The Ministry of Tourism has decided to delegate the authority to sign documents “By Order of the Minister” to the Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development, the Heads of General Directorates and Directorates of the Central Service, and the Heads of the Regional Services of the Ministry of Tourism.
The relevant decision covers the following:
To the Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development:
Decisions on the establishment and composition of Working Groups and Committees on matters under his/her competence.
Statements of opinion by the Service in judicial cases concerning appeals handled by the Appeals Committee.
Statements of opinion by the Special Service for the Promotion and Licensing of Tourism Investments in all judicial cases under its competence.
Decisions on the establishment and composition of Collective Control Bodies for verifying the fulfillment of mandatory terms and conditions for granting the Special Quality Mark for Greek Cuisine.
Regulatory administrative acts and other non-executable documents concerning the creation and implementation of the Tourism Satellite Account and the establishment and operation of the Tourism Observatory.
Decisions granting regular leave to the Head of the General Directorate of Tourism Policy and to the Head of the Special Service for the Promotion and Licensing of Tourism Investments.
To the Head of the General Directorate of Financial and Administrative Services:
Administrative acts and other non-executable documents falling under the competence of more than one Directorates of the General Directorate of Financial and Administrative Services.
Queries, replies, and other documents addressed to services of the Ministry of Tourism and supervised legal entities, as well as to other public services on matters under the competence of the General Directorate of Financial and Administrative Services.
Administrative acts and other non-executable documents of the autonomous Department of Emergency Civil Planning.
Second-level responses to requests and complaints from citizens concerning acts or omissions of service bodies under the competence of the General Directorate of Financial and Administrative Services.
Circulars and instructions prepared by units of the General Directorate of Financial and Administrative Services.
Statements of opinion by the Service in all judicial cases under the competence of the General Directorate of Financial and Administrative Services.
Decisions granting regular leave to the Heads of Directorates and Autonomous Organizational Units under the General Directorate of Financial and Administrative Services, as well as to the Head of the Coordination Service and the Internal Audit Unit.
Documents addressed to the courts regarding legal remedies and means exercised against acts or omissions of services under the competence of the General Directorate of Financial and Administrative Services.
To the Head of the General Directorate of Tourism Policy:
Administrative acts and other non-executable documents under the competence of more than one Directorates of the General Directorate of Tourism Policy.
Queries, replies, and other documents addressed to services of the Ministry of Tourism and supervised legal entities, as well as to other public services on matters under the competence of the General Directorate of Tourism Policy.
Second-level responses to requests and complaints from citizens concerning acts or omissions of service bodies under the competence of the General Directorate of Tourism Policy.
Statements of opinion by the Service in all judicial cases under the competence of the General Directorate of Tourism Policy, excluding those concerning the Regional Tourism Services (RTS).
Circulars and instructions prepared by units of the General Directorate of Tourism Policy.
Decisions granting regular leave to the Heads of Directorates of the Central Service and the Regional Services of the Ministry of Tourism under the General Directorate of Tourism Policy.
To the Heads of Directorates and autonomous organizational units of the Ministry:
First-level responses to requests and complaints from citizens on matters under their competence.
Queries, replies, and other documents addressed to services of the Ministry of Tourism and supervised legal entities, as well as to other public services on matters under their competence.
Decisions granting regular leave to their staff, up to and including the level of Head of Department.
To the Head of the Directorate of Administrative Affairs:
Oath protocols for all staff of the Ministry of Tourism and service assumption certificates for staff of the Central Service of the Ministry of Tourism.
Documents announcing or communicating decisions or circulars.
Transmittals of summaries of decisions and acts published in the Government Gazette.
Orders for publication in the daily and periodical press.
Employment and service certificates for the staff of the Ministry of Tourism, except those delegated herein to other bodies.
Provision of data and information on matters under his/her competence.
Decisions granting leave, sick leave, maternity leave, and family-related leave to all staff of the Ministry of Tourism.
Individual administrative acts concerning rank or salary promotion.
Referrals of employees for examination by Health Committees.
