Greek GREEK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF INTERIOR AND ORGANIZATION GENERAL & DECENTRALIZATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT N / DEPARTMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION SD ORGANIZATION SD DEGREE Organization and Operation recommended municipalities to Article 154 of N.4600 / 2019 (A 43) Circular Number: 83 BP: 59634 / 20.08.2019 appointing authority: PS2I5465CHTH7-MNB Table of Contents 1. Establishment of new municipalities (Article 154 of n.4600 / 2019) ................................... ........................ 3 2. Immediate actions required ............................................. .............................................. 4 3. Exercise of powers .............................................. .................................................. .......... 6 2 1. Establishment of new municipalities (Article 154 of n.4600 / 2019) This circular concerns municipalities recommended, in accordance with paragraphs 1-5 of Article 154 of n.4600 / 2019 (A 43), (including error corrections published in bulletin A number of sheet 81 of the Official Gazette) in which some change occurred Article 1 n.3852 / 2010 (A 87). The recommended municipalities by county, are as follows: LAW CORFU a. Municipality North Corfu , Based in Acharavi, consisting of municipal areas: a. St. George, b. Esperion, c. NbspThinaliou and d. Kassopaion. b. City Central Corfu Diapontia Islands , Based in Corfu, consisting of municipal areas: a. Achilles, b. Erikoussa c. Kerkyraion, s. Mathraki, e. Otto f. Paleokastriton g. Parelion and. Feakon. c. Municipality South Corfu , Based in Lefkimmi, consisting of municipal areas: a. Korission b. Lefkimmeon and c. Melitieon. Cephalonia Prefecture a. Municipality of Argostoli , Based in Argostoli, consisting of municipal areas: a. Argostoli, b. Elios - Pronnoi, c. Leivathous and d. Smoothly. b. Municipality Lixouri , Based in Lixouri, consisting of the municipal section Paliki. c. Municipality Sami , Based in Sami, consisting of municipal areas: a. Erisou b. Pilareon and c. Sami. Prefecture of Kozani a. Municipality Servion , Established Servia, consisting of the municipal units a. Servia, b. Kamvounion and c. Livaderou. b. Municipality Velvento , Based Velvento, consisting of municipal Velvento section. Lesbos Prefecture a. Municipality of Mytilene , Based in Mytilene consisting of municipal areas: a. Agiasos, b. Gera, c. Evergetoulas, s. Loutropoli - hot, e. Mytilene f. Plomariou. 3 b. Municipality West Lesvos , Based in Kalloni, consisting of municipal areas: a. Agia Paraskevi, b. Eressos - Antissa, c. Parlors, s. Mantamadou, e. Mythimna, f. Stone and z. Polichnitou. Samos Prefecture Municipality Eastern Samos , Based in the city of Samos composed of municipal units a. Deep and b. Pythagorean. West Municipality Samos , Based in Karlovasi, consisting of the municipal units a. Karlovasi and b. Marathokampos. Recall, as is indicated under no. 23 and no. No. 30854 / 22.04.2019 Circular our service (SAA: 6PAF465CHTH7-X22 ), Recommended that the municipalities will start operating from the installation of the municipal authorities, which as emerged from the municipal elections conducted on 26 th May 2 let June 2019. Therefore, the starting time of operation of new municipalities is 1 or September 2019, date that coincides with the removal of existing municipalities 1. 2. Immediate action required In order to ensure the smooth and effective functioning of the principles and recommended municipal services, the newly elected municipal authorities requested, in cooperation with the outgoing municipal authorities to ensure: • housing services and staff recommended municipalities, both at headquarters and at the level of municipal entities 2. • ensuring the required space Meeting new municipal councils in a way that would be adequate to the needs of the new council both spatially and from the logistics point of view. 1 See. paragraph 6 of Article 154 of the n.4600 / 19, according to which "The new municipalities set up in accordance with paragraphs 1-5, starting to work on the establishment of municipal and community authorities, which will be designated by the first since the entry into force hereof, general municipal elections, according to par. 4 of Article 9 of n.3852 / 2010, as replaced by Article 6 of n.4555 / 2018. The new municipal authorities undertake tasks from 1 or September 2019 and their term expires 31 or December 2023. Since the inception of the new municipalities will abolish the existing Municipalities Lesbos, Corfu Servion- Velvento, Kefalonia, Samos " 2 Where applicable: Extensions leases or new leases, while in the case of co-location services in the Region or the Decentralized Administration, regulating distribution issues operating costs and rents. 