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  "title": "Greece today: a €2 fee on non-EU parcels from Sunday, ΚΑΔ codes to 31 December, winter night-rate hours and €33.9m for farmers",
  "dek": "From Sunday 1 November 2026, goods bought online from outside the EU carry a €2 EU handling fee per item, and the cheaper two-zone electricity hours move to winter times. ΑΑΔΕ has also given businesses until 31 December 2026 to fix their ΚΑΔ activity codes without a fine.",
  "description": "A €2 fee per item on non-EU parcels from 1 November 2026, ΚΑΔ codes fixable fine-free to 31 December, winter night-rate hours and €33.9m to farmers.",
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    "From Sunday 1 November 2026, goods bought online from outside the EU and cleared in Greece carry the EU's €2 Union Handling Fee per item, whatever their value, under ΑΑΔΕ circular Ε.2067/2026.[S5:any-value]",
    "ΑΑΔΕ moved the fine-free deadline for fixing ΚΑΔ activity codes from 30 October to 31 December 2026, on the same condition: no ΚΑΔ change declared for the head office or a branch after 1 March 2026.[S1:kad][S2][S3]",
    "The cheaper two-zone electricity hours are 12:00–15:00 and 02:00–05:00 from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027, according to ΔΕΔΔΗΕ's notice as reproduced by Greek outlets.[S6][S8][S9]"
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      "verdict": "corrected",
      "claim": "Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος (ot.gr) wrote on 26 October 2026 that ΔΥΠΑ records a number of unemployed 95.55% higher than ELSTAT's, comparing August 2026 figures.[S18]",
      "finding": "On August 2026 figures, ΔΥΠΑ's register of 717,926 is 104.65% higher than ELSTAT's 350,800 unemployed, by our calculation; 95.55% is 350,800 divided by the 367,126 gap, a different ratio.[S17][S19]"
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      "claim": "Το Βήμα reported on 30 October 2026 that e-ΕΦΚΑ and ΔΥΠΑ will pay €73.3m to 86,661 beneficiaries from 2 to 6 November 2026.[S15]",
      "finding": "The Labour Ministry's release gives €73,358,635.24 (about €73.4m) to 86,661 beneficiaries for 2 to 6 November 2026, and the line items add up to that total, by our calculation.[S14]"
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    "The number of ΑΑΔΕ's new decision extending the ΚΑΔ deadline, and when it will appear in the Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ). No outlet we read gives it.",
    "What fine applies to ΚΑΔ corrections filed after 31 December 2026, and whether businesses that changed a code after 1 March 2026 have any fine-free route.",
    "Whether online platforms will show the €2 handling fee at checkout, or whether couriers and ΕΛΤΑ, the Greek postal service, will collect it on delivery. We found no announcement.",
    "When ΑΑΔΕ will refund the excise duty on farm diesel bought from 1 to 31 October 2026; its 30 October release covers July to September only.",
    "Whether ΓΣΕΕ will join the 25 November 2026 strike, and whether transport unions will call stoppages for that day.",
    "Which decision of ΡΑΑΕΥ (Ρυθμιστική Αρχή Αποβλήτων, Ενέργειας και Υδάτων, Rythmistiki Archi Apovliton, Energeias kai Ydaton), the energy and water regulator, fixes the winter and summer two-zone hours. None of the outlets cites one."
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      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://athina984.gr/2026/10/12/kleidonei-i-geniki-apergia-gia-tis-25-noemvrioy/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261031075504/https://athina984.gr/2026/10/12/kleidonei-i-geniki-apergia-gia-tis-25-noemvrioy/"
    }
  ],
  "greekPassages": [
    {
      "id": "kad",
      "source": "S1",
      "where": "ΑΑΔΕ press release of 30 October 2026, as reproduced by Insider.gr",
      "greek": "Οι σχετικές δηλώσεις μπορούν να υποβληθούν έως και την 31/12/2026 χωρίς την επιβολή προστίμου, υπό την προϋπόθεση ότι δεν έχει προηγηθεί δήλωση μεταβολής ΚΑΔ για την έδρα ή υποκατάστημα μετά την 1/3/2026",
      "translation": "The relevant declarations can be submitted up to and including 31/12/2026 without a fine being imposed, provided that no declaration of a ΚΑΔ change for the head office or a branch has been filed after 1/3/2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "any-value",
      "source": "S5",
      "where": "ΑΑΔΕ circular Ε.2067/2026, section II",
      "greek": "Εισπράττεται κατά τη θέση σε ελεύθερη κυκλοφορία εμπορευμάτων που πωλούνται εξ αποστάσεως, ανεξαρτήτως της αξίας τους.",
      "translation": "It is collected upon the release for free circulation of goods sold at a distance, irrespective of their value."
    },
    {
      "id": "elstat",
      "source": "S16",
      "where": "ELSTAT, Labour Force Survey: September 2026, page 1",
      "greek": "Το εποχικά διορθωμένο ποσοστό ανεργίας τον Σεπτέμβριο του 2026 ανήλθε σε 7,6%, έναντι 8,8% τον Σεπτέμβριο του 2025 και 7,4% τον Αύγουστο του 2026.",
      "translation": "The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September 2026 stood at 7.6%, against 8.8% in September 2025 and 7.4% in August 2026."
    }
  ],
  "redlines": [],
  "corrections": [],
  "tags": [
    "brief"
  ]
}