopsies They are made by conventional means, that is, by scales with tapes and with the concessions per hand, to determine whether the terms are complied with. However, heading toward August, will be recruited and drones For supervision and aerial photography of beaches either preventive or after complaints.

According to competent sources, the Mycoast application, which is running “by the Ministry of Digital Governance, has become a valuable” tool “for both audit services and citizens.

In any case, the high rates of offenses of last summer, as well as extreme cases of arbitrariness, are not repeated so far.

On the one hand, the “bitter” fines and direct controls and on the other the best tendering process have improved the situation as a whole.

The details of the RPE shows that 10,565 concessions were made, of which 982 this year.

Of the total complaints, most (1,568) relate to arbitrary beach coverage, while another 441 are related to the obstruction of free access.

Of particular interest is the geographical distribution of the June complaints, when people began to flood the beaches.

First in violations for the beaches of East Attica and Halkidiki

The “map” of violations shows: Aitoloakarnania: 33. East Attica: 396, 106 of which in the Saronic Gulf. Andros: 10. Argolida: 17. Arcadia: 4. Achaia: 51. Boeotia: 1. West Attica: 9. Evros: 16. Evia: 72. 79. Cephalonia: 17. Corinth: 101 of which 52 in the area of ​​Kiato. Kos: 24. Laconia: 9. Larissa: 25. Lasithi: 15. Lesvos: 13. Lefkada: 37. Lemnos: 8. Magnesia: 189. Messinia: 62. Milos: 13. Mykonos: 33. Naxos: 20. Argosaronikou: 39. Preveza: 133. Rethymnon: 16. Rhodope: 9. Rhodes: 164.

The penalties

Regarding the application of penalties, in the event of a seaside and beach, without a concession or concession contract, the Real Estate Agency shall issue an act of immediate removal. This act is ordered to remove within 48 hours of the mobile elements placed on the seaside and the beach, regardless of the time at which the arbitrary occupation was made. In the event of illegal construction of projects on the seashore or the beach, these projects are demolished.

In addition, in the event of an economic activity on a seashore or beach that has been occupied without a concession contract (eg beach bar), the Real Estate Service or the relevant Municipality, together with the act of immediate removal, issues a sealing and interruption order of the business in the area occupied and within 24 hours. Speech, as well as the ban on entry into the sealed space, at least in Greek and English.

At the level of fines:

  • *Arbitrary project construction or configuration on a seashore or beach, implies a fine of four times the exchange, which is multiplied by the number of years and up to five years, since the arbitrary construction has been erected or the arbitrary configuration and exclusion of the infringement by each procedure. The fine is imposed beyond the urban fines imposed by the competent authorities.
  • *Arbitrary occupation of a seashore or beach without a concession contract, lures a fine of four times the exchange that would correspond to the occupied extent and exclusion of the offender from any seashore and beach concession procedure for five years after the imposition of the sanction. In the event of a second infringement, if the occupation has been made by operating a beautiful operation, its operation is suspended for ten days, its cash machine is sealed by AADE decision and the offender is excluded from any seashore and beach concession procedure for ten years after the imposition of the sanction.
  • *Occupation of a seashore or beach in excess of the concession contract, a fine of four times the exchange, as it appears on the basis of the mathematical formula, for the extent not covered by a valid concession contract. If exceeding more than 30% of the grade granted, in the event of a second infringement, the offender is excluded from each seashore and beach concession procedure for five years after the sanction is imposed. In the event of a third exceeding rate of more than 30%, the offender is excluded from any seashore and beach concession process for ten years after the imposition of the sanction, the operation of the business is suspended for ten days and the business cash machine is sealed by a decision of the AADE.