On Thursday 5 November at 8.00 pm, the Artemida Municipal Community Council will meet via videoconference to discuss a single item: the extension of music playing hours for the establishment of public health interest ‘THE PRESIDENT’. This is the fifth such case in the municipality in the space of a few weeks. Since late September, extensions have been published on the Diafgeia transparency portal for SEA SIDE and MALABAR (23 September), for MACAMBO on Artemida Avenue (Decision 20/2026 of the Artemida Community Council, 1 October) and for YES I DO at 45 Mykenaiikon Tafon Street in Spata (October).
MACAMBO and YES I DO played music until 03:00 for a year.
Who decides now?
The Municipal Committee had approved the extensions by the summer; its most recent such decision on the ‘Diafania’ transparency portal is No. 387/2026 of 1 July. Under the new Local Government Code (Law 5314/2026, Government Gazette 29 June 2026, Article 164), responsibility has passed to the Municipal Community Council in whose area the shop is located, provided that the community has more than 300 residents. In other words, for a shop in Artemida, the decision is taken by the ten-member Artemida Council, whilst for Spata, it is taken by the Spata–Loutsa Council.
This change was reflected in practice with the ‘YES I DO’ initiative: on 5 October, the Spata–Loutsa Council revoked its own Decision 14/2026 and re-enacted it as Decision 15/2026, ‘updated’ in line with the provisions of the new Code.
What is required of the shop
The decisions are based on Article 29 of Law 4442/2016, Joint Ministerial Decision 16228/2017 and Police Order 3/1996, and are virtually identical to one another. The file contains:
- notification that the shop plays music,
- three sworn statements ‘regarding the avoidance of disturbance to local residents’,
- a certificate of good standing with the local council, i.e. confirmation that the shop has no outstanding debts to the council,
- verification by the relevant department that the shop is situated within the boundaries of the local authority.
And a key point that is repeated in every decision: that ‘no complaints regarding disturbance have been received by the department to date’. The extension is granted subject to certain conditions. Music is prohibited during quiet hours, the premises must renew its licence for the public performance of music, and any breach will result, in addition to criminal prosecution, in the licence being revoked or withdrawn.
If it bothers you
In the event of noise at that time, please contact the police (100). A written complaint to the local council, specifically to the Licensing and Regulation of Commercial Activities Department within the Revenue Directorate, serves another purpose: it is added to the shop’s file, and the absence of complaints is one of the factors taken into account when approving the next licence renewal. For any enquiries regarding Thursday, please contact the secretariat of the Artemida Community Council (213 2007391).
Source: Municipality of Spata–Artemida, notice of the 11th ordinary meeting of the Artemida Municipal Community Council (ref. no. 87885, 30 October 2026); Resolutions 20/2026 of the Artemida Municipal Community Council and 15/2026 of the Spata–Loutsa Municipal Community Council, published on the ‘Diafania’ transparency portal on 7 October and 22 October 2026.
