Machine-translated from the official source document.
Within the framework of taking preventive fire-protection measures for the 2026 fire period according to the applicable Legislation as amended and in force by Law 5281/2026, in order to prevent the risk of causing a fire or its rapid spread, we remind that owners, possessors, usufructuaries, tenants or subtenants of plot and other uncovered spaces within approved town plans or settlements, as well as within a distance of up to 100 meters from their boundaries, are obliged to proceed to cleaning of their properties up to and including 15 June 2026.
Owners are obliged to submit a solemn declaration to the National Registry for keeping preventive fire-protection measures of Article 53A of Law 4662/2020 (A’ 27), as amended and in force by Law 5281/2026, through the electronic platform of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection (Y.K.K.P.P.), at the link: https://akatharista.apps.gov.gr/ from 1 April until 15 June 2026.
An obligation of the above obligated persons is also maintenance throughout the duration of the fire period, from 1 May until 31 October.
Cleaning concerns undeveloped as well as developed, that is with a building, land parcels:
a) in areas within approved town plans,
b) in areas within settlement boundaries, without an approved town plan,
c) in areas within a radius of 100 meters from the boundaries of cases a) and b), provided they do not fall under forest legislation, according to the forest map of the area.
d) in out-of-plan parcels with a building, provided they do not fall under forest legislation, according to the forest map of the area.
It does NOT concern:
configured, maintained gardens or planted surfaces of uncovered spaces of buildings, apartment buildings, etc. on in-plan or out-of-plan land parcels,
undeveloped out-of-plan land parcels,
developed out-of-plan land parcels but within forest or reforestable area.
For checking whether the out-of-plan parcel falls or does not fall under the provisions of forest legislation, we use the forest maps.
The required cleaning includes:
• Logging and removal of dry and broken trees and branches as well as branches that are in direct contact with a building.
• Removal of combustible plant matter located on the surface of the ground, such as indicatively leaf litter, dry grasses and lying dry branches.
• Pruning of the base of tree crowns and increase of the height of their starting point from the ground surface, depending on the age and species of the tree.
• Thinning of shrub vegetation in terms of ground coverage.
• Removal of any other abandoned combustible, ignitable, explosive or flammable materials, objects and waste.
In order to submit the Plot Cleaning Declaration on the electronic platform (National Registry), liable owners, possessors, usufructuaries, tenants or subtenants will need to fill in:
- their personal access codes to Taxisnet,
- the National Cadastre Code Number (KAEK) of the plot or
- the coordinates of the plot if the plot is in an area where the Cadastre is not in operation (that is, cadastral mapping is in progress or under posting).
In cases of inability to submit a declaration, such as due to objective inability to use electronic services, age, disability or reason of force majeure, submit physically to the relevant Citizen Service Center or to the locally competent Fire Service, and they are sent through their care to the Directorate of Preventive Fire Protection of the Fire Service by every appropriate means.
Attention! non-cleaning of these plot spaces leads to the imposition of the following sanctions:
for non-cleaning / non-maintenance of cleaning of the land parcel during the fire period (1 May – 31 October): Ø fine 1€/m² with minimum 200€ and maximum 2.000€
for non-submission of declaration to the national registry until 15 June: Ø fine 500€, provided cleaning has not been carried out Ø fine 100€, provided cleaning has been carried out
for submission of false declaration to the national registry: Ø fine 5.000€ and imprisonment of at least 6 months
The Municipality looks forward to the cooperation of the citizens since fire protection concerns their safety, the protection of their property and of the environment.
The protection of the environment and human life is not a responsibility only of the State or Local Government but a common obligation of all of us.
From the Civil Protection of the Municipality of Apokoronas.
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