Replacement of the Ministerial Decision 56885/10-11-2014 that frees the offers with the Code of Conduct of the Market, which was reached by consensus and with minimal disagreements by the market operators after a long and extensive consultation.

To abolish the intermediate discount periods and to maintain the regular discounts as they are (January – February and July – August). To give the right to local communities and Trade Associations to determine limited discount periods depending on the characteristics of each region.

Double deleted price to be reserved for discounts only.

Offers and promotions to be understood as a single unit. To be given the right to two 10-day offers and promotions – one per season, to be used by each business as they see fit. The offers and promotions will concern a maximum of 1/3 of all available items.

Offers and promotions end at least 30 days before sales.

To introduce every business’s right to a “stock corner.” It concerns up to 10% of the total number of products and lasts one month for each product.

In stock and outlet stores, references that lead to the availability of “special production” products should be removed. At the same time, consider the possibility of limiting the number of outlet stores per region.

Να καθιερωθεί ειδικό ηλεκτρονικό μητρώο προσφορών – προωθητικών ενεργειών στην ιστοσελίδα της Γενικής Γραμματείας Εμπορίου, δημόσιο και ελεύθερα προσβάσιμο. Όλες οι προσφορές και προωθητικές ενέργειες να πρέπει να δηλώνονται εκεί.

To establish a special electronic register of offers – promotional actions on the General Secretariat of Commerce website, public and freely accessible. All offers, and promotions must be declared there.

To amend the framework of Law 4177/2013 (8 Sundays Catholic liturgy) to include the last 2 Sundays of the year and the first Sunday of the regular winter sales) with the possible addition of at most one more Sunday, Palm Sunday.

Stagnant open-air trade (either in municipal or port areas), street markets, trade fairs, Christmas markets, Easter markets, and Sunday markets should only occur in controlled areas.

To proceed immediately with a pan-Hellenic inventory, recording, and control of all rural trade licenses, both producer and seller.

The licensing authority will be assigned to the Department of Commerce of the Region.

To define strictly and restrictively the available items by the form of rural trade.

Beneficiaries and their deputies are to be kept, in addition to GEMI, in a special register of rural traders the Region holds.

Retailers should be required to prove the manner of acquisition of the items for sale with official tax information.

The relevant bodies of the Municipalities should check small sellers’ tax and insurance awareness before the licenses are granted.

Every small seller must always keep a cash register.

Trade in fake and counterfeit products is outlawed, even if their possession is legal.

It is forbidden to carry out street trade close to organized shops with land and sea goods.

To abolish the possibility of stationary trade in private spaces.

It is forbidden to trade stationary near organized shops with the corresponding items.

To abolish all trade fairs, except those with traditional (festive) characteristics, and not to allow the creation of new ones. Alternatively, allow only one trade fair per Municipality/Municipality/Local Community per year.

The trade fairs should be held outside the historical and commercial centers of cities and towns and should last a maximum of three (3) days.

The Christmas and Easter markets should last a maximum of 5 days.

The products offered at the Christmas and Easter markets should be explicitly defined by law, which should justify the character of the days.

Only land and sea products or traditional products from producers should be available in the public markets.

To move the street markets outside the central roads, arteries, and streets.

Limit the time of each public market to a maximum of one day per week per region.

To control the allegedly unscrupulous markets “without intermediaries” or “potato movement.”

Control of illegal products upon their entry into the country through X-Ray scanners at customs and essential ports.

Intensification of checks in warehouses for wholesale distribution and sale of secondary products.

Generalization of the commercial zoning law application, as it has now been harmonized with the jurisprudence of the Council of State (Article 10 Law 2323/1995).

Directly dealing with the unacceptable phenomenon of the General Secretaries of the Decentralized Administrations letting the statutory deadlines pass without action, so that – bypassing the law – they give the right to superstores to settle in the various regions, ignoring the arguments of local communities. The law provides that after the lapse of 60 days from filing the appeal before the General Secretary of the Region, and if the appeal has not been answered, the acceptance of the operating license of the superstore is automatically valid. We request the replacement of automatic acceptance with automatic rejection.

Introduction of a provision to regulate the cases of the creation of large stores in municipalities with a population of less than 15,000 inhabitants (now it is accessible).

Remove vast retail spaces (retail hypermarkets and large shopping centers) from traditional city centers.

The subjection of Shopping Centers to the licensing process applies to large stores. We are extending the validity of the law to cover all retail spaces over 250 sq.m.

Application in Athens and Thessaloniki (currently excluded) of the terms and conditions for establishing and establishing new large stores.