Η ελληνική πρόταση έφτασε χθες βράδυ στα χέρια των αρχών της Ευρωζώνης.
Τα σημαντικά σημεία της ελληνικής πρότασης είναι τα εξής:
• Χαμηλά πρωτογενή πλεονάσματα μέχρι το 2018.
• Αναδιάρθρωση του χρέους μέσω νέου δανεισμού από τον Ευρωπαϊκό Μηχανισμό Στήριξης (χωρίς τη συμμετοχή του ΔΝΤ), με χαμηλά επιτόκια και απώτερο χρόνο αποπληρωμής
• Ευελιξία στη χρηματοδότηση με άμεση προκαταβολή με την υπογραφή της συμφωνίας και άμεση εκταμίευση χρηματοδοτικών πόρων
• συμμετοχή στο επενδυτικό πρόγραμμα της Commission, στενή συνεργασία με την Ευρωπαϊκή Τράπεζα Επενδύσεων για στοχευμένες επενδύσεις, συμμετοχή στο πρόγραμμα ποσοτικής χαλάρωσης της ΕΚΤ
• ΦΠΑ: Η εξαίρεση της έκπτωσης στα νησιά θα γίνει σταδιακά άρα η φετινή τουριστική χρονιά δεν θα έχει επιπρόσθετες επιβαρύνσεις. Ταυτόχρονα, στα νησιά όπου θα καταργηθεί η έκπτωση του 30%, θα υπάρξει ειδική μέριμνα ελάφρυνσης των βαρών στους κατοίκους με χαμηλότερα εισοδήματα. Η κατάργηση θα είναι σταδιακή μέχρι 31/12/2016 του μειωμένου συντελεστή στα νησιά, ξεκινώντας από νησιά με υψηλή τουριστική κίνηση. Η εξαίρεση δεν καταργείται για τα νησιά της παραμεθορίου.
• Εργασιακά: Επαναφορά των συλλογικών διαπραγματεύσεων εντός του έτους, αποφυγή εισαγωγής του lock out και της κατάργησης του δικαιώματος της απεργίας και μη απελευθέρωση των ομαδικών απολύσεων.
• ΑΔΜHΕ: Διατήρηση της δυνατότητας μη ιδιωτικοποίησης του ΑΔΜΗΕ/ Εναλλακτικό σχήμα με λειτουργικό διαχωρισμό για την ΑΔΜΗΕ χωρίς να αποκλείεται η συμμετοχή του Δημοσίου
• ΕΚΑΣ: Διατηρείται μέχρι το 2020
• Ξενοδοχεία και βασικά τρόφιμα στο 13% (ενώ η πρόταση των Θεσμών 23%)
• Μείωση συντελεστή στα φάρμακα, βιβλία, εισιτήρια θεάτρων σε 6% από 6,5%
• Διευρύνεται η φορολογητέα βάση με τις ασφαλιστικές εργασίες
• Οι συντελεστές ΦΠΑ θα επανεξεταστούν τέλος 2016 συνεκτιμώντας την απόδοση των μέτρων για την εισπραξιμότητα του ΦΠΑ που θα εισάγουμε για την καταπολέμηση της φοροδιαφυγής. Επίσης η βελτίωση της εισπραξιμότητας του ΦΠΑ θα επιτρέψει την επανεξέταση των συντελεστών.
• Βελτίωση ποινικού δικαίου για τη φοροδιαφυγή.
• Αύξηση φόρου ναυτιλιακών επιχειρήσεων και κατάργηση προνομίων εφοπλιστών
• Φόρος πολυτελείας στα σκάφη αναψυχής, πισίνες κλπ.
• Άμεση εφαρμογή του φόρου τηλεοπτικών διαφημίσεων
• Τα μέτρα για τη φορολογική διοίκηση είναι μη κοστολογημένα, αν αποδώσουν οι προσπάθειες για φορολόγηση αδήλωτων καταθέσεων, λαθρεμπορίου κλπ, τα έσοδα μπορούν να καλύψουν μέρος των κοστολογημένων μέτρων ή να εξεταστούν για τη μείωση του ΦΠΑ το τέλος του 2016
• Εισαγωγή του περιουσιολογίου που αποτελούσε μια από τις βασικές προγραμματικές θέσεις του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ.
