Especially careful must be drivers who park in private parking spaces, as even at these points there are cases in which the KOK brings severe sanctions and heavy fines.
A number of drivers may consider that the parking spaces of commercial centres, supermarkets or other private facilities are outside the jurisdiction of police authorities, which is shown by behaviors many adopt within these points, the legislation in force, however, Whereas the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 should be amended accordingly; OK they are normally applied in all areas where public traffic is permitted.
According to Article 1 of the Road Traffic Code and Article 3 of Law 5209/2025, the provisions of the new KOK apply specifically to any area used for public traffic. That is why in more and more parking spaces We also see certain marking signs which inform drivers that what is provided for by the COC is in place.
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In recent years, after all, Several incidents have been made public., proving that controls are now being made more rigorously for multiple parking violations.
In this context, a new feature example came to the news following a recent complaint published in the group «Electric motor» on Facebook, where an electric car driver described what she met in her well-known department store Athens.
As he reported, the driver had planned to combine his shopping with charging his vehicle as the battery of the electric vehicle was only at 30%. However when it reached the department store's two available chargers, it found that Both positions were occupied by electric commercial vans, but without charging, as the chargers in that department store have been put out of service.
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At the same time as the driver was trying to find a solution for the low completeness of his battery, he found from the loudspeakers of the store how store managers were looking for the driver of a Mercedes, who had illegally parked in I'm sorry.
According to the same post, a police officer at the scene immediately proceeded to Infringement certificate for the vehicle which had taken the position of disabled person, while also approached by the driver in the case of both vans, with the policeman reporting that They'll make sure calls In both vehicles that had been illegally parked in the loading positions.
It is noted, of course, that electric vans may have been parked at the site, knowing that the chargers have been put out of service and have been licensed, without the knowledge of the driver who proceeded to the complaint or the police officer who was notified of the illegally standing Mercedes.
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In any case, for vehicles that park on active chargers that operate normally, the COC carries particularly strict penalties.
More specifically, stopping and parking is allowed exclusively in pure electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles and only during charging. This infringement falls within category E1-B and is punishable by fine 30 euros, as well as the withdrawal of the 10 days driving licence.
Even heavier, of course, are penalties for the illegal occupation of a parking spot. The first infringement carries a fine of 150 euros and a waiver of the driver's license for 60 days.
In the event of a relapse within five years, the fine shall be increased to EUR 1,000 and the removal of the diploma shall be up to six months. If there is a third infringement within the same five years, the fine is then fined to EUR 2,000, while the fine driving licence is removed for a whole year.
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