The Parliamentary Committee on Institutions and Transparency has approved the appointment of the candidate members for the Council of Administration of the Independent Public Revenue Authority. The members of the independent authority will therefore be Nikolina Kosteletou, Prodromos Vlamis, Georgios Theodorakopoulos, Nikolaos Kotteas and Christos Kotsogiannis.
 
The proposal of Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos was supported by the MPs of SYRIZA, the Independent Greeks and New Demoracy, except Charalambos Athanasiou who voted “present”. The rest of the opposition parties voted “present”, aside from the communist party which voted against the proposal.
 
Greece’s General Secretariat for Public Revenue is expected to become independent as of 2017, free from state control and monitoring, and with a European Commission expert next to its governor, in line with international creditors’ requirements.