• Εισαγωγή σε συνεργασία με τον ΟΟΣΑ νέων μεταρρυθμίσεων για το σπάσιμο των καρτέλ σε χονδρικό εμπόριο, κατασκευές, ηλεκτρονικό εμπόριο, μέσα ενημέρωσης.
Δείτε ολόκληρο το κείμενο της ελληνικής πρότασης, όπως κατατέθηκε στη Βουλή (στα αγγλικά):
Adopt effective as of July 1, 2015 a supplementary 2015 budget and a 2016–19 medium-term fiscal strategy, supported by a sizable and credible package of measures. The new fiscal path is premised on a primary surplus target of (1, 2, 3), and 3.5 percent of GDP in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. The package includes VAT reforms (¶2), other tax policy measures (¶3), pension reforms (¶4), public administration reforms (¶5), reforms addressing shortfalls in tax collection enforcement (¶6), and other parametric measures as specified below.
2. VAT reform
Adopt legislation to reform the VAT system that will be effective as of July 1, 2015. The reform will target a net revenue gain of 1 percent of GDP on an annual basis from parametric changes. The new VAT system will: (i) unify the rates at a standard 23 percent rate, which will include restaurants and catering, and a reduced 13 percent rate for basic food, energy, hotels, and water (excluding sewage), and a super-reduced rate of 6 percent for pharmaceuticals, books, and theater; (ii) streamline exemptions to broaden the base and raise the tax on insurance; and (iii) Eliminate discounts on islands, starting with the islands with higher incomes and which are the most popular tourist destinations, except the most remote ones. This will be completed by end-2016, as appropriate and targeted fiscally neutral measures to compensate those inhabitants that are most in need are determined. The new VAT rates on hotels and islands will be implemented from October 2015.
The increase of the VAT rate described above may be reviewed at the end of 2016, provided that equivalent additional revenues are collected through measures taken against tax evasion and to improve collectability of VAT. Any decision to review and revise shall take place in consultation with the institutions.
3. Fiscal structural measures
Adopt legislation to:
On health care, effective as of July 1, 2015, (i) re-establish full INN prescription, without exceptions, (ii) reduce as a first step the price of all off-patent drugs to 50 percent and all generics to 32.5 percent of the patent price, by repealing the grandfathering clause for medicines already in the market in 2012, and (iii)) review and limit the prices of diagnostic tests to bring structural spending in line with claw back targets; and (iv) collect in the full the 2014 clawback for private clinics, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals, and extend their 2015 clawback ceilings to 2016.
Launch the Social Welfare Review under the agreed terms of reference with the technical assistance of the World Bank to target savings of ½ percent of GDP which can help finance a fiscally neutral gradual roll-out of the GMI in January 2016.
Adopt legislation to:
4. Pension reform
The Authorities recognise that the pension system is unsustainable and needs fundamental reforms. This is why they will implement in full the 2010 pension reform law (3863/2010), and implement in full or replace/adjust the sustainability factors for supplementary and lump-sum pensions from the 2012 reform as a part of the new pension reform in October 2015 to achieve equivalent savings and take further steps to improve the pension system.
Effective from July 1, 2015 the authorities will phase-in reforms that would deliver estimated permanent savings of ¼-½ percent of GDP in 2015 and 1 percent of GDP on a full year basis in 2016 and thereafter by adopting legislation to:
The authorities will adopt legislation to fully offset the fiscal effects of the implementation of court rulings on the 2012 pension reform.
In parallel to the reform of the pension system, a Social Welfare Review will be carried out to ensure fairness of the various reforms.
The institutions are prepared to take into account other parametric measures within the pension system of equivalent effect to replace some of the measures mentioned above, taking into account their impact on growth, and provided that such measures are presented to the institutions during the design phase and are sufficiently concrete and quantifiable, and in the absence of this the default option is what is specified above.