4 • the supply of stamps recommended municipalities, according to specifically defined in Article 5 para. 1, n. 3852/2010. • deleting any logos or special designation signals of the repealed municipalities, administrative documents, certificates and existing electronic applications, and to ensure the supply of any new standard forms with the name of the recommended municipalities. • post the necessary signs with the name of that municipality recommended, at least in the municipal offices of the headquarters, the shops of municipal units and where / when possible in shops of all municipal services. At the same time, they must ensure that the marking of their boundaries with neighboring municipalities. • To ensure initiation protocol books and file the recommended municipalities and to create website. 3 Note that kept books and records of the repealed municipalities 4 They will remain, in principle, to store them away in order to ensure compliance with the archival material generated throughout the course of their operation during the period 1 January 2011 to 31 August 2019. Especially in the case of services file which may occur in the distribution of the file based on its territorial jurisdiction, it offered the new association requests of the citizens of recommended municipalities with any existing file in the office of the abolished municipality. In the above case, the associated file will be recorded as a whole in the recommended file municipality. In any case, the outgoing municipal authorities must be in communication with the newly elected so as to regulate all matters concerning the smooth startup of recommended municipalities. Specifically noted that any decisions taken by the competent bodies of the repealed municipalities to implement the above and ensure the smooth installation of the new authorities, not subject to the prohibition of Article 65 par. 5, n. 3852/2010, as it exceptional cases of obvious urgency. 3 Article 71 of l. 3852/2010 4 Municipalities Lesbos, Corfu, Servia - Velvento, Kefalonia, Samos 5 3. Exercise of powers Since the start of operation of the recommended municipalities pursuing all local and state powers delegated to them by the relevant provisions of Ratification. n.3463 / 2006 (Municipalities Code, A '114), the v. 3852/2010 (Kallikratis plan, A 87), and by any other general or more specific legislative provisions in order to continue undisturbed and uninterrupted service to citizens and residents under the principles of proximity and subsidiarity. For the exercise of their powers, the recommended municipalities utilize the staff allocated to them on application of Article 155 of n.4600 / 2019 and may conclude program contracts 5 and municipal contracts or cooperation diavathmidikis 6. Especially in relation to the program contracts, noted the provision of par. 12 of article 157 of n.4600 / 2019, whereby "Until December 31, 2019, the recommended program contracts between municipalities resulting from the elimination of the respective municipality, may be concluded notwithstanding the requirements of Article 100 of Law. 3852/2010 and are not subject to pre-contractual control" and which facilitate direct development of cooperative relationships between recommended and cities mentioned in Article 100 of n.3852 / 2010 bodies / legal entities. Finally, in particular towards ensuring the development and supervision of studies or works, the recommended municipalities may make use of the provision of Article 97B of n.3852 / 2010, which regulates the possibility of awarding service in Organization Unit of Development Programs Management (MOU SA ). It noted that among the new municipalities is not possible to apply Article 95 para. 2 of n.3852 / 2010 concerning the compulsory administrative support from the municipality of the county seat. In contrast, continues to provide administrative support, under the provisions of Article 95 par. 2 of n.3852 / 2010 7 from the municipalities of that county seats, as follows: a) the eastern municipality of Samos to the municipalities of Ikaria and Fournoi b) of the Municipality of Argostoli to the Municipality of Ithaca c) by the City Central Corfu Diapontia Islands to the Municipality of Paxos and d) of the Municipality of Mytilene to municipalities, Lemnos and Agios Efstratios 5 Article 100 of n.3852 / 2010 6 Article 99 of n.3852 / 2010 7 See. and 28 of n.4585 / 2018 (A '216), whereby the first and second paragraph of para. 2 of the article 1 from 31.12.2012 legislative act as authenticated with Rule 1 of N .4147 / 2013 (a-98) and modified by Article 44 of n.4508 / 2017 (a '200), are replaced as follows: '2. Start exercise time by the municipalities of the powers transferred to them as part of the requirements in the case of a 'para. 1 of Article 95 of n.3852 / 2010 (A 87), conferring