The competent audit services (Hellenic Police, Coast Guard, National Transparency Authority, Inter-Service Market Control Unit, Labour Inspectorate Body, Regions and Municipal Police) carried out, on Thursday 19.08.2021, a total of 186,836 inspections and recorded 254 cases of violation of the epidemiological alert measures.
In total, fines of 132,100€ and a suspension of operation were imposed on eight companies.
The Body in charge of the main checks was the Hellenic Police (106,631 checks)
The main violations are the following:
1. Non-compliance with mask-wearing indoors / Non-compliance with the social distancing measures
2. Non-observance of the suspension of operation / non-observance of the special operating rules
Region
The Coast Guard imposed fines totaling 150€ for other violations. The National Transparency Authority carried out inspections on sixty (60) objects and on nine hundred and seventy (970) natural persons.
Four-digit number 1520:
The four-digit number 1520 received a total of 99 calls, concerning a) questions on the measures and b) complaints about non-compliance with the measures, which were forwarded to the competent audit services.
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