5. Public Administration, Justice and Anti Corruption
Adopt legislation to:
Take the following actions to:
Adopt: (i) amendments to the corporate and household insolvency laws including to cover all debtors and bring the corporate insolvency law in line with the OCW law; (ii) amendments to the household insolvency law to introduce a mechanism to separate strategic defaulters from good faith debtors as well as simplify and strengthen the procedures and introduce measures to address the large backlog of cases; (iii) amendments to improve immediately the judicial framework for corporate and household insolvency matters; (iv) legislation to establish a regulated profession of insolvency administrators, not restricted to any specific profession and in line with good cross-country experience; (v) a comprehensive strategy for the financial system: this strategy will build on the strategy document from 2013, taking into account the new environment and conditions of the financial system and with a view of returning the banks in private ownership by attracting international strategic investors and to achieve a sustainable funding model over the medium term; and (vi) a holistic NPL resolution strategy, prepared with the help of a strategic consultant.
8. Labour market
Launch a consultation process to review the whole range of existing labour market arrangements, taking into account best practices elsewhere in Europe. Further input to the consultation process described above will be provided by international organisations, including the ILO. The organization and timelines shall be drawn up in consultation with the institutions. In this context, legislation on a new system of collective bargaining should be ready by Q4 2015. The authorities will take actions to fight undeclared work in order to strengthen the competitiveness of legal companies and protect workers as well as tax and social security revenues.
9. Product market
Adopt legislation to:
10. Privatization
Τα σημαντικά σημεία της ελληνικής πρότασης είναι τα εξής:
• Χαμηλά πρωτογενή πλεονάσματα μέχρι το 2018.
• Αναδιάρθρωση του χρέους μέσω νέου δανεισμού από τον Ευρωπαϊκό Μηχανισμό Στήριξης (χωρίς τη συμμετοχή του ΔΝΤ), με χαμηλά επιτόκια και απώτερο χρόνο αποπληρωμής
• Ευελιξία στη χρηματοδότηση με άμεση προκαταβολή με την υπογραφή της συμφωνίας και άμεση εκταμίευση χρηματοδοτικών πόρων
• συμμετοχή στο επενδυτικό πρόγραμμα της Commission, στενή συνεργασία με την Ευρωπαϊκή Τράπεζα Επενδύσεων για στοχευμένες επενδύσεις, συμμετοχή στο πρόγραμμα ποσοτικής χαλάρωσης της ΕΚΤ
• ΦΠΑ: Η εξαίρεση της έκπτωσης στα νησιά θα γίνει σταδιακά άρα η φετινή τουριστική χρονιά δεν θα έχει επιπρόσθετες επιβαρύνσεις. Ταυτόχρονα, στα νησιά όπου θα καταργηθεί η έκπτωση του 30%, θα υπάρξει ειδική μέριμνα ελάφρυνσης των βαρών στους κατοίκους με χαμηλότερα εισοδήματα. Η κατάργηση θα είναι σταδιακή μέχρι 31/12/2016 του μειωμένου συντελεστή στα νησιά, ξεκινώντας από νησιά με υψηλή τουριστική κίνηση. Η εξαίρεση δεν καταργείται για τα νησιά της παραμεθορίου.
• Εργασιακά: Επαναφορά των συλλογικών διαπραγματεύσεων εντός του έτους, αποφυγή εισαγωγής του lock out και της κατάργησης του δικαιώματος της απεργίας και μη απελευθέρωση των ομαδικών απολύσεων.
