The PNP establishes for the first time a hearing of the Governor of the EYP by the Committee on Institutions and Transparency of the Parliament.
Additional safeguards that will strengthen the transparency of the National Intelligence Service, the Act of Legislative Content published on Tuesday evening, on the occasion of the case of monitoring the mobile phone of the president of PASOK – KINAL, Nikos Androulakis, foresees.
One of the most important changes is that the supervision of the EYP returns to two prosecutors and the approval of legal connections will require the signatures of both the EYP Prosecutor and the Appellate Prosecutor. It also establishes for the first time a hearing of the EYP Governor by the Institutions and Transparency Committee of the Parliament.
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Article one
Procedure for appointing the Commander of the National Intelligence Service
1. In para. 2 of article 9 of Law 3649/2008 (A’ 39), the second paragraph is updated with regard to the competent body, a third paragraph is added and para. 2 is formulated as follows: “2. The Governor is a transferable employee of the category of special positions with grade 1. Appointed and dismissed freely by decision of the competent member of the Government. The appointment is being made after the opinion of the competent committee of the Parliament, in accordance with the provisions of its Regulation.”.
2 The obligation to provide an opinion in accordance with par. 1 also applies to the employee upon publication of this Order. In the case of the first paragraph, the opinion is provided within a period of forty-five (45) days from the publication of this notice, otherwise the appointment is automatically revoked.
Article two
Order declassifying communications from the National Intelligence Service
At the end of paragraph (b) of paragraph 1 of article 5 of Law 3649/2008 (A’ 39) two paragraphs are added and paragraph (b) is formulated as follows:
“b. Acts, following an order of the public prosecutor in paragraph 3 hereof and in compliance with the provisions of Law 3115/2003, declassifying letters and telephone or other communications, as well as recording the activity of persons with special technical means and in particular with an audio and video device outside residence. This provision is submitted for approval within twenty-four (24) hours to the competent Appellate Prosecutor. The validity of the provision begins with the approval of the Prosecutor of Appeals.”.
Article three
Start of force
The validity of the present, which will be legally ratified according to par. 1 of article 44 of the Constitution, GAZETTE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GREEK REPUBLIC E August 9, 2022 ISSUE ONE No. Fillou 152 5343 5344 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE Issue A’ 152/09.08.2022 starts from its publication in the Government Gazette, unless otherwise specified in its individual provisions.
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