ΔΔ:Licence for the Use of Public Spaces

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• What you will need
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At a glance

Points of service

Municipalities, Directorate for Economic Services

Digital provision points

• The service is not provided digitally

Number of required documents

Not required

Fees

Variable + (

Variable

)

Estimated Time

1 month

Description

The procedure concerns the authorisation of the use of public spaces to citizens and businesses using permanent or temporary pavements, streets, squares and general public municipal areas and their territory, after paying a relevant fee to the Municipalities.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure

Service / organizational unit of a authority entity

Directorate for Economic Services

Provided to

Businesses, Businessmen, Legal Entities, Self-employed, Engineers

Related links

Validity duration

1 year

Notes

By decision of the Municipal Council, the municipal public spaces authorised to use and the levying of the respective fees have been predetermined as follows:

• A) Imposition of an annual fee per square metre, regardless of the time of use and depending on the area of the city in which the used space is located. The mayor shall issue the annual use permit, which shall specify the location and area of the space to be used, the type and duration of the use and the corresponding fee. The granted licence may be renewed by the mayor at the request of the person concerned.
• B) Imposition of a monthly fee, per zone and per square metre, in cases of occupation of a pavement or road by those carrying out any kind of technical and construction works. The mayor shall issue a permit for this use.
• C)Imposition of a fee for the temporary use of public spaces for up to ten (10) days for the conduct of social solidarity events or actions of tourism, cultural, artistic or public commercial promotion, which depends on the public benefit or not of the event. The mayor shall grant the relevant licence for use by the mayor.

-For the collection of the fee a note is drawn up by the beneficiary municipality and the fee is paid to the municipal treasury before the delivery of the license, as follows:

1. Ιn cash, by writing the number of the collection slip on the licence.
2. By means of a letter of guarantee in the same amount, with the number of the letter of guarantee and the instalments by which it is to be paid being indicated on the licence. In the event of late payment of the instalments, the letter of guarantee shall be forfeited.
3. In equal installments within the year, provided that the obligor pays a percentage of the annual fee of not less than thirty percent (30%) and the number of installments to pay the remaining amount.

Last update

01/07/2024

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Legal entities, Persons

Title

Application to the Municipality, of the person interested to use the public spaces or their territory.

Notes:

The application shall contain: (a) the full name or the corporate name of the applicant, the type and address of the undertaking in question and (b) the location, extent and type of the applicant for use, as well as the length of time for which it is requested to be granted.

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document

Print

Requirements

Fees

Related

Means of redress or appeal:

Hierarchical appeal/recourse

Rules concerning a lack of reply from the competent authority and the legal consequences for the use:

Other

Administrative appeal or contentious appeal pursuant to Article 24 of Law 2690/1999; the person concerned may require either from the administrative authority which issued the act, for the withdrawal or for the amendment of the treatment (applicant) or from the authority which heads the act, for the annulment of the act (terarchical appeal). The administrative authority to which the application is submitted must notify the person concerned of its decision in respect of that application no later than thirty (30) days, unless otherwise provided for.

Output & Results

Output

Payment Document Production

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Alternative titles

Imposition of a fee for the Use of Public Spaces

Official title

Licence for the Use of Public Spaces

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Licenses

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (handwritten), Application (letter)

Life events

Fees and excise duties, Licences and compliance

Type

Outgoing

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   EU-GO (support), Framers
   Supporting document

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1 User fee of article 13 of r.d. 20/10/1958 (A 171), as replaced by article 3 of Law 1080/1980 and as case c) was amended by par. Article 16(3) of Law 3254/2004. The fee is set by decision of the Municipal Council and depends on the area, location etc. of the occupied area and the duration of the occupation. The appropriate fee shall be paid either in cash or by a letter of guarantee of equal value, the type of which shall be determined by a decision of the Municipal Council in the relevant municipal or community fund before the delivery of the license, with the number of the collection letter or letter of guarantee indicated thereon. Where a letter of guarantee is deposited, the fee shall be collected in instalments, to be determined by a decision of the municipal council concerned by 31 December of the previous year. If it is established that the payment of the above instalments is overdue, the municipality shall immediately proceed to forfeit the letter of guarantee. €

Cost Calculation Based on treaty, Durational (annually or other), Quantitative

Method of Payment Bank cashier, Checkout of a competent authority

Type of Cost Annual fee

No

2 If there has been a similar previous decision of the Municipal Council, a letter of guarantee of good performance of the terms of the license equal to two hundred percent of the fee, which may be forfeited after the competent control bodies have established at least twice the violation of the terms provided. A letter of guarantee need not be provided if the fee for the space allocated is less than €1,000 or €2,200. The amount and type of the letter of guarantee shall be determined by the aforementioned decision of the City Council and may not be greater than two hundred percent of the fee due (see par. 6 of Article 13 r.d., as replaced by par. 4 of Article 16 of Law 3254/2004). €

Cost Calculation Percentage

Method of Payment Bank cashier

Type of Cost Letter of guarantee

No

Law 3 1080 1980 246 Α

Description On the amendment and supplementation of the provisions of the Law on the revenues of Local Government Organizations and other related provisions.4).

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=19800100246

Royal decree 13 24 Sept/20 Oct. 1958 171 Α

Description "On the codification in a single version of the Law of the applicable provisions on the revenues of the municipalities and communities". Amendments to the provisions of the above (r.d.) by: - Article 26(4) of Law 1828/1989 (FEK A 2) - Article 16(2), 3, 4 of Law 3254/2004 (FEK A 137). - Article 50(1) of Law 4257/2014 (FEK A 93). - Article 30(4) of Law 4442/2016 (FEK A 230). - Arts 55 and 66 of Law 4483/2017 (FEK A 107).

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=19580100171

Law 26 1828 1989 2 Α

Description Article 26(4): Amendments to legislation on the revenues of municipalities and communities.

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=19890100002

Law 16 3254 2004 137 Α

Description Article 16(2), (3), (4) of Law 3254/2004: Arrangements on illegal occupation of public spaces.

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20040100137

Law 50 4257 2014 93 Α

Description On the payment of a fee for the use of public spaces.

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20140100093

Law 30 4442 2016 230 Α

Description Article 30(4) of Law 4442/2016: Simplification of arrangements for the authorisation of public space.

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20160100230

Law 66 4483 2017 107 Α

Description Article 66 of Law 4483/2017 : Concession of use of squares and other public spaces for the fee, without auction.

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20170100107

1 Receipt of application and protocol

Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Application to the municipality of the intention to use the public spaces or their territory by submitting a guarantee letter (equivalent to 200% of the corresponding fee) if the corresponding fee is more than EUR 1,200.

No No

P1M P1M

2 Opinion of the Police Authority

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Inspection

Description The municipality's question to the police is whether there are grounds for ensuring the safety of pedestrians or wheeled persons who require that the requested authorisation be refused.

No No

P5D P5D

3 Calculation of the relevant fee by the Municipality's Treasury Service.

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Calculation of the relevant fee by the Municipality's Treasury Service.

No No

P1M P1M

4 Note drawn up by the Treasury Office of the Municipality

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Note from the Municipality's Treasury Office to the applicant for payment of the fee for the use of public spaces in the municipal fund.

No No

P1M P1M

5 Payment of the fee for the use of shared space

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Payment of the public space fee by the applicant to the municipality.

No No

P1M P1M

6 Public space licensing

Responsible for Implementation Mayor

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Public space license issued by a mayor's decision.

No Yes

P1M P1M