• ΑΔΜHΕ: Διατήρηση της δυνατότητας μη ιδιωτικοποίησης του ΑΔΜΗΕ/ Εναλλακτικό σχήμα με λειτουργικό διαχωρισμό για την ΑΔΜΗΕ χωρίς να αποκλείεται η συμμετοχή του Δημοσίου
• ΕΚΑΣ: Διατηρείται μέχρι το 2020
• Ξενοδοχεία και βασικά τρόφιμα στο 13% (ενώ η πρόταση των Θεσμών 23%)
• Μείωση συντελεστή στα φάρμακα, βιβλία, εισιτήρια θεάτρων σε 6% από 6,5%
• Διευρύνεται η φορολογητέα βάση με τις ασφαλιστικές εργασίες
• Οι συντελεστές ΦΠΑ θα επανεξεταστούν τέλος 2016 συνεκτιμώντας την απόδοση των μέτρων για την εισπραξιμότητα του ΦΠΑ που θα εισάγουμε για την καταπολέμηση της φοροδιαφυγής. Επίσης η βελτίωση της εισπραξιμότητας του ΦΠΑ θα επιτρέψει την επανεξέταση των συντελεστών.
• Βελτίωση ποινικού δικαίου για τη φοροδιαφυγή.
• Αύξηση φόρου ναυτιλιακών επιχειρήσεων και κατάργηση προνομίων εφοπλιστών
• Φόρος πολυτελείας στα σκάφη αναψυχής, πισίνες κλπ.
• Άμεση εφαρμογή του φόρου τηλεοπτικών διαφημίσεων
• Τα μέτρα για τη φορολογική διοίκηση είναι μη κοστολογημένα, αν αποδώσουν οι προσπάθειες για φορολόγηση αδήλωτων καταθέσεων, λαθρεμπορίου κλπ, τα έσοδα μπορούν να καλύψουν μέρος των κοστολογημένων μέτρων ή να εξεταστούν για τη μείωση του ΦΠΑ το τέλος του 2016
• Εισαγωγή του περιουσιολογίου που αποτελούσε μια από τις βασικές προγραμματικές θέσεις του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ.
• Εισαγωγή σε συνεργασία με τον ΟΟΣΑ νέων μεταρρυθμίσεων για το σπάσιμο των καρτέλ σε χονδρικό εμπόριο, κατασκευές, ηλεκτρονικό εμπόριο, μέσα ενημέρωσης.
Δείτε ολόκληρο το κείμενο της ελληνικής πρότασης, όπως κατατέθηκε στη Βουλή (στα αγγλικά):
Greece: Prior Actions
Policy Commitments and Actions to be taken in consultation with EC/ECB/IMF staff:
1. 2015 supplementary budget and 2016-19 MTFSAdopt effective as of July 1, 2015 a supplementary 2015 budget and a 2016–19 medium-term fiscal strategy, supported by a sizable and credible package of measures. The new fiscal path is premised on a primary surplus target of (1, 2, 3), and 3.5 percent of GDP in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. The package includes VAT reforms (¶2), other tax policy measures (¶3), pension reforms (¶4), public administration reforms (¶5), reforms addressing shortfalls in tax collection enforcement (¶6), and other parametric measures as specified below.
2. VAT reform
Adopt legislation to reform the VAT system that will be effective as of July 1, 2015. The reform will target a net revenue gain of 1 percent of GDP on an annual basis from parametric changes. The new VAT system will: (i) unify the rates at a standard 23 percent rate, which will include restaurants and catering, and a reduced 13 percent rate for basic food, energy, hotels, and water (excluding sewage), and a super-reduced rate of 6 percent for pharmaceuticals, books, and theater; (ii) streamline exemptions to broaden the base and raise the tax on insurance; and (iii) Eliminate discounts on islands, starting with the islands with higher incomes and which are the most popular tourist destinations, except the most remote ones. This will be completed by end-2016, as appropriate and targeted fiscally neutral measures to compensate those inhabitants that are most in need are determined. The new VAT rates on hotels and islands will be implemented from October 2015.
The increase of the VAT rate described above may be reviewed at the end of 2016, provided that equivalent additional revenues are collected through measures taken against tax evasion and to improve collectability of VAT. Any decision to review and revise shall take place in consultation with the institutions.
