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Council of State on construction bans in Thousands of Settlements: Expansions of Settlements, need to be urbanised

The key point in the announcement from the Council of State (CoS) is the provisions from the Ministry of Environment (ΥΠΕΝ) regarding Zone III, which were deemed illegal, as this zone would have included areas that could be built without following the requirements for construction outside urban plans

Construction: Sharp “brake” in January following the decision on the New Building Regulation

According to ELSTAT, there was a 17.3% drop in permits, 37.2% in surface area, and 38.4% in building volume

Competition Commission decision on the construction sector: Regulatory intervention with targeted measures

Competition Commission decides to intervene for lack of effective competition, imposing measures on transparency, disclosures and preventing leakage of sensitive information between competing companies - Background of the case dating back to 2020

Chaos in construction amid wait for new regulations – The zigzags over the new building code and off-plan areas

The government has been in power for nearly six years and had not only the obligation to legislate and impose order on unregulated construction and illegality but also to legally shield its legislative interventions, so they wouldn't be flimsy before the Council of State and rejected as unconstitutional

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