Alternate Administrative Reform Minister George Katrougalos said on Thursday that documents and acts from ministries will all need to be electronicly submitted as of July 1 according to a publication in the Government Gazette (FEK), where laws and regulations must be published before coming into effect.

The publications include documents and acts from ministries, general secretariats, independent authorities, and decentralized administration and regions. Municipalities and legal entities will be obliged to do so as of July 1.

Katrougalos said the National Printing Office, which publishes the Gazette, plays a key role and by receiving documents electronically it will be able to do its job faster. He noted that despite older regulation calling for electronic submission, few entities actually do so, while the traditional paper path “means greater travail, cost and delays, especially for the entities and the National Printing Office.”