3. Fiscal structural measures
Adopt legislation to:
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close possibilities for income tax avoidance (e.g., tighten the
definition of farmers), take measures to increase the corporate income
tax in 2015 and require 100 percent advance payments for corporate
income and gradually for individual business income tax by 2017; phase
out the preferential tax treatment of farmers in the income tax code by
2017; raise the solidarity surcharge;
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abolish subsidies for excise on diesel oil for farmers and better
target eligibility to halve heating oil subsidies expenditure in the
budget 2016;
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in view of any revision of the zonal property values, adjust the
property tax rates if necessary to safeguard the 2015 and 2016 property
tax revenues at €2.65 billion and adjust the alternative minimum
personal income taxation.
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eliminate the cross-border withholding tax introduced by the
installments act (law XXXX/2015) and reverse the recent amendments to
the ITC in the public administration act (law XXXX/2015), including the
special treatment of agricultural income.
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adopt outstanding reforms on the codes on income tax, and tax
procedures: introduce a new Criminal Law on Tax Evasion and Fraud to
amend the Special Penal Law 2523/1997 and any other relevant
legislation, and replace Article 55, ¶s 1 and 2, of the TPC, with a
view, inter alia, to modernize and broaden the definition of tax fraud
and evasion to all taxes; abolish all Code of Book and Records fines,
including those levied under law 2523/1997 develop the tax framework for
collective investment vehicles and their participants consistently with
the ITC and in line with best practices in the EU.
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adopt legislation to upgrade the organic budget law to: (i) introduce
a framework for independent agencies; (ii) phase out ex-ante audits of
the Hellenic Court of Auditors and account officers (ypologos); (iii)
give GDFSs exclusive financial service capacity and GAO powers to
oversee public sector finances; and (iv) phase out fiscal audit offices
by January 2017.
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increase the rate of the tonnage tax and phase out special tax treatments of the shipping industry.
On health care, effective as of July 1, 2015, (i) re-establish full INN prescription, without exceptions, (ii) reduce as a first step the price of all off-patent drugs to 50 percent and all generics to 32.5 percent of the patent price, by repealing the grandfathering clause for medicines already in the market in 2012, and (iii)) review and limit the prices of diagnostic tests to bring structural spending in line with claw back targets; and (iv) collect in the full the 2014 clawback for private clinics, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals, and extend their 2015 clawback ceilings to 2016.
Launch the Social Welfare Review under the agreed terms of reference with the technical assistance of the World Bank to target savings of ½ percent of GDP which can help finance a fiscally neutral gradual roll-out of the GMI in January 2016.
Adopt legislation to:
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reduce the expenditure ceiling for military spending by €100 million
in 2015 and by €200 million in 2016 with a targeted set of actions,
including a reduction in headcount and procurement;
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introduce reform of the income tax code, [inter alia covering capital
taxation], investment vehicles, farmers and the self- employed, etc.;
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raise the corporate tax rate from 26% to 28%;
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introduce tax on television advertisements;
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announce international public tender for the acquisition of
television licenses and usage related fees of relevant frequencies; and
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extend implementation of luxury tax on recreational vessels in excess
of 5 meters and increase the rate from 10% to 13%, coming into effect
from the collection of 2014 income taxes and beyond;
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extend Gross Gaming Revenues (GGR) taxation of 30% on VLT games expected to be installed at second half of 2015 and 2016;
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generate revenues through the issuance of 4G and 5G licenses.
4. Pension reform
The Authorities recognise that the pension system is unsustainable and needs fundamental reforms. This is why they will implement in full the 2010 pension reform law (3863/2010), and implement in full or replace/adjust the sustainability factors for supplementary and lump-sum pensions from the 2012 reform as a part of the new pension reform in October 2015 to achieve equivalent savings and take further steps to improve the pension system.
