Common quiet times are changing – What applies from April 1st – 2024-03-31 18:14:19

On April 1st, the common quiet hours change due to the summer season, which ends on September 30th.

You are reminded that from the early hours of Sunday (31/3) we enter the summer time zone and – like every year – we turn the hands of the clocks one hour forward. So from 3 a.m. we will skip to 4 am

After the time change and from April 1st, the new common quiet times also come into force, the violation of which can result in serious penalties.

According to police order 3 of 1996, the noon and night quiet hours are as follows:

During the summer season from 15:00 to 17:30 and from 23:00 to 07:00. During the winter season from 15:30 to 17:30 and from 22:00 to 07:30. Summer period, the period from April 1 to September 30 is considered.

Daylight saving time starts this Sunday. Winter period, the period from October 1 to March 31 is considered. Violators of the provisions of the Police Order in question are prosecuted to the extent of a misdemeanor.

To this end, citizens may contact the Police for confirmation of the violation, as well as submit a Petition against the violators

What is not allowed in these intervals

• Work or other activities that create noise. In exceptional cases of emergency, which cannot be postponed, with a special reasoned permission of the commander of the relevant Police Department, the execution of work, especially of public utility, that causes noise may be allowed.
• The operation of any musical instrument or radio, tape recorder or television set at high volume, shouting, noisy dancing and any other noisy event in a residence or other private premises.
• Singing, chanting, the use of musical instruments, the operation of radios, tape recorders and televisions in the streets, squares and generally public spaces of residential areas, as well as in public transport vehicles.
• Noisy games in coffeehouses, bowling alleys or other public centers, as well as the shouting and high-pitched discussions of the patrons of these centers.
• Noisy discussions and arguments at car stations (bus, TAXI, etc.), the loading or unloading of goods on or from trucks, which creates noise, as well as the noisy operation of the wheeled truck engine, which is at a standstill .
• The use of sirens or other sound instruments or security systems, without an emergency reason, as well as their test operation.