A bill before parliament would make it an offence for anyone under 17 to use an e-scooter or other personal mobility device, punishable by a fine of up to €1,500, up to six months in prison or both. Parents, guardians and owners who fail to take the necessary measures to stop under-17s using a device would face a fine of up to €5,000, up to a year in prison or both. A second bill would require every device to be registered and carry a plate.
Police told the House Transport Committee on 10 September that they have recorded nine injury incidents so far this year, two of them fatal and four serious. They recorded 15 in 2025, six of them serious, and two in 2024, one of them serious. Nine of the incidents police listed involved minors.
Democratic Party (DIKO) parliament member Chrysanthos Savvides put forward the under-17 bill, and Direct Democracy parliament member Dimitris Souglis the registration bill. Both were tabled on Thursday 17 September and referred to the House Transport Committee for discussion.
Under Savvides’s bill, police, municipal traffic wardens or other authorised people could seize a device if the law is broken. Rental companies would have to give police, the municipality or the community a user’s full details when asked. The same liability would extend to anyone responsible for storing or managing a device.
Souglis’s bill would require every device to carry a plate with identification marks, to a type and specifications set by the Transport Ministry. Riding without a plate, or removing, altering, covering or forging its details, would carry up to a year in prison, a fine of up to €3,000 or both.
Owners would apply to register a device with the Transport Ministry and pay a registration fee, with a parent or guardian applying where the owner is under 17. The ministry department would first check that the device is suitable and meets legal requirements, then issue a certificate and the identification marks. The Transport Minister would set the procedure for registering, transferring or deregistering a device, the fee and the certificates by decree.
Police reported 2,499 complaints in 2024, 2,766 in 2025 and 5,141 so far this year, and said the largest number concerns the use of e-scooters in prohibited areas.
