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Licence for the Establishment and Operation of a Centre of Creative Activity οf Children

Basic information

Institutional Body

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL COHESION AND THE FAMILY

Description

The procedure concerns the granting of licence for the establishment and operation of a Centre of Creative Activity for Children.

At a glance

Points of ServicePoints of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE), Regions, Directorate of Social Care of the Region of the place of establishment
Number of Documents0
Cost
Process Diagram

Conditions

Business establishment (individual, corporate) *For company establishment see link below

Appointment of a Competent Person.

The Competent Person must not have been irrevocably convicted of any felony or one of the misdemeanours of theft, embezzlement, fraud, extortion, forgery, defamation, counterfeiting and fraudulent bodily harm, drug offences or a crime of moral turpitude and must not have been deprived of his/her civil rights as a result of a conviction for any criminal offence.

The person concerned must own or lease the building that houses the Centre of Creative Activity of Children.

The person concerned must prove that he has been granted the building that houses the Centre of Creative Activity of Children.

The areas that the Centre has to have, as a minimum, are: 1. A desk of activity of 30 sq.m. for fifteen (15) children. Instead of the activity room, the Centre may have a musical and theatrical education room. In this case, the necessary area for the simultaneous employment of fifteen (15) children is forty-five (45) sq.m. 2. A building room of 30 sq.m. for fifteen (15) children. 3. An office of personnel. 4. A storage room of general use. 5. At least two (2) W.C.s per 30 (30) children. 6. One (1) W.C. used by staff of the Centre and escorts of the host children.

The Building Permit must indicate the use of the building or space for which the permit is requested or, in any case, the use indicated in the buildings identity card in accordance with Article 5 of Law 4067/2012 (Α΄ 79). Without prejudice to the second subparagraph of par. 4 of Article 1 of Law 4756/2020, the premises of the Centre may not be used for purpose other than that specified in Article 1, a condition for its licensing is its accessibility for persons with disabilities must be guaranteed.

The premises of each Centre shall be located in areas within a town or settlement plan and in any case within residential areas and shall not be more than fifty (50) kilometres from a State Hospital or Health Centre. The building of the Centre of Creative Activity of Children and, in the case of Centres of Creative Activity of Children that also have outdoor unroofed areas, the boundaries of the outdoor area shall be at least: a) one hundred and fifty (150) meters from: aa) areas designated in the relevant urban planning as areas hosting low and medium noise production activities or as areas of low noise industry - crafts, bb) individual warehouses of medium noise, individual craft and industrial facilities of medium noise, cc) hospitals, b) three hundred (300) metres from: aa) areas designated in the relevant urban planning as high-nuisance activity reception areas or as areas of noisy industry - crafts, bb) individual high-nuisance warehouses and individual craft and industrial facilities of high nuisance, cc) solid waste treatment, storage and disposal sites and solid toxic waste treatment, disposal sites, dd) wastewater treatment and disposal sites (biological designation), ec) casinos, (c) two hundred metres (200) from brothels, (d) a distance from petrol stations for liquid and gaseous fuels at least equal to the distance specified in the relevant legislation for the establishment and operation of such stations from a Centre of Creative Activity of Children and, if such distance is not expressly provided for, from social welfare buildings.

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means
Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes
  • Application for the issue of the Creation and Operation of a Centre for the Creative Employment of Children
    Filed by
    Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
    Note
    The application must include the full details of the natural person or the legal representative of the legal entity, whether profit-making or not, the name of the Centre, the tax registration number of the applicant, the registered office, the operating hours, the shifts within the Centre and the maximum number of children accommodated per shift and in total throughout the operating hours.
    Applicant status
    Legal entities, Persons
Licence for the Establishment and Operation of a Centre of Creative Activity of Children
What you will need
1Decision - Statute or Institutional ActLegal documents from legal entities
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
2Appointment of a person competent for the Centre of Creative Activity of Children.Declaration
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
3Certificate of Criminal RegisterCriminal Record Copy for General Use
Filed by
Ex officio (digital)Ex officio (manual)
Applicant status
Public bodies
4Solemn Declaration under Law 1599/1986 (A75) of the claiming natural person and, in the case of a Legal Person of Private Law, his legal representative and all the members of his administration, stating that at the time of submission it has not been banned or judicially supported and that there is no pending criminal prosecution and that no final or final judgment is in force for the same offences, which has not become irrevocable.Solemn Declaration
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
5Transcribed title of ownership.Property titles
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
6Rental contract from Taxinet.Private Agreement
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
7A legal concession or decision to grant the property, expressly provided for the operation of the Centre of Creative Activity of Children as an exclusive use of the licenced property.Rule
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
8Two (2) complete series of plans from the file of the relevant administrative act (building permit, approval of small-scale construction work, subsumption, etc.), where the sites, together with a technical report of the competent engineer, will be reflected.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
9Confirmation of a space of primary use.Certificate
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
10Certification of firefighting by the competent Firefighting Office for the operation of the Centre, in accordance with the specific provisions of P.D. 41/2018 (A 80).Certificate
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
11Certification of Static Adequacy.Certificate
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
12Internal Rules for the Operation of the Centre.Regulation
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons

Legislation

  • Description
    Aid measures designed for workers and vulnerable social groups, social security regulations and provisions to help the unemployed.
    Legal references
  • Description
    Conditions for issuing licence of operation and operating specifications for Centres of Creative Activity of Children.
    Legal references
  • Description
    Conditions for issuing licence of operation and operating pecifications for Centres of Creative Activity of Children housed in public school buildings.
    Legal references
  • Description
    Modification of the joint Ministerial Decision No.Γ.Π.Δ11 oik./31252/20.5.2021 on the "Conditions for issuing licence of operation and operational specifications for Centres of Creative Activity of Children" (B. 2332).
    Legal references
  • Description
    "Preventing and dealing with incidents of child abuse and neglect, "Kipseli" program to upgrade the quality of services provided to infant, nursery stations and Kindergartens, provisions to promote fosterng and adoption, "Personal Assistant for Disabled Persons" and other provisions."
    Legal references
  • Description
    "Working Again: Reorganization of the Public Employment Service and digitisation of its services, upgrade of labour skills and a diagnosis of labour needs and other provisions."
    Legal references

About

Process code
124032
NACE code
74.9
Description of NACE code
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Legal means of protection or appeal
Judicial redress 
Rules for non-response by the competent authority and legal consequences
Tacit approval

If the above deadline expires without action, it is considered that the application of the interested party has been implicitly accepted and the permit has been issued, in accordance with par. 4 of Article 14 of Law 3844/2010 (Α΄ 63). The interested party, in the aforementioned case of implicit approval, may request a relevant certificate from the administrative authority responsible for issuing the act, in accordance with par. 4 of Article 10 of 3230/2004 (A 44).

Other Information

Languages supported
English
Ways of provision
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