After a year of -almost- backsliding, the time of... crisis for the uninsured has arrived. Last call then. Although some reports indicate that an informal extension will be given (?) until midnight tonight to update the list, some 385,000 owners of uninsured vehicles, cars and motorcycles, will receive the "regret". Where "regret" means fines for driving uninsured vehicles.
The "letters" with the fines are as follows:
For two-wheelers up to 250 cc: EUR 100
For two-wheelers over 251 c.e.: EUR 150
For cars up to 1,000 c.e.: 200 euros
For cars over 1.001 c.e.: 250 euro
Based on the data of insurance companies, the number of insured vehicles reaches 6.1 million, while after the cross-check of last June, an increase in insurances by about 510 thousand was recorded, resulting in the fleet of insured vehicles to exceed 6.2 million.
The question is, of course, whether this summer there will be mistakes and... misunderstandings, like last summer. Already, several vehicle owners are preparing for... inconvenience, as they will have to prove to the tax authorities that they were sent a wrong fine. This, of course, does not apply to misunderstandings, such as, for example, owners of cars who have left them in car dealerships to be sold, but have not transferred them and have not handed over plates. In any case, because there are also several cases of car owners who have transferred their vehicle but the transfer has not been completed, it is stressed that the obligation to insure is borne by the last owner of the vehicle.
However, there are also different cases, such as stolen, deleted, etc. cars and motorcycles. What happens in this case? According to the instructions of the ADEA:
In cases where your vehicle is incorrectly included in the list of uninsured vehicles, the following procedure should be followed, if applicable:
- If it was insured on the date of the cross-check, you should contact the insurance company with which you have it insured so that they can take the necessary action.
- If it has never belonged to you or has changed its registration number or has been deleted or was immobilised on the date of the crossing, you must apply to the tax authority responsible for your taxation by presenting the necessary supporting documents (immobilisation certificate or history of changes to the vehicle in question from the competent Regional Transport Service, where the vehicle's registration permit has been issued, etc.).
- If there is a mistake in the registration details or the vehicle no longer belongs to you, you should contact the Regional Transport Service responsible as mentioned above.
- If you have applied for the transfer of the vehicle to a K.E.P. and the new registration permit has not yet been issued, you must apply to any D.O.Y. by presenting the relevant certificate of the K.E.P. for the submission of the transfer request, in order to cancel the fee.
- If there is an exemption from compulsory insurance pursuant to the provision of article 3 of p.d. 237/1986 (Government Gazette A΄ 331), as in force, you should apply to any D.O.Y., presenting the relevant documents, in order to cancel the fee.
- In case your vehicle was also detected by the Police Authority and the penalties and fines of par. 4 of Article 5 and Article 12 of the Law 237/1986, as applicable, the payment of the deposit for the issuance of the insurance policy is not required. However, before issuing an insurance policy, you must apply to any Tax Office by presenting the relevant act of the Police Authority, updated, in order to cancel the fee.
- If you acquired the vehicle up to seven (7) working days before the crossing, you must contact any D.O.Y. in order to cancel the fee.
- If you are the heir of a vehicle of which the deceased had full and exclusive ownership and the deceased died within 6 months before the crossing, no fee will be issued for this vehicle. Exceptionally and exclusively in cases where the death occurred from 30/3/2018 onwards and was not declared to the competent Tax Office by the heirs, any fee issued may be cancelled by the competent Tax Office upon request of the heirs. Please note that more detailed information can be found in the relevant Information Guide.
Any unused surcharges, as well as those created for vehicles excluded from the list of uninsured as mentioned above, are automatically cancelled.
