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Law N° 4411 of 2016 ratifying the Convention of the Council of Europe on Cybercrime and its Additional Protocol concerning the criminalization of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems; incorporating into Greek legislation the Directive 2013/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on attacks against information systems and replacing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA; introducing regulations on correctional and crime policy and other provisions.

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Greece
Conditions of work; Criminal and penal law; Social assistance and services
2016-08-02
National
Law, Act

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PART I ratifies the Convention of the Council of Europe on Cybercrime, signed in Budapest on 23.11.2001 and its Additional Protocol, concerning the criminalization of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, signed in Strasbourg on 28.01.2003 and provides for the original text both in English and French and the translated one in Greek language.
PART II incorporates into Greek legislation the Directive 2013/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on attacks against information systems and replacing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA and introduces regulations on correctional and crime policy and other provisions.
Article 14 of the present Law regulates labour issues of employees of Detention Centres. More specifically, in its para 1, regulates the hour-plan of working days night work, day and night work on Sundays and rest days, work supplementing the obligatory week-plan and work exceeding the obligatory week-plan, the hour-plan of overtime swing shift for the personnel employed in Detention Centres and in the Service of External Safeguarding thereof during the period from 01.01.2016 to 11.01.2016. Para 2 regulates the hour-plan of work beyond the five working days of the safeguarding personnel employed in Detention Centres and in the Service of External Safeguarding during the period from 01.01.2016 to 11.01.2016. Para 3 introduces an exception for the remuneration due for overtime work on rest days and night work, as well as for work beyond the five working days of the personnel employed in Detention Centres provided during the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 to be paid during fiscal year 2016. Para 4 regulates the covering of the expenditures arising from paras 1, 2 and 3.
Article 27, para 1 reformulates element 1 of sub-para ID1 of para ID of article 1 of the Law N° 4152 of 2013 (A’ 107) providing for measures tackling and intercepting unemployment. Para 2 amends element 5.1 of sub-para ID1 of para ID of article 1 of the Law N° 4152 of 2013 (A’ 107) adjusting emoluments. Paras 3 to 6 amend the formulation of element 5.2, of 1st phrase of sub-cases (ii), (iii) and (vi) of element 5.3 of sub-para ID1 of para ID of article 1 of the Law N° 4152 of 2013 (A’ 107).
Article 28 sets forth the creation of 360 new organic positions for permanent personnel within the Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) and regulates issues regarding the allocation of the positions per sector and department and the requirements in the advertising of the posts.
Article 31 introduces countervailing measures for the extinction of the Pensioners Social Solidarity Benefit (EKAS). More specifically, para 1 provides for the application of the following countervailing measures to the persons deprived from the provision of the Pensioners Social Solidarity Benefit (EKAS) pursuant to the article 92 of the Law N° 4387 of 2016 (A’85), until its final extinction: (a) Full exemption from the participation in pharmaceutical expenditure; (b) In case of discontinuance of payment of the Pensioners Social Solidarity Benefit (EKAS) to both spouses, granting of an extraordinary monthly financial aid to the spouse receiving the lower individual income; (c) Granting of an extraordinary monthly financial aid to the former beneficiaries of the Pensioners Social Solidarity Benefit (EKAS) with disability rate 80% and above.
Para 2 enacts the following complementary measures for the year 2016: (a) Exemption from the payment of healthcare contributions for persons having lost the provision of benefit amounting to 30 euros and above per month; (b) Granting of a monthly-prepaid card to persons having lost the provision of benefit amounting to 115 euros and above per month. Para 3 sets the date of entry into force of the provisions of the present article as of 01.08.2016 and guides on the regulation of further details related to the measures.

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    Date of entry into force
    2016-08-03
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Partial entry dates region

    Date of partial entry into force
    2016-08-01
    Article 31

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    Serial title
    Efimeris tis Kivernisseos
    Date
    2016-08-03
    Volume
    Part A'
    Number
    N° 142
    Page range
    pp. 7669-7808