Effective from July 1, 2015 the authorities will phase-in reforms that would deliver estimated permanent savings of ¼-½ percent of GDP in 2015 and 1 percent of GDP on a full year basis in 2016 and thereafter by adopting legislation to:
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create strong disincentives to early retirement, including the
adjustment of early retirement penalties, and through a gradual
elimination of grandfathering to statutory retirement age and early
retirement pathways progressively adapting to the limit of statutory
retirement age of 67 years, or 62 and 40 years of contributions by 2022,
applicable for all those retiring (except arduous professions, and
mothers with children with disability) with immediate application;
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adopt legislation so that withdrawals from the Social Insurance Fund
will incur an annual penalty, for those affected by the extension of the
retirement age period, equivalent to 10 percent on top of the current
penalty of 6 percent;
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integrate into ETEA all supplementary pension funds and ensure that,
starting January 1, 2015, all supplementary pension funds are only
financed by own contributions;
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better target social pensions by increasing OGA uninsured pension;
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Gradually phase out the solidarity grant (EKAS) for all pensioners by
end-December 2019. This shall be legislated immediately and shall start
as regards the top 20% of beneficiaries in March 2016 with the
modalities of the phase out to be agreed with the institutions;
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freeze monthly guaranteed contributory pension limits in nominal terms until 2021;
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provide to people retiring after 30 June 2015 the basic, guaranteed
contributory, and means tested pensions only at the attainment of the
statutory normal retirement age of currently 67 years;
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increase the health contributions for pensioners from 4% to 6% on average and extend it to supplementary pensions;
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phase out all state-financed exemptions and harmonize contribution
rules for all pension funds with the structure of contributions to IKA
from 1 July 2015;
The authorities will adopt legislation to fully offset the fiscal effects of the implementation of court rulings on the 2012 pension reform.
In parallel to the reform of the pension system, a Social Welfare Review will be carried out to ensure fairness of the various reforms.
The institutions are prepared to take into account other parametric measures within the pension system of equivalent effect to replace some of the measures mentioned above, taking into account their impact on growth, and provided that such measures are presented to the institutions during the design phase and are sufficiently concrete and quantifiable, and in the absence of this the default option is what is specified above.
5. Public Administration, Justice and Anti Corruption
Adopt legislation to:
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reform the unified wage grid, effective 1 January, 2016, setting the
key parameters in a fiscally neutral manner and consistent with the
agreed wage bill targets and with comprehensive application across the
public sector, including decompressing the wage distribution across the
wage spectrumin connection with the skill, performance and
responsibility of staff. (The authorities will also adopt legislation to
rationalise the specialised wage grids, by end-November 2015);
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align non-wage benefits such as leave arrangements, per diems, travel
allowances and perks, with best practices in the EU, effective 1
January 2016;
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establish within the new MTFS ceilings for the wage bill and the
level of public employment consistent with achieving the fiscal targets
and ensuring a declining path of the wage bill relative to GDP until
2019;
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hire managers and assess performance of all employees (with the aim
to complete the hiring of new managers by 31 December 2015 subsequent to
a review process)
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introduce a new permanent mobility scheme applied by Q4 2015. The
scheme will promote the use of job description and will be linked with
an online database that will include all current vacancies. Final
decision on employee mobility will be taken by each service concerned.
This will rationalize the allocation of resources as well as the
staffing across the General Government.
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reform the Civil Procedure Code, in line with previous agreements;
introduce measures to reduce the backlog of cases in administrative
courts; work closely with European institutions and technical assistance
on e-justice, mediation and judicial statistics
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strengthen the governance of ELSTAT. It shall cover (i) the role and
structure of the Advisory bodies of the Hellenic Statistical System,
including the recasting of the Council of ELSS to an advisory Committee
of the ELSS, and the role of the Good Practice Advisory Committee
(GPAC); (ii) the recruitment procedure for the President of ELSTAT, to
ensure that a President of the highest professional calibre is
recruited, following transparent procedures and selection criteria;
(iii) the involvement of ELSTAT as appropriate in any legislative or
other legal proposal pertaining to any statistical matter; (iv) other
issues that impact the independence of ELSTAT, including financial
autonomy, the empowerment of ELSTAT to reallocate existing permanent
posts and to hire staff where it is needed and to hire specialised
scientific personnel, and the classification of the institution as a
fiscal policy body in the recent law 4270/2014; role and powers of Bank
of Greece in statistics in line with European legislation.
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Publish a revised Strategic Plan against Corruption by 31 July 2015.
