The Ministry of the Interior issued a circular on the «repeal of the provisions of Article 67 of Law 4830/2021 (A’ 169) concerning the decision-making procedures of municipal collective bodies and the administrative councils of their supervised legal entities.» This is essentially a document that restores «normality» to the functioning of municipal councils in terms of convening and making decisions.
In particular, the circular notes:
We would like to inform you that Law 4940/2022 (A' 112) has been published, Article 48 of which includes provisions regarding the manner of convening and making decisions by
collective bodies of local authorities and the boards of directors of their supervised legal entities.
With the aforementioned provisions, Article 67 of Law 4830/2021 (A’ 169) is repealed, which replaced paragraph 1 of Article 10 of the Legislative Act of 11.3.2020.
Content (A’ 55), as ratified by Article 2 of Law 4682/2020 (A’ 76), which regulated the procedures for convening and decision-making by the collective bodies of municipalities and the administrative boards of their supervised legal entities during the period of validity of the measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Therefore, as of June 14, 2022, the date of entry into force of the above provisions, the collective bodies of municipalities will operate exclusively on the basis of the established provisions governing their convening and decision-making.
For your convenience, regarding the operation of municipal collective bodies in accordance with established provisions, we refer you to the following circular instructions issued by the
Ministry of the Interior:
• Circular No. 374/ref. 39135/30.05.2022, A.D.A.: ΨΜΓΓ46ΜΤΛ6-Φ75, on the subject of «Operation of the municipal council.».
• Circular No. 375/ref. 39167/02.06.2022, A.D.A.: Ψ42Π46ΜΤΛ6-4ΙΓ, on the subject of «Operation of the economic committee and quality of life committee.».
• Circular No. 88/59846/21.08.2019, A.D.A.: 611Ξ465ΧΘ7-ΝΛ4, on the subject of «Operation of communities.».
Finally, we would like to point out that the provisions of circular no. 643/69472/24.09.2021 (A.D.A.: ΨΕ3846ΜΤΛ6-0Ρ5) regarding the «Convening and operation of collective
municipal bodies during the period of application of measures to combat the pandemic», after 14 June 2022 shall not be in force.
In any case, however, we draw your attention to the need to comply with the health measures in force at any given time, as set out in the joint ministerial decisions issued on a regular basis.
