Following the introduction of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the cabinet, as announced by government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis, the following were held during the meeting:

Minister of Development Panagiotis Theodorikakos and Deputy Minister Anna Mani Papadimitriou presented to the Council of Ministers the legislative initiatives of the Ministry of Development:

a) Development law and legislative improvements:

The implementation of the development law gives priority to industry and processing, and in particular to larger investments in areas of the country that are border and with a lower regional income-average of Greece.

The approval of investment projects are simplified and accelerated. In the border areas, in particular, the creation of jobs, to strengthen cities, towns and villages near the border.

It is created for the large investment guarantee fund with the European Investment Bank and the guarantee of the Greek state, for large investments of over 15m euros.

The sign of development law is: reduction of inequalities, enhancing industry, innovation, new technologies and jobs in the region and border areas.

The reform of the development law contributes to the productive reconstruction of the economy and to enhance its competitiveness.

b) Quality Policy Reform:

The proposal to redesign and upgrade quality policy in Greece is a necessary reform for Greece to approach the average European level in quality policies.

It is a prerequisite for improving the competitiveness of businesses and the economy as well as the quality of products and services provided to citizens and their safety.

The intervention is about addressing three critical issues:

The intergovernmental upgrading of quality policies.

Enhancement of transparency and control of procedures provided to ensure quality level

The strengthening of the competent state quality structures and to upgrade to the required European operation framework.

(c) Reform of the processes of establishing, expanding and modernizing manufacturing activities in the Attica Region.

The proposed reform aims to enhance sustainable growth and rejuvenate the industrial sector of the Attica Region. Attica, where 35% of the country’s population is only 2.5% of its total area, faces particular challenges for reforming procedures as applicable law (Law 3325/2005) does not respond to technological developments and to Market demands and the licensing procedures to date have discouraged new investments and in particular the upgrading of existing ones. Adapting the institutional framework to modern requirements, seeks to promote investment in manufacturing activities and to enhance business competitiveness.

The key points are:

· Harmonization with newer legislation: Adoption of environmental rankings (A1, A2, B)

· Facilitating modernization of existing manufacturing units and investment

· Modernization of agro -industrial units: doubling the permitted power limits for agricultural areas.

· Promotion of business parks: Determination of clear criteria for establishing and operation of organized receptors within Attica.

· Clarifying the warehouse licensing framework: distinction of those belonging to industrial warehouses and those belonging to storage and distribution centers.

The Minister of Education, Religions and Sports Kyriakos Pierrakakis and the Deputy Minister of Education, Religions and Sports Ioanna Lyrivi presented to the Council of Ministers the legislative initiatives of the Ministry of Education, Religions and Sports: a) Vocational Training Academies of the General Secretariat of Religions.

Due to the difficulty of the Public SAEK trainees (Higher Vocational Training Schools) to perform internships and apprentices With the labor market, the inability to support the country’s development investment with a specialized workforce, the bill is aimed at:

· Providing initial vocational education and training by public SAEK, with the aim of investment priorities and productive characteristics at local and regional level.

· Public and private synergies in the field of vocational education and training.

· Ensure internships and apprenticeships for the Public SAEK trainees.

The provisions for the establishment of organic positions in the Greek -speaking Patriarchates seek to ensure that the ecclesiastical needs of the Greek community will be served by Greek clergymen, as well as to support the Presbyterian Patriarchate and the Sinai Monastery.

The Minister of Health Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis and Deputy Minister of Health Dimitrios Vartzopoulos presented to the Council of Ministers the Ministry of Health’s bill to protect minors from tobacco and alcohol products.

The subject of the proposed bill is to tighten the legislative framework governing the sale, offer and disposal of tobacco and related products and alcoholic beverages, and in particular: a) establish an effective control mechanism to prevent the access of minors to alcohol with alcohol Adoption of a compulsory identity demonstration by the seller at all points of sale, the establishment of strict administrative sanctions and the re -establishment of alcohol sale to minors, the assumption fun. An effective control mechanism is established to prevent minors’ access to tobacco products and related products, namely: the compulsory demonstration of identity by the seller at all points of sale and the establishment of strict administrative sanctions in cases of violations. The purchase of tobacco and related products and in particular. A mechanism for evaluating and controlling the compliance of tobacco and their products with the requirements and specifications of Law 4419/2016 is established. The conditions for traffic on the market, electrically heated products and non -smoke products, the universal ban on the sale, supply and disposal of minors and the provision of corresponding sanctions are regulated.

Justice Minister George Floridis He presented to the Council of Ministers the law of the Ministry of Justice on the introduction of judicial care.

With the proposed arrangements, judicial care (complete or partial) is introduced, with the possibility of either replenishing or restricting the legal capacity of the person by the priest to judicial care, which replaces the institution of (deprivation or auxiliary) judicial support.

Thus, it is attempted to upgrade the institution and to enhance the protection and care of people under its status, providing the additional ability to submit a person to a “supported decision -making” status, in which an assistant is assigned to provide any information, explanation. , clarification, analysis and facilitation, in order for a person with disabilities to decide autonomously, with respect to his personality and true will.

The axis of new arrangements are respect and complete safeguarding rights, with the guarantees that there will be no abusive behaviors at the expense of the life, property and personality of individuals. The dominant perception has been changing for many decades that disability/physical or mental disorder has been indiscriminately leading to loss of decision -making and many of the legal capacity.

Further, a register of judicial care is set up, which will record all decisions ordering the submission of a person to judicial care, as well as the critical evidence of each case, with the aim of creating a file and keeping statistics. An additional obligation of a periodic re -checking a judicial concern for three years is established, with the aim of revising or even removing it, in the interest of the individual.

Finally, it is possible to interoperably between the competent services to raise the necessary supporting documents in the submission of the application for judicial care, as well as the activation of electronic performance, in order to reduce expenses and accelerate the procedure.

Minister of Digital Governance Dimitrios Papastergiou presented to the Council of Ministers the bill of the Ministry of Digital Governance on public sector data.

The proposed bill includes the necessary additional arrangements for the purpose of fully and effectively implementing the Greek legal order of Regulation (EU) 2022/868, hereinafter “Act for Data Governance”. Among other things, the competent bodies who assist public sector bodies are defined or refusing to further use specific categories of data, are specified by the act for the conditions and the process of further use of data in possession of public institutions. Infringements involving a fine imposing a right to judicial appeal.

At the same time, the bill includes provisions for a comprehensive public sector data reform, paving the way for their use and artificial intelligence systems, by both public and private sector bodies.