Reassures property owners n Central Union of Greek Municipalities (KEDE) in connection with the requirement of municipalities for retroactive fees for a period of 30 to 65 years. Property owners have been warned about the risk of paying exorbitant fees retroactively. TOMATO (Panhellenic Federation of Property Owners) with her announcement. According to him, a change in the provision of the draft law on the Ministry of the Interior (which has already been passed) gives the municipalities the right to demand fees a few years ago.

“The competent ministry and mayors decided to surprise property owners by rigging during debates in Parliament the five-year statute of limitations on debts to municipalities, which was submitted for consultation and submitted for consideration. by voting, with another completely opposite regulation, which essentially established the inalienability of these debts, violating every notion of reasonable and good government, and imposing retrospectively charges of a confiscation character on unsuspecting citizens.

From the side of KEDE, it is specified that the goal was to harmonize legislation and establish a limitation period for debts to municipalities in five years from the moment of their creation. Within this period of time, the municipality must take steps to verify the amounts due in cash and thus start the collection process.

By no means do we want to surprise the citizens and burden them with the collection of utility bills that were due decades ago, explains the President of KEDE and Mayor of Trikkaya. Dimitris Papastergiou.

“KEDE did not negotiate with the political leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and moreover, did not ask for the opportunity to collect utility bills from the past decades. In addition, KEDE has developed a platform for undeclared square meters with the relevant ministries. If recent legislation needs to be clarified so that there are no misunderstandings, this should be done by the competent ministry.” says the president of KEDE in “K”.

However, POMIDA, in a letter to the Ministry of the Interior, requested that the ordinance be repealed (art. 39 of Law 5027/2023), given that, as it claims, it establishes, in relation to the main debts of utility bills and TAPs:

a) 65-year limitation period for municipal charges for each undeclared building area due to the reduction of their limitation period for buildings (residential, office premises, etc.) for the duration of the construction of each building, and with a further time limit, for older buildings, 1958.

b) A 30-year limitation period for TAP buildings and land, due to the reduction of its limitation period to 01/01/1993, the date of entry into force of Law 2130/1993 on real estate tax.