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The Constitution Of Greece
Article - 24 in Greek
1. The protection of the natural and cultural environment constitutes a duty of the State and a right of every person.
The State is bound to adopt special preventive or repressive measures for the preservation of the environment in the context of the principle of sustainability.
Matters pertaining to the protection of forests and forest expanses in general shall be regulated by law.
The compilation of a forest register constitutes an obligation of the State.
Alteration of the use of forests and forest expanses is prohibited, except where agricultural development or other uses imposed for the public interest prevail for the benefit of the national economy.
2. The master plan of the country, and the arrangement, development, urbanisation and expansion of towns and residential areas in general, shall be under the regulatory authority and the control of the State, in the aim of serving the functionality and the development of settlements and of securing the best possible living conditions.
The relevant technical choices and considerations are conducted according to the rules of science.
The compilation of a national cadaster constitutes an obligation of the State.
3. For the purpose of designating an area as residential and of activating its urbanisation, properties included therein must participate, without compensation from the respective agencies, in the disposal of land necessary for the construction of roads, squares and public utility areas in general, and contribute toward the expenses for the execution of the basic public urban works, as specified by law.
4. The law may provide for the participation of property owners of an area designated as residential in the development and general accommodation of that area, on the basis of an approved town plan, in exchange for real estate or apartments of equal value in the parts of such areas that shall finally be designated as suitable for construction or in buildings of the same area.
5. The provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall also be applicable in the rehabilitation of existing residential areas.
Spaces remaining free after rehabilitation shall be allotted to the creation of common utility areas or shall be sold to cover expenses incurred for the rehabilitation, as specified by law.
6. Monuments and historic areas and elements shall be under the protection of the State.
A law shall provide for measures restrictive of private ownership deemed necessary for protection thereof, as well as for the manner and the kind of compensation payable to owners.
Interpretative clause: The term forest or forest ecosystem means the organic whole of wild plants with woody trunk on the necessary area of ground which, together with the flaura and fauna co-existing there, constitute via their mutual interdependence and interaction, a particular biocoenose (forest biocoenose) and a particular natural environment (forest-derived).
A forest expanse exists when the wild woody vegetation, either high or shrubbery, is sparse.
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