Decision A.1139/2021 was published in the Official Gazette regarding the identification of affected businesses for the mandatory exemption from the obligation to pay the total rent, or 40% of the total rent for the month of June 2021. This decision states the following:

With the Joint Ministerial Decision 60449 EX 2021 (Government Gazette 2146/Β/24-5-2021), a significant amendment was made to the under data 1067780 /82/ Γ0013/09.06.1994 (POL.1149) of the decision of the Deputy Minister of Finance “Amendment, improvement and codification of the provisions concerning the taxable value of property transferred for any reason within a plan, according to the objective system” (B’ 549) and the under data 1129485/479/Γ0013/03.12.1996 (POL.1310) of the decision of the Deputy Minister of Finance “Determination according to article 41a of the law 1249/1982 with objective criteria, the value of real estate buildings, which are located in areas where the objective determination system does not apply” (B’ 1152). In this decision, among other things, regulations are particularly unfavorable for listed buildings, since if they are radically renovated (?) they will be considered as completely new…

Published on 25.5.2021 the decision A.1114/2021 “Identification of affected businesses for the mandatory exemption from the obligation to pay the total rent for the month of May 2021”, whereby the reduction of professional rents is limited only to the category of full exemption from the rent (40% reduction does not apply to May), which states in detail the following:.

Rents of business premises are recognized as a legitimate business expense only if they have been paid by bank – electronic means, and not in cash. This is provided for by the decision of the AADE (E.2109/2021) published in the Official Gazette, in accordance with the provisions of article 23 of Law 4172/2013 (A’ 167), as amended by Law 4646/2019 (A’ 201 ).

This decision provides for the following in detail:

Decision A.1101/2021 was also published in the Official Gazette, with its object being the identification of affected businesses for the mandatory exemption from the obligation to pay the total rent or 40% of the total rent for in the month of April 2021. An important difference compared to the KADs of previous months is the reclassification from the category of “closed” to the category of “occupants” who are entitled to a rent reduction of only 40% of the following KADs, which were in operation during during April:

The areas with grasslands will be properly considered grassland, and not forest, giving a way out and hope to 170,000 owners whose objections will be decided by the new Objection Examination Committees, a new circular of Ministry of the Interior signed by the general secretary of Natural Environment and Waters of the Ministry of the Interior, Mr. Konstantinos Arabosis.  In the circular, instructions are given that the Commissions should not consider ownership rights of the State or private individuals and to apply the “Famellou circular” of 2019, which provides for the grassland areas to be registered as grassland.