Letter to Deputy Ministry of Finance Nikos Papathanassis, Minister of Development Takis Theodorikakos, notification to the relevant Deputy Ministers and the AADE Governor, was sent by the Regional Governor of Thessaly. Dimitris Kouretasseeking to establish welfare for the incessant aid of the region to business affected by the extreme phenomenon in Pagasitic.
Specifically, in the letter, Dimitris Kouretas calls on the ministries to consider regulating retroactive power to protect the affected companies from the extreme phenomenon in the waters of the Pagasitic in the summer of 2024, so that, to the extent possible, the negative consequences of the initial lack.
In more detail in his letter, Mr. Kouretas stated that: “In this letter, I would like to put into account the issue of a significant number of businesses in Magnesia, whose turnover was hit by the extreme phenomenon in Pagasitic in the summer of 2024. These companies have been included in the Association of the Region of Thessaly, but without the provisions of other protection. In particular, the Assistant Schedule of the Region of Thessaly includes the program of boosting businesses affected by the phenomenon of the appearance of dead fish in the waters of the Neo Pagasi district of the Municipality of Volos as a consequence of bad weather Daniel and Elias ».
However, it is noted that “This figure is not accompanied by the established protection usually provided in similar aid, that is, not to be subject to tax, finally or any other burden; to be irreversible in the hands of the public; and not to be bound or offset by the taxpayers, the public, are taken into account in income limits for paying social or welfare benefits ».
According to Dimitris Kouretas, “The lack of the above protection – especially in an area that has repeatedly been directly and indirectly affected by natural disasters – contradicts the purpose of the aid itself.” Recalls that “During the previous period provisions were introduced that provide that protection to corresponding business aids”, A typical example is article 23 of Law 5111/2024 (A ’76), which provides for the tax -free, undeclared and irreversible of the aid paid in the framework of the action “Aid of businesses affected by Daniel bad weather in the Region of Thessaly”.
In conclusion, the Regional Governor of Thessaly calls on the relevant Ministries, in cooperation with the Region of Thessaly, “To evaluate all the foregoing information and the possibility of adopting regulation that will expressly provide for the provision of corresponding protection – such as the one that was attracted to the Daniel and Elias bad weather – and for those affected by the extreme phenomenon in the Pagasitic Waters in the Pagastiki in the Summer of 2024. negative consequences of initial lack of legislative welfare ».