Greece now applies the age certification system favoured by the European Union
Greece has unveiled a new digital application system to verify the age of customers buying tobacco and alcohol, as part of a broader government push to enforce a law banning sales of both products to minors that passed last summer.
Greece now applies the age certification system favoured by the European Union
Greece has unveiled a new digital application system to verify the age of customers buying tobacco and alcohol, as part of a broader government push to enforce a law banning sales of both products to minors that passed last summer.
Since the law took effect on July 7, 2025, authorities have conducted around 82,000 checks — already more than half the 133,000 carried out throughout all of 2024.
Police recorded 313 arrests, with 67 percent tied to alcohol-related offences. A further 150 administrative fines were issued, most of them also alcohol-related, and 121 reports were filed under a new mechanism requiring mandatory notification to police of private events involving minors.
The Minister of Citizen Protection said the legislative framework also mandates that sellers verify buyers’ ages and that private events attended by minors be reported to authorities — measures intended to give enforcement agencies broader tools to act.
Source:euronews