Decisions granting examination leave to staff of the Ministry of Tourism.
Requests for budget commitments and decisions for assumption of expenditure obligations up to 150,000 euros.
Decisions for partial or full revocation of expenditure obligations up to 150,000 euros.
Decisions for procurement of goods and services up to 150,000 euros.
Decisions appointing accountable officers for payment orders, regardless of the amount.
Decisions determining the level of compensations and lump-sum payments.
Acts of the deciding authority up to 150,000 euros.
Decisions establishing Committees for conducting simplified and open tenders.
Decisions granting permission to administrative and teaching staff of the Ministry of Tourism to engage in private paid work.
Decisions granting unpaid leave to staff of the Ministry of Tourism.
To the Head of the Directorate of Financial Services:
Salary certificates, certificates of deductions and contributions, receipts of deposits.
Written notification for the refund of unduly paid sums, orders for service of documents by bailiff.
Issuance of Salary Suspension Notices.
Documents for recovery from insurance funds of unduly paid contributions (employee and employer).
Written or electronic transmission of contribution statements to insurance funds and loan statements.
Decisions establishing committees for managing the expenses of movement and maintenance of government vehicles of the Ministry of Tourism.
Decisions for recovery of unduly paid sums and for deduction of salaries to offset unduly received amounts.
Decisions for recovery of unlawfully granted state aid.
To the Head of the Directorate of Legislative Coordination and Better Regulation:
Granting the Ministry of Tourism’s consent for the exceptional operation of shops in areas declared as tourist destinations.
To the Head of the Directorate of Spatial Planning and Infrastructure:
Opinions on Strategic Environmental Impact Assessments, Special Spatial Plans, and other development plans.
Opinions on Environmental Impact Studies for Renewable Energy installations (wind farms, hydroelectric projects) and other projects and activities.
Opinions on requests for concession of the use of seashore, beach, and marine space for works or legalization of existing works in these areas.
Opinions on the concession of marine water areas for the establishment, expansion, or relocation of aquaculture units.
To the Heads of the Regional Tourism Services:
Service assumption certificates for all staff employed in the RTS under any type of employment relationship.
Opinions in judicial cases concerning matters under their competence.
Granting consent for compulsory expropriation of municipal or community lands or water sources, submitting proposals for the concession of public land, and granting consent for the use of public or monastic lands.
Granting consent for quarries, mineral exploration and extraction, establishment of poultry farms, pigsties, stables, and sheepfolds, etc.
To the Heads of the Higher Schools of Tourism Education (HSTE) and the Institutes of Vocational Training (IEK), including their Retraining Departments:
Recruitment announcements and summaries of such announcements for publication in the press for administrative staff under fixed-term private law contracts of the Educational Units (HSTE and IEK) and their Retraining Departments.
Notification of recruitment and dismissals of administrative staff under fixed-term private law contracts and hourly-paid teaching staff.
Service assumption certificates for permanent staff and staff under private law contracts employed in the Educational Units (HSTE and IEK).
Employment and service certificates for administrative staff under fixed-term private law contracts and hourly-paid teaching staff of the Educational Units (HSTE and IEK) and their Retraining Departments.
Certificates of teaching hours per month and educational period.
Opinions in judicial cases concerning matters under their competence, excluding those concerning permanent or fixed-term private law contract staff.
To the Heads of the Schools for Tourist Guides:
Recruitment announcements and summaries of such announcements for publication in the press for administrative staff under fixed-term private law contracts of the Schools for Tourist Guides.
Notification of recruitment and dismissals of administrative staff under fixed-term private law contracts and hourly-paid teaching staff.
Service assumption certificates for permanent staff and staff under private law contracts employed in the Schools for Tourist Guides.
Employment and service certificates for administrative staff under fixed-term private law contracts and hourly-paid teaching staff of the Schools for Tourist Guides.
Certificates of teaching hours per month and educational period.
Study certificates for students of the Schools for Tourist Guides.
Opinions in judicial cases concerning matters under their competence, excluding those concerning permanent or fixed-term private law contract staff.
