2024-04-26 14:01:18
According to an announcement by the Deputy Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy Yannis Pappas, with a legislative regulation, the IEN gives a one-year extension of time, namely, until January 1, 2025, for the submission of declarations regarding the implementation of property fire protection measures, as well as in extensions for Municipal Emission Reduction Plans (MEPs), as a condition for financing energy saving projects and legalizing constructions in the onshore areas of the ports. With this action, the request of all health entrepreneurs who maintain businesses in the aforementioned areas is satisfied.
The extension will give the stipulated time to deal with the issue and private individuals will be able to take the necessary actions to restore the issue for the benefit of the surrounding areas, local communities and businesses, and the port itself.
This specific regulation will directly benefit health stores that use spaces within the land-based Port Zone, for example the businesses of the coastal zone of Kalymnos and other islands, aiming at the sustainability of the specific areas and the port management and exploitation bodies. The shaping of the surrounding area will result in harmonious integration into the natural, built environment, in terms of design and materials used, ensuring easy access for pedestrians and the disabled, as well as conditions for bioclimatic behavior.
The studies will be approved by the General Secretary of Ports, Port Policy and Maritime Investments of the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, following the approval of the Architecture Council, within three (3) months from the date of receipt. In constructions that fall into declared archaeological sites, the consent of the competent department of the Ministry of Culture is also required.
Each new construction is implemented, according to the prepared studies, after receiving the permits and approvals required by law. In this case and only for the issuance of the above permits and approvals, it is not required to present proof of tax awareness.
The demolition of constructions that were carried out without a permit or in excess thereof, is carried out either at the responsibility of the private individual or by the competent services of the relevant Region. The costs of the removal of arbitrary constructions shall be borne by the users thereof.
Therefore, until March 31, 2025, it is possible, in derogation of any other provision, to grant the use of the underlying and adjacent space of the constructions of par. 1, by decision of the port management and exploitation body, which is notified to the General Secretariat of Ports, Port Policy and of Maritime Investments of the Ministry of Maritime and Insular Policy. A certificate from a competent engineer for the static adequacy of the existing structures is attached to the application to the body for granting the previous paragraph. In the case of declared archaeological sites, the consent of the competent department of the Ministry of Culture and Sports is required for a concession decision. It should be noted that this particular issue benefits them.