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inconceivable for them to be treated as collection mechanisms or
as tools for solving local interests.
The Local Authorities and Regions underlie the functioning
of democracy and the development of the country. Especially
concerning local affairs, Local Authorities have precedence over
the Government, which is now limited to the legality of their
actions. Regional and Local Authorities are required to
participate in the share capital and administration of Port
Organizations and certainly not interfere in their business
operations.
Across Europe and Greece ports are maritime edges of
cities. Most cities have developed thanks to shipping and ports.
But the magnification today of cities to urban centres and ports to
network hubs has created new facts, which can only be resolved
by consensus. City and Port are different legal and economic
personalities, must operate in a coordinated way and
consensually to serve the national economy and local - regional
societies, always within the rules of a single European ports policy.
The economic correct without the collective social relations
can not be accepted in areas of increased ethnic and social
co-responsibility.
The reform that changes the Greek port system must take
as constants the following positions:
The ports and the terrestrial areas are public property.
Managing bodies of ports are specific legal
personalities, which in the context of international,
European and domestic legal rules apply modern and
effective governance through the port.
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