Amend and implement the legal framework for the declaration of assets
and financing of the political parties and adopt legislation insulating
financial crime and anti-corruption investigations from political
intervention in individual cases.
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Strengthen controls in public entities and especially SOEs. Empower
the Line Ministries to perform robust audit and control inspections to
supervised entities including SOEs.
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Strengthen controls and internal audit processes in high spending
Local Government Institutions and their supervised legal entities.
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Strengthen controls in public and private investment cases funded
either by national or co-funded by other sources, public works and
public procurement (e.g. in health sector, SDIT).
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Strengthen transparency and control processes and skills in tax and customs authorities.
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Assess major risks in the public procurement cycle, taking in
consideration the recent developments (Central Purchasing and
e-Procurement: KHMDHS and ESHDHS) and the need to have a clear
governance framework. Develop strategy according to the assessment(Q4
2015)
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Implement strategy to mitigate public procurement risks.(Q1 2016)
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Assess 2 specific sectors, Health and Public Works in order to
understand the existing constrains related to corruption and waste risks
and propose measures to address them. Develop and implement strategy.
(Q4 2015)
Take the following actions to:
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Adopt legislation to establish an autonomous revenue agency, that
specifies: (i) the agency’s legal form, organization, status, and scope;
(ii) the powers and functions of the CEO and the independent Board of
Governors; (iii) the relationship to the Minister of Finance and other
government entities; (iv) the agency’s human resource flexibility and
relationship to the civil service; (v) budget autonomy, with own GDFS
and a new funding formula to align incentives with revenue collection
and guarantee budget predictability and flexibility; (vi) reporting to
the government and parliament; and (vii) the immediate transfer of all
tax- and customs-related capacities and duties and all tax- and
customs-related staff in SDOE and other entities to the agency.
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on garnishments, adopt legislation to eliminate the 25 percent
ceiling on wages and pensions and lower all thresholds of €1,500 while
ensuring in all cases reasonable living conditions; accelerate
procurement of IT infrastructure to automatize e-garnishment; improve
tax debt write-off rules; remove tax officers’ personal liabilities for
not pursuing old debt; remove restrictions on conducting audits of tax
returns from 2012 subject to the external tax certificate scheme; and
enforce if legally possible upfront payment collection in tax disputes.
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amend (i) the 2014–15 tax and SSC debt instalment schemes to exclude
those who fail to pay current obligations and introduce a requirement
for the tax and social security administrations to shorten the duration
for those with the capacity to pay earlier and introduce market-based
interest rates; the LDU and KEAO will assess by September 2015 the large
debtors with tax and SSC debt exceeding €1 million (e.g. verify their
capacity to pay and take corrective action) and (ii) the basic
instalment scheme/TPC to adjust the market-based interest rates and
suspend until end-2017 third-party verification and bank guarantee
requirements.
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adopt legislation to accelerate de-registration procedures and limit
VAT re-registration to protect VAT revenues and accelerate procurement
of network analysis software; and provide the Presidential Decree needed
for the significantly strengthening the reorganisation of the VAT
enforcement section in order to strengthen VAT enforcement and combat
VAT carousel fraud. The authorities will submit an application to the EU
VAT Committee and prepare an assessment of the implication of an
increase in the VAT threshold to €25.000.
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combat fuel smuggling, via legislative measures for locating storage tanks (fixed or mobile);
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Produce a comprehensive plan with technical assistance for combating
tax evasion which includes (i) identification of undeclared deposits by
checking bank transactions in banking institutions in Greece or abroad,
(ii) introduction of a voluntary disclosure program with appropriate
sanctions, incentives and verification procedures, consistent with
international best practice, and without any amnesty provisions (iii)
request from EU member states to provide data on asset ownership and
acquisition by Greek citizens, (iv) renew the request for technical
assistance in tax administration and make full use of the resource in
capacity building, (v) establish a wealth registry to improve
monitoring.
