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56 percent of restaurants, nightclubs and other companies that have reported violations of anti-Covid-19 measures have not paid fines of hundreds of thousands of euros since May!
In addition, 40% of them have appealed to the competent Objection Commissions of the control mechanisms or to the administrative courts to avoid paying the high fines.
However, something that one in three eventually achieve. In addition, the competent GADA offices are inundated with “objections” from at least 50-60% of citizens who are fined for not wearing a mask (every day there are around 700 such infractions resulting in a fine of 300 euros) or for unnecessary trips. The main invocation, according to ELAS officials for not using a mask, is the “obstruction of the airway” that appears – as they say – as a … disease that has suddenly lost control of enormous dimensions in the population from the country.
With protesting citizens presenting thousands of certificates from private doctors after declaring that they cannot go to public hospitals for examination due to the coronavirus. With ELAS officials participating in the competent committees trying to diagnose μέσα through the certificates and opinions where the truth is and what constitutes unfounded excuses. With a central command in these critical circumstances to be strict …
In addition, according to the findings of ELAS executives, at least until last August, a very small percentage of 5-10% of citizens had paid the fines they had accepted for non-compliance – on a personal level – non-compliance with the rules of health. And the rest refer these payments due to their great economic difficulties and the general difficulty, in the future, when they are now requested by the Tax Agency.
The unknown side of controls
“A Vima” presents the unknown side and the continuation of the thousands of inspections and the imposition of fines for non-compliance with sanitary measures by ELAS, the National Transparency Authority and other services aimed at limiting the spread of Covid-19 and restricting losses. As it seems that after the relevant violations registered by the competent services, a “war” of judicial documents and administrative acts begins in the offices of the competent services, which are flooded with citizens, their legal representatives. With committees with the participation of officials that are flooded daily with thousands of objections, objections and other actions from businessmen and ordinary citizens who consider themselves the great “evildoers” of the … crown and controls.
According to the latest registry of the Ministry of Civil Protection from July 1 to November 1, a total of 530,000 controls have been imposed for violations of sanitary measures and 21,800 fines (percentage of violations 4%), most of which refer to to the use of mask, the breach of distances, to restrict the movement. The fines that have been presented during this period are approximately 9,400,000 euros. However, if the controls that have been carried out since the beginning of March, when the restrictive measures were initiated, are taken into account, these figures should be calculated increased by 70-80% and the fines that have been imposed should be around 17 -18 million euros.
The National Transparency Authority
Perhaps the most indicative example of the evasion of fines comes from the relevant analyzes of the National Transparency Authority (created by the merger – union of the Public Administration Prosecutor General’s Office, the Body of Inspectors – Public Administration Auditors and the Service of Supervisors) in addition to the audit work, it monitors what happens with the corresponding payments of fines. According to a relevant file, the National Authority reporting to Mr. Angelos Binis identified 247 administrative fines for a total of € 261,600, imposed by the Inspectors – Auditors of the Authority in the period May – August 2020 for non-compliance with the protection measures of the public health and had not been paid. Until the 16th of November! This was identified based on the ability of ADR officials to monitor the fee payment process.
The further search shows that during that period the May-August EAD had carried out 3,837 inspections and imposed a total of 444 fines for overcrowding or non-use of masks in bars on the beaches of Mykonos, Spetses, Poros, Nafplio and Attica. , lack of sanitary measures in a hotel in Kefalonia, etc. Indicative are the inspections carried out by EAD on the two days from August 22 to 23 in Mykonos where in two cafeterias standing customers and crowded samples were found and an administrative fine of € 10,000 and suspension of operation of 15-30 days. Fines were also imposed in nightclubs in Crete and Larissa, but in bars and restaurants throughout Attica (Monastiraki, Psyrri, Gazi, Pagrati, Petralona, Chaidari and others).
Based on the relevant separation – of the 444 fines, 247 were not paid and of the 504,000, 261,600 were not paid – it is found that 56% of those responsible, mainly summer cafeterias and others, avoided paying the fine for offenses. . In addition, it was found that 164 mainly business owners who were fined in the May-September period (of a total of approximately 400 people who allegedly violated the relevant laws and identified by the National Transparency Authority at that time, approximately 41%) They contested the veracity of the actions of the state officials and appealed to the competent Appeals Chamber or to the competent courts. According to competent government officials, approximately 67% of objections are rejected.
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