The TechValue After the publication made about the illegal charging by ELTA based on a European regulation, the citizens woke up and reacted.
ΜUntil our publication, the people were not sure whether it was illegal or not for ELTA or the customs to charge 15 €, even a mobile phone case at a cost of 1.5 €. Let's look at the facts though.
Timetable:
- 03/02/2020: ELTA raises the new price list which clearly states that from 0 € worth of packages the recipients will pay 15 € with the only exception of the letters (letters).
- Since then, all the media (blogs, websites, etc.) announced the new measure as if it were something completely normal… without even a single negative comment.
- 09/02/2020: First in Greece we upload to TechValue.gr the news that the hike is illegal based on European law. You create indignation from the citizens after almost 100 notifications of the news were made. On the same night of Sunday, ELTA lowers the price list for fear of a fine from the EU and reactions in ELTA stores from citizens since they now know the truth.
- 11/02/2020: This morning the new price list was raised, which restores the limit of 22 € BUT IT REMAINS ILLEGAL as it has a big trap that we will see below.
Ashes in the eyes from ELTA and customs the return to 22 €
Above is the new price list of ELTA with the asshole and the return to the limit of 22 €. However, just below where this little text is, it essentially nullifies the 22 € limit and states:
For a start, let's correct the ELTA as the tone in "further" is wrong. What is described in the text translates as follows: If the customs officer considers that a parcel that, for example, states a value of € 2 on the label, needs to be checked, then the recipient will pay a € 15 hike even if he can prove that his parcel actually costs € 2.
That gives her illegal freedom at customs to charge 15 € without any other action. Without asking for proof of payment from the recipient since in most cases small parcels will no longer be needed. After either entering the process to send a payment receipt or not will pay 15 € and only that the customs entered the process to "process" eg a parcel worth 2 €.
It is understood that even this charge remains illegal since in 90% of cases of small parcels it is not possible for the actual cost of processing by the customs to be € 15. And to be more honest, in fact, there is no substantial check on the packages in most cases, they will only charge a fee of 15 €. This is exactly how they solve the problem of workload without the need for new hires and at the same time illegal increase of income.
Those who pay the hike of 15 € for parcels worth less than 22 € have every right to refer to the European law and to ask for explanations for the processing process from the customs where your parcel occurred and was costed at 15 €.
EU law clearly states that processing costs are NOT allowed to be higher than actual.
Note:
The article is a faithful republishing of the source, but on the basis of the data, the selection and segregation of parcels from countries outside the European Union is done by the Customs Authorities and not by ELTA itself, and everything should be done according to European and Greek legislation.
In any case, calm is needed, and we believe that it will soon be clarified whether customs clearance costs of a higher value than the value of the product being cleared can be charged.
We quote the untranslated text - EU directive for this subject…
Member States cannot impose charges related to customs clearance higher than the actual costs incurred.Excerpt from the text of the European Union (European Commission)
Below is the PDF that currently exists in ELTA…
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Customs for a lifetime, so were all the financial criminals and thieves in there, you will see them….
But because they also have debts with the courts, it is best to get the proof that you paid 15 € to make a photocopy of the proof of purchase of the object, eg 1-2 €…. And after a direct appeal to the European courts, not even in Greek, because they will not even deal with it…
In the article above he mentions the following: "We are the first in Greece to upload the news στο to TechValue.gr." I do not even comment on this, but he goes on to say "almost 100 notifications of the news were made", with so many notifications you came close to launching the internet, surely the whole of Greece learned the news from you. I make this reference because I would like what I read and write to be objective.
Taki, the article is as you can see it is a Copy & Paste from Techvalue.gr and not ours.
The Nonsense of the Hellenic Post Office, charged 15 euros because it was tired of receiving it from the Customs, which is its obligation and has been paid for this work.
They found a good factory to make extra money like banks do when you go to the cashier for some work
Good morning, if they charge 15 € for a small value package, do you send the receipt for the value and they insist what can you do except leave it to ELTA?
I would like to know who is the one who decides…? the elta or the government? which dung dog thinks of these ???? to burn his tablet.
It is unacceptable illegal and abusive what they are going to impose.
It is very easy and simple for ALL packages to be charged for customs control and without any information, control by the individual citizen.
Immediately implement the directive of the European Union and stop the arbitrariness.