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Notification of operation of a language school and/or a language centre to a legal person

Basic information

Institutional Body

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS

Organizational unit of an institutional body

NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFICATIONS AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE (EOPPEP)

Description

The procedure concerns the notification of operation of a private language school and/or a language centre to a legal person.

At a glance

Points of Service	Available only digitally
Digital provision points	OpenBusiness
Number of Documents	0
Cost	Variable
Process Diagram

Conditions

Setting up a business (sole proprietorship, partnership) * To set up a company, see the link below.

Related link

https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/epikheirematike-drasterioteta/enarxe-kai-luse-epikheireses/sustase-epikheireses

Its purpose, in accordance with its articles of association, must also relate to the provision of education and training services.

The applicant must be a holder of TAXISnet login credentials.

Related link

https://www.gov.gr/arxes/anexartete-arkhe-demosion-esodon-aade/anexartete-arkhe-demosion-esodon-aade/elektronike-eggraphe-diakheirise-kodikon-taxisnet

The registered office of the legal person must be located in an EU Member State.

It must comply with the tax requirements.

For legal persons, other than legal persons governed by public law, legal persons in the wider public sector, and legal persons whose members or part of the members of the board of directors or the management are determined ex officio: their shareholders or partners or members of their management must not have the status of civil servant, employee of a legal person governed by public law or a local authority. The legal representative of the legal person must not have the status of civil servant, employee of a legal person governed by public law, local authority or clergyman.

It must not have been subject to administrative sanctions revoking approvals/licences or suspension of operations with regard to the same or another private education and vocational training institute within the last 2 years.

The legal representative of the legal person must not have been subject to administrative sanctions revoking approvals or licences or suspension of operations with regard to the same or another private education and vocational training institute within the last 2 years.

All the necessary supporting documents must be kept in the file.

Τhe legal person must not have been declared bankrupt and must not have filed for bankruptcy.

Τhe legal representative of the legal person must not have been declared bankrupt and must not have filed for bankruptcy.

It must comply with the social security requirements.

The legal representatives of the legal person pursuing economic activity must not have been imposed with any criminal law sanction and must not have been convicted or sentenced by final judgment.

The legal representative of the legal person must not have been dismissed from the post of civil servant or private teacher for disciplinary reasons.

A building permit with approval for connection to public utility networks or as specified in Section 107(6), (7) and (8) of Law 4495/2017 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 167).

For the convenience of the interested parties, information on building infrastructure are to be found on the website of the National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (ΕΟΠΠΕΠ). Building structures manual.

Related link

https://www.eoppep.gr/images/Foreis_Dia_Biou/Egxeiridio_ktiriakon_domon_nov_2022.pdf

Fees / Imposts

Fee in favour of the National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance: EUR 400 per activity and per establishment fee in favour of the Ministry of Development: EUR 100 per activity and per establishment.
Payment type
Digital (debit / credit card)Tax Office cashier
Type
Administrative Fee (not provided by e-paravolo webpage)
Fee link
https://eparavolo.eoppep.gr/welcome

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means

Identification with TAXISnet codes

Notification of operation of a language school and/or a language centre to a legal person

What you will need

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Notes

The articles of association must show that the legal person has a permanent establishment in an EU Member State and that its purpose also relates to the provision of education and training services.

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

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Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

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Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Notes

(a) for language schools and language centres where the total number of students exceeds thirty (30) students per hour, a certificate of (active) fire protection for the use of a building for ‘Educational’ purposes issued by the relevant Fire Service, in accordance with the provisions of Fire Service Regulation No 13/2021 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 5519), as in force at any given time, which is issued in the name of the natural or legal person.

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Notes

The criminal record must show that they have not been irrevocably convicted of any felony or misdemeanour, committed or attempted, including theft, embezzlement, fraud, extortion, forgery, counterfeiting, bribery, bodily harm, violation of provisions relating to drug offences or crimes of sexual assault or sexual exploitation for financial benefit, and, furthermore, that they have not been convicted or sentenced by final judgment, in accordance with Sections 8 and 9 of the Civil Servants’ Code (Law 3528/2007, Government Gazette, Series I, No 26).

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Applicant status

Legal entities

Notes

For the submission of the initial notification of operation per activity (language school, language centre), a fee must be paid beforehand, per establishment, in accordance with Section 11 and Section 281(6) of Law 4442/2016 and Section 9 of Joint Ministerial Decision No 14715/GG4/2022 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 609), which is set at five hundred (500) euro. IMPORTANT! Of the fee, 80%, i.e. EUR 400, must be paid electronically via the ‘e payments’ application via the website of the National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (ΕΟΠΠΕΠ), and the remaining 20%, i.e. EUR 100, in favour of the State budget, must be deposited in the Detailed Revenue Account (ALE) 1450113002 ‘20% of the fees for the pursuit of an economic activity subject to notification and/or approval’. Since the possibility for electronic procurement of the fee from the State budget has not been activated, the procurement of this fee will be carried out by the local tax offices (DOY), stating the code ALE 1450113002.

Filed by

Keep within business establishment

Notes

For private language schools and language centres where the total number of students does not exceed thirty (30) students per hour, archived fire protection studies (active and passive, if required), in accordance with the provisions of Fire Service Regulation No 13/2021 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 5519), as in force at any given time, which should be copies of those officially deposited in the e-Licences information system for the issuance of approvals; and certificates issued by the Fire Service. If a study has not been submitted via the information system, it must be obtained from the physical dossier kept by the Fire Service, or it must be an approved study kept by the operator of the activity. The operator of the activity must be provided with the records of inspection, maintenance and proper functioning of active fire protection equipment, in accordance with Fire Service Regulation No 12/2012 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 1794).

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Useful links

Legislation

Description
Licensing framework and conditions.
Legal references
Link
Description
Reform and modernisation of the regulatory framework for the organisation and operation of open-air commercial trade, arrangements for recreational activities and the simplification of the framework for activities in education, improvements in chamber of commerce legislation, other provisions of the Ministry of Development and Investment and other urgent provisions.
Legal references
Link
Description
Determination of the procedure, content and supporting documents, fees, monetary amount, and penalties for the approval of the establishment and operation, and notification of the operation of activities in the field of education.
Legal references
Link

About

Process code

131526

NACE code

85.59

Description of NACE code

Other education n.e.c.

The entire procedure concerns electronic submission of the notification. Once the notification has been submitted, the operator may start operating its activity. Upon the submission of the notification of the operation of the activity, the audit procedures carried out by the National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance, as the competent authority overseeing compliance with the requirements set out herein, shall commence; if the requirements are not complied with, the set penalties will be imposed.

Other Information

Remarks

NOTIFICATION 1. It is the method by which the operator of the economic activity notifies the competent supervisory authorities of its establishment or commencement of operation of its activity and of any changes to its economic activity. 2. It is carried out by the natural person who intends to establish or operate its activity in a specific location and it is a prerequisite for its establishment or operation. The activity is established or the operation commences immediately upon the submission of the notification, without the need of a relevant authorisation.