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develop a costed plan for the promotion of the use of electronic payments, making use of the EU Structural and Investment Fund;
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Create a time series database to monitor the balance sheets of
parent-subsisdiary companies to improve risk analysis criteria for
transfer pricing
Adopt: (i) amendments to the corporate and household insolvency laws including to cover all debtors and bring the corporate insolvency law in line with the OCW law; (ii) amendments to the household insolvency law to introduce a mechanism to separate strategic defaulters from good faith debtors as well as simplify and strengthen the procedures and introduce measures to address the large backlog of cases; (iii) amendments to improve immediately the judicial framework for corporate and household insolvency matters; (iv) legislation to establish a regulated profession of insolvency administrators, not restricted to any specific profession and in line with good cross-country experience; (v) a comprehensive strategy for the financial system: this strategy will build on the strategy document from 2013, taking into account the new environment and conditions of the financial system and with a view of returning the banks in private ownership by attracting international strategic investors and to achieve a sustainable funding model over the medium term; and (vi) a holistic NPL resolution strategy, prepared with the help of a strategic consultant.
8. Labour market
Launch a consultation process to review the whole range of existing labour market arrangements, taking into account best practices elsewhere in Europe. Further input to the consultation process described above will be provided by international organisations, including the ILO. The organization and timelines shall be drawn up in consultation with the institutions. In this context, legislation on a new system of collective bargaining should be ready by Q4 2015. The authorities will take actions to fight undeclared work in order to strengthen the competitiveness of legal companies and protect workers as well as tax and social security revenues.
9. Product market
Adopt legislation to:
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implement all pending recommendations of the OECD competition toolkit
I, except OTC pharmaceutical products, starting with: tourist buses,
truck licenses, code of conduct for traditional foodstuff, eurocodes on
building materials, and all the OECD toolkit II recommendations on
beverages and petroleum products;
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In order to foster competition and increase consumer welfare
immediately launch a new competition assessment, in collaboration and
with the technical support of the OECD, on wholesale trade,
construction, e-commerce and media. The assessment will be concluded by
Q1 2016.The recommendations will be adopted by Q2 2016.
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open the restricted professions of engineers, notaries, actuaries, and bailiffs and liberalize the market for tourist rentals ;
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eliminate non-reciprocal nuisance charges and align the reciprocal nuisance charges to the services provided;
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reduce red tape, including on horizontal licensing requirements of
investments and on low-risk activities as recommended by the World Bank,
and administrative burden of companies based on the OECD
recommendations, and (ii) establish a committee for the
inter-ministerial preparation of legislation. Technical assistance of
the World Bank will be sought to implement the easing of licensing
requirements.
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design electronic one-stop shops for businesses through analysing
information obligations businesses have to comply with, structuring them
accordingly and helping to design a project on developing the necessary
ICT tools and infrastructure (Q3 2015). Setting up the institutional
& co-ordination structure, identification of the business life
events to be included, identification and mapping of information
obligations & administrative procedures and training of officials
(Q4 2015). Launch (Q1 2016)
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adopt the reform of the gas market and its specific roadmap, and implementation should follow suit.
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take irreversible steps (including announcement of date for
submission of binding offers) to privatize the electricity transmission
company, ADMIE, or provide by October 2015 an alternative scheme, with
equivalent results in terms of competition, in line with the best
European practices to provide full ownership unbundling from PPC, while
ensuring independence.
10. Privatization
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The Board of Directors of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development
Fund will approve its Asset Development Plan which will include for
privatisation all the assets under HRDAF as of 31/12/2014; and the
Cabinet will endorse the plan.
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To facilitate the completion of the tenders, the authorities will
complete all government pending actions including those needed for the
regional airports, TRAINOSE, Egnatia, the ports of Pireaus and
Thessaloniki and Hellinikon (precise list in Technical Memorandum). This
list of actions is updated regularly and the Government will ensure
that all pending actions are timely implemented.
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The government and HRADF will announce binding bid dates for Piraeus
and Thessaloniki ports of no later than end-October 2015, and for
TRAINOSE ROSCO, with no material changes in the terms of the tenders.
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The government will transfer the state's shares in OTE to the HRADF.
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Take irreversible steps for the sale of the regional airports at the current terms with the winning bidder already selected.
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