As of Sunday, 10 January 2021, at 5:00 a.m., the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy puts at the disposal of the citizens the following two (2) methods to obtain authorisation for movement by exception:<\/p>\n
SMS to 8998, <\/strong>free of charge<\/p>\n Structure of message: <\/u><\/p>\n X<\/strong> (number corresponding to the reason of movement) space<\/em> Number of Identification Document <\/strong>space<\/em> Home Postcode<\/strong><\/p>\n Where:<\/u><\/p>\n \u03a7<\/strong>: stands for the number from 1 to 8 corresponding to the reason of movement.<\/p>\n Number of Identification Document\u00a0 <\/strong>(up to 3 letters and up to 10 characters, numbers and letters in total) for: <\/strong><\/p>\n Home Postcode<\/strong>: 4 numbers<\/p>\n There will be 4 kinds of replies to the SMS: approval, rejection due to the structure of the message, rejection for exceeding the maximum number of movements allowed and rejection for non-compliance with the curfew hours.<\/p>\n It is noted that after sending the SMS a reply shall be received and the movement shall be valid for a reasonable period of time depending on the category of movement for which approval has been granted.<\/p>\n Citizens must carry their identity card or passport or other document for identification purposes in case of control by the competent authorities.<\/p>\n CALL CENTER <\/strong><\/p>\n For those connected with a foreign mobile telephony provider, as well as to facilitate those who are not able \u2013 for any reason whatsoever \u2013 to send a SMS to 8998:<\/p>\n The above service shall be available to the citizens from 05:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., both in Greek and English language, as follows:<\/p>\n Please note that the operator shall only serve mobile phone calls.<\/p>\n It is noted that the citizens shall be personally responsible for the correctness of the details stated to the operator and shall be held liable for false statement.<\/p>\n\n
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