Announcement of the granting of eighteen (18) outdoor street trading permits for the year 2016 for the Evros Regional Municipality
Announcement of the granting of eighteen (18) outdoor street trading permits for the year 2016 for the Evros Regional Municipality
Greek Republic
EASTERN MACEDONIA-THRACIE REGION
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF DEVELOPMENT
EVROS REGION DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND TOURISM
Postal Address: 40 Karaoli and Dimitriou Streets
Postal Code: 68100
Information: E. Tsoga
Phone: 25513-57106
Fax .: 25513-50526
e-mail: anaptixi.evrou@pamth.gov.gr
Alexandroupoli, 19-04-2016
No. Prot.: OIK/1504
ADA: 6M3G7LB-X0D
Announcement of the granting of eighteen (18) outdoor street trading permits for the year 2016 for the Evros Regional Municipality
THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF PAMT
Taking into consideration:
1. The provisions of Law 3852/2010 “New architecture of Local Government and Decentralized Administration – Kallikratis Program”
2. Presidential Decree 144/2010 "Organization of the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace" published in the Official Gazette 237/Α΄/ 27-12-2010.
3. The provisions of article 2, paragraph 4, paragraph 9 of Law 3861/2010 “Clarity Program”
4. The provisions of Law 4264/14 as amended and in force by Law 4315/14
5. Document No. K1-1936/2015 of the Secretary General of Commerce and Consumer Protection on clarifications on the operation of outdoor street and stationary trade and farmers' markets
6. The decision of the Regional Governor No. DD 5319/2014 on authorizing signatures to the Directors of the Regional Offices
7. No. OIK.186/23-03-2016 decision of the Regional Governor of AMTH on the granting of new outdoor street trading permits for the year 2016 and the definition of the fee paid per permit
8. Decision No. 45/2016 of the Municipal Council of Orestiada (recommendation for 16 permits)
9. Decision No. 7/2016 of the Municipal Council of Soufli (recommendation for 2 permits)
10. The fact that the remaining Municipalities of the Evros Regional Authority did not propose a number of outdoor street trading permits
11. Decision No. 31/2016 of the Development Committee
ANNOUNCES
The granting of eighteen (18) outdoor street trading permits for the year 2016 as follows:
A. OUTDOOR TRADE PERMIT HOLDERS
A permit to practice the activity of street vendor is granted to natural persons who are unemployed and do not hold any other administrative permit to practice a livelihood profession, their spouse or children. This permit is granted in order of priority and based on social criteria, to persons belonging to the following categories:
(a) up to twelve percent (12%), to persons with a disability of at least fifty (50%) and to blind persons,
(b) up to fifteen percent (15%), to families with many children and their children, as well as to parents with three children,
(c) up to five percent (5%), to disabled persons and peacetime victims of Law 1370/1944 (A' 82),
(d) up to five percent (5%) to parents of minor children with disabilities and to parents who protect individuals with intellectual disabilities, autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, severe and multiple disabilities and multiple dependency needs,
(e) up to five percent (5%), to expatriate Northern Epirus residents and expatriate repatriates,
(f) up to seven percent (7%) to Greek Roma who have been registered in the municipal registers of the country's local government organizations,
(g) up to five percent (5%) to individuals addicted to addictive substances and individuals undergoing detoxification.
In the event that there are any remaining unallocated permits, they shall be granted by lottery among those who have submitted an application. If the number of permits to be made available is not exhausted, the permits that remain unallocated shall be granted by lottery in the following year. If the number of applications meeting the requirements of the law is less than the number of permits to be made available, all applications shall be accepted. The lottery shall be held publicly once a year.
Outdoor street trading licenses are granted by decision of the relevant Regional Council and are valid within the relevant Region. Outdoor trading licenses are personal and non-transferable and one license corresponds to each natural person.
B. REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
For the granting of an outdoor trade permit, the interested party shall submit to the competent authority an application in the form of a solemn declaration, in which he/she declares that he/she, his/her spouse and children do not hold any other administrative permit to practice a livelihood profession. In addition to the solemn declaration, the interested party shall submit certificates from the competent services proving, as the case may be, that he/she is unemployed and belongs to one of the categories of paragraph 1 of article 22.
Specifically, along with their application (available from our Service), interested parties must submit:
1) OAED unemployment card (valid)
2) Photocopy of ID card
3) Solemn declaration of the interested party to obtain the permit that he/she, his/her spouse or their children do not hold any other administrative permit to practice a livelihood profession. (Available from our Service). In case of non-personal submission, the solemn declaration must bear a visa for the original signature by a competent authority.
4) Evidence of the capacity they invoke in their application, and in particular:
(a) persons with a disability of at least fifty (50%) and the blind, a certificate from the First-Level Health Committee
(b) Families with many children and their children, as well as parents with three children, a certificate of family status
(c) The disabled and peacetime victims of Law 1370/1944 (A' 82), a certificate proving this status
(d) Parents of minor children with disabilities and parents who protect people with intellectual disabilities, autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, severe and multiple disabilities and multiple dependency needs, a certificate proving this status
(e) Expatriates from Northern Epirus and expatriate repatriates, a certified copy of the special expatriate identity card issued by the Ministry of Public Order
(f) Greek Roma, certificate of registration in the municipal register of the local government organization of the country
(g) Persons addicted to addictive substances and persons undergoing detoxification, a certificate proving this status
C. APPLICATIONS-PROCEDURE-DUE TIME
Applications are submitted to the Evros Regional Development Directorate, Department of Commerce and Tourism, Karaoli and Dimitriou 40, 68100 Alexandroupoli, tel. 25513-57105, responsible employee Mr. Mourikas Apostolos. It is submitted by the interested party in person or by registered letter or by another person authorized by him, provided that the authorization bears the signature of the interested party certified by a public authority.
The application must include all the supporting documents required by the notice, and the items/products that the interested party wishes to sell must be mentioned in it. Replacement of the application, or correction thereof, or completion of any missing supporting documents is permitted only until the deadline for submitting applications.
Applications will be accepted from 20-04-2016 to 20-05-2016 during working days and hours.
D. OTHER PROVISIONS
Street vendors are prohibited from selling their goods during the days and hours when the corresponding stores of similar goods remain closed, in accordance with the provisions in force at any time. This prohibition does not apply to trade fairs and other organized outdoor markets and to mobile canteens.
It is not permitted to engage in street trading: (a) near stores that sell similar items and (b) in municipal communities with a population of more than three thousand (3.000) inhabitants.
Anyone engaging in outdoor street trading is only allowed to remain stationary during the transaction.
Those interested parties selected based on the aforementioned criteria for the granting of permits will submit the necessary supporting documents for the issuance of the permit, following relevant instructions from the Department of Commerce-Tourism of the Development Directorate in accordance with the provisions of article 23 of Law 4264/14.
The fee paid is set at sixty (60) Euros/license.
E. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
The announcement will be posted on the notice board of the Evros Regional Government, the Municipalities of the Evros Regional Government, as well as on the Evros Regional Government website.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PAMTHA DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
KONSTANTINOS EXAKOUSTOS
