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Issuance of a Licence for the Establishment of an Elderly Care Unit (ECU) by a natural or legal person

Basic information

Institutional Body

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL COHESION AND THE FAMILY

Organizational unit of an institutional body

MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY

Description

The procedure concerns the licensing of the establishment of Elderly Care Units of a profit-making nature. It is addressed to companies and legal persons.

At a glance

Points of ServicePoints of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE), Regional units, Directorate of Public Health and Social Welfare of the competent Regional Unit
Number of Documents0
Cost
Process Diagram

Conditions

Business formation (individual, corporate) *For company establishment see the link below
Related link
https://www.gov.gr/en/ipiresies/epikheirematike-drasterioteta/enarxe-kai-luse-epikheireses/sustase-epikheireses

The interested party shall not have been irrevocably sentenced to any sentence, for a felony or for any of the misdemeanours of theft, embezzlement, fraud, extortion, forgery, defamation, falsification or violation of drug law, or for any crime relating to the mores, nor have been deprived of his/her civil rights due to any punishable act and for as long as this deprivation lasts.

Issue of building licence in accordance with circular 98 of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transports with document reference number (“protocol number”) oik 82070/22-12-1989 on the preparation of studies, as it is in force each time.

Observance of the provisions of article 5 of the General Building Regulation Law 1577/1985, as amended and in force, regarding the building licence for new use. In the case of an arrangement or expansion to an existing building, the legality of the building shall be documented, according to article 23, par.1 of the General Building Regulation (Law 1577/1985) as in force.

The plot of the ECU shall meet the conditions on land usage of the urban planning legislation in force; it shall be at least 300m away from the perimeter of an approved industrial zone, noisy workshops and generally unsanitary and annoying facilities, as these are characterized by the competent Committee established by law, in accordance with sanitary provisions in force and it shall be served by the drinking water, electricity, and telephone networks.

The ECUs are subject to the provisions: 1. Of the Building Regulation in Usage class “Health and Social Welfare”. 2. Of the New Building Fire Protection Regulation in usage class “Use H” 3. The design and configuration of the ECU spaces shall take into account the “Regulation on the elimination of architectural obstacles from Health and Welfare buildings, to facilitate their usage by disabled persons and persons of reduced mobility”.

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means
Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes

  • Submission of Application – Solemn declaration in which the natural or legal person lists its details (or those of the legally responsible representative person), the name, the location, the number of beds and the specific purpose of the operation.
    Related link
    https://www.e-pronoia.gr/content/diadikasies-dikaiologitika
    Filed by
    Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
    Applicant status
    Legal entities, Persons
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Issuance of a Licence for the Establishment of an Elderly Care Unit (ECU) by a natural or legal person
What you will need
1Extract from general purpose criminal record, of the person in whose name the license will be issued, of a validity of three months, or an equivalent document when the applicant is a national of another member-state of the EU.Criminal Record Copy for General Use
Filed by
Ex officio (manual)Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
2Complete land surveying drawingTopographical drawing
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
3A Series of architectural drawings.Architectural drawing
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
4Building licenceOfficial document
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
5Two copies of a Technical Report by an engineer.Drawings/studies by an engineer/architect
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
6Solemn declaration of Law 1599/1986 of the person in whose name the licence shall be issued, in which compliance with Article 2, par. A, sub-paragraph 2, shall be explicitly stated.Solemn Declaration
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons

Legislation

  • Description
    About ECU: Amended as follows: - ν. 4756/2020 (A 235) par. 1 of Article 3 - Amendment of paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 2 of Law No. 2345/1995 (Right to submit an application) - ν. 4052/2012 (A 41) par. 23 Article 37 - Amendment of para. 7 Article 1 of Law No. 2345/1995 (Amendments to permits) - ν. 3852/2010 (A 87) subpara. 22 par. 3 Article 94 - Amendment of para. 1 to 3 of Art. 1 f Law No. 2345/1995 (Right to submit an application) - M.D. P.4b/oik.6022/1995 (B΄ 1052) - Amendment of par. 4 Article 1 of Law No. 2345/1995 (Supervision of ECU).
    Legal references
    Link

  • Description
    Prerequisites, Supporting documents, Membership in KEP - EKE
    Legal references
    Link

  • Description
    Prerequisites, Evidence to be submitted, Checks, Operation
    Legal references
    Link

  • Description
    Prerequisites, Evidence to be submitted, Checks, Operation
    Legal references
    Link

  • Description
    Prerequisites, Evidence to be submitted, Checks, Operation
    Legal references
    Link

  • Description
    Decision of the E-Competition Committee
    Legal references
    Link

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Process code
494538
NACE code
88.1
Description of NACE code
Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Legal means of protection or appeal
Other Administrative redress
Rules for non-response by the competent authority and legal consequences
Tacit approval

In case no response has been provided before the above deadline, it is considered that the application of the interested party has been implicitly accepted (tacit approval) and the license has been issued, according to par. 4 of article 14 of Law 3844/2010 (GG 63/A/2010). The applicant, in the aforementioned case of tacit approval, may request a relevant certificate from the administrative authority responsible for issuing the act, in accordance with paragraph 4 of article 10 of 3230/2004 (Government Gazette 44/A/2004).

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