The dates, which are characterized as “milestones” for the return of fans to the stadiums and to deal with the phenomena of violence, were announced by Yannis Vroutsis. The deputy minister of sports indicated the timetable for the return to… normality…
As mentioned…
* As of Tuesday, February 13, the provisions concerning the restructuring of the responsibilities and the operating framework of the Permanent Committee for Combating Violence (DEAB) come into force, making it more flexible, functional and efficient.
* As of Tuesday, February 13, the provisions of the administrative measures and penalties that will be imposed by the DEAB with immediate effect and subject to limited competence, when it comes to the most frequently encountered fan violence behaviors such as (indicatively) throwing flammable and generally dangerous objects inside of the competition venues, spectators entering them, posting banners or other inscriptions of a political, religious or ideological nature, with abusive, racist or sexist content, etc.
* As of Wednesday, March 6, the provisions for the new framework for electronic surveillance of sports facilities (state-of-the-art cameras everywhere, with constant control by the Hellenic Sports Authority) will come into force and no AAE, competing in the Super League and the Basket League, will competes with spectators in the domestic competitions if the electronic monitoring and supervision system of the sports facility it uses as its headquarters is not installed and fully operational.
* From Tuesday, April 9, the provisions for the modern and innovative system of identification of ticket holders of football matches between Super League teams, using modern technologies and EMEp (identification via mobile phone and entering the stadium via it), come into force. in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Governance.
And as the Minister of Sports pointed out, in view of introducing the bill to the Plenary Session of the Parliament for discussion and voting the day after tomorrow, Wednesday, January 31, “the above provisions and the others (e.g., operation of Fan Clubs with only one per team emblem, clause delinquency with a percentage reduction from betting financing etc.) together with the foreseen secondary legislation come to complement the existing legislative framework, ensuring its unwavering and complete implementation, with explicit and specific provisions.
Provisions that respond to modern requirements and aim to effectively deal with the phenomena of hooliganism.
This is a legislative intervention that – for the first time – describes with absolute clarity the procedures for sanctions and penalties without loopholes and above all with a horizontal requirement for all involved, defining the imposition of penalties with limited jurisdiction, in order to further strengthen the institutional framework for dealing with “fan violence”.
Source: Sport Fm
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