Payment and Control functions pass to AADE
The abolition of OPECEPE and the incorporation of payment and control functions in AADE, where the government’s staff will be transferred, the government has decided.
The decision was taken at a meeting held by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with the participation of Vice President Kostis Hatzidakis, the Ministers AADE George Pitsilis.
Government sources say that after attempts by OPEKEPE’s internal modernization that did not attribute the expected, the government, in cooperation with the European authorities and committed to creating a transparent and integrated, friendly paid payment system, proceeds with a determination to definitively address the problem.
“The message is clear: The agricultural aid and payments system is going through a new era, putting a definitive end to bad practices and decades -long practices and pathogens, deprived of consistent farmers, resources and capabilities. The process begins immediately, with the cooperation of the Ministries of Rural Development, National Economy & Finance and AADE, under the supervision of the Deputy Prime Minister, “they added.
As they say, the goal is to complete the complete integration in the second half of 2026.
To this end, the relevant legislation will be submitted by July.
Legislative intervention, they point out, will focus on the better service of farmers and at the same time on transparency and accountability by upgrading payment procedures, developing new digital services, enhancing internal control, interoperability of OPECEPE and AADE and Modern Control Systems and Multiple Controls.
They add that the choice of AADE to implement the reform is not accidental.
“The independence of the Authority and its significant successes in tackling tax evasion and enhance transparency in citizens’ transactions with the tax administration are guaranteed to reform the system of agricultural aid and payments, in favor of farmers and the primary sector, as well as the Greek economy as well.”