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Notification of establishment and operation of beauty parlours

Basic information

Institutional Body

MINISTRY OF HEALTH

Description

The procedure concerns the notification of establishment and operation of beauty parlours. The interested party (natural or legal person) must electronically notify the competent authority of the establishment and operation of a beauty parlour.

At a glance

Points of ServiceRegions
Digital provision points
Number of Documents0
Cost50 €
Process Diagram

Conditions

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

Where the interested person is a legal person, it must document its legal existence and any changes to its corporate structure.

The premises must be lawful in terms of their construction and use as a beauty parlour, and meet all the legal requirements for a main-use area in order to operate as a beauty parlour, in accordance with the current Building and Construction Regulation, the Fire Protection Regulation, the general and specific urban planning provisions in force from time to time, as well as the building specifications set out in the legislation specific for the activity in question.

The beauty parlour premises must include the following: • waiting room, • parlour, • implement cleaning and sterilisation area, • changing rooms with lockers, • bathroom with a bathtub or shower and toilet. The above spaces may also form part of a dwelling, provided the parlour premises are not used to serve the needs of the dwelling and are isolated from any dwelling, even via a locking door.

The parlour spaces must comply with health and safety requirements (natural and artificial lighting, ventilation, air conditioning, fire safety, etc.).

Fees / Imposts

  • 20% of the fees for exercise of an economic activity subject to notification and/or authorisation where local government authorities are designated as the competent authorities. The fee appears in Itemised Revenue Account (ALE) No 1450113002.
    Payment type
    Bank cashierDigital (web banking)Tax Office cashier
    Type
    Administrative Fee (not provided by e-paravolo webpage)

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means
Identification with TAXISnet codes
    Notification of establishment and operation of beauty parlours
    What you will need
    1A photocopy of a Beautician degree issued by a Higher Educational Institute or Technological Educational Institute, or a decision of professional equivalence issued by the Independent Department for the Implementation of European Legislation (ATEEN) of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, or a copy of a foreign degree, as well as an act concerning its equivalence and correspondence issued by the competent recognition services of the Hellenic National Academic Recognition and Information Centre (DOATAP) or the Institute of Technological Education (ITE).Proof of Study
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    PersonsLegal entities
    Notes
    This concerns the operator’s scientific director.
    2Attestation of exercise of the occupation of Beautician, issued by a Public Health Directorate or Department of Regional Unit concernedCertificate
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    PersonsLegal entities
    Notes
    This concerns the operator’s scientific director.
    3Attestation of main-use space issued by a private engineer, in accordance with Article 107(8) of Law 4495/2017.Certificate
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    PersonsLegal entities
    4Copies of approved floor plans of the space where the beauty parlour is to operate, depicting all its spaces.Drawings/studies by an engineer/architect
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    PersonsLegal entities
    Notes
    The copies of the approved floor plans come from the ‘e-adeies’ licence issuance information system, from the illegal construction declaration information system, or from the hard-copy records of the Building Service, depending on the type of legitimisation act.
    5Copies of state-issued documents on urban planning legality.Βuilding permit
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    PersonsLegal entities
    6Certificate of (active) fire protection issued by the competent Fire DepartmentCertification
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    PersonsLegal entities
    Notes
    This concerns a beauty parlour with a total sheltered area of more than 250 metres2.
    7Fire protection designStudy
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    PersonsLegal entities
    Notes
    Passive fire protection design, if the beauty parlour is housed in a building falling within the scope of Presidential Decree 41/2018 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 80) or Presidential Decree 71/1988 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 32), as well as an active fire protection design. This concerns a beauty parlour with a total sheltered area of less 250 metres2.
    8A solemn declaration by the operator that the activity is not prohibited under the building co-ownership regulationSolemn Declaration
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    PersonsLegal entities
    Notes
    In the absence of a regulation, a solemn declaration by the operator that there is no regulation. This concerns the operation of a beauty parlour situated within a multi-storey building.
    9Proof of fee paymentProof of payment / Receipt
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    PersonsLegal entities
    10A certified copy of the company’s articles of association in effect and any amendments thereto and the legitimation documents concerning the legal persons representationLegal documents from legal entities
    Filed by
    Keep within business establishment
    Applicant status
    Legal entities
    Notes
    This concerns legal persons not required to register with the General Commercial Register (GEMI). If the activity operator is a legal person required to register with the GEMI, it shall not be required to keep the above supporting documents, as the competent authority shall search for them ex officio via the GEMI.

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    Legislation

    • Description
      Concerning the exercise of the occupation of beautician
      Legal references
    • Description
      Regulation of details on the application of Legislative Decree No 361/1969 concerning the exercise of the occupation of beautician.
      Legal references
    • Description
      Establishment of procedure, content and supporting documents, fee and sanctions for non-notification of the establishment and operation of a beauty parlour.
      Legal references
    • Description
      Alignment of Greek legislation with Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market, and other provisions.
      Legal references
    • Description
      New institutional framework for the exercise of economic activity, and other provisions. Chapter XXXIV, as inserted by virtue of Article 7 of Law 4811/2021 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 108) – Simplification of the framework for the establishment and operation of beauty parlours.
      Legal references
    • Description
      Collocation in primary healthcare.
      Legal references
    • Description
      Technical specifications for the collocation of private primary healthcare providers.
      Legal references

    About

    Process code
    301454
    NACE code
    96.02
    Description of NACE code
    Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
    Rules for non-response by the competent authority and legal consequences
    Tacit approval

    Approval to participate in examinations: If the 15-day deadline for checking the completeness of the supporting documents lapses without action, the interested party’s application shall be considered to have been tacitly accepted, in accordance with Article 14(4) of Law 3844/2010 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 63). In the event of tacit approval, as described above, the interested party may request issuance of the relevant attestation by the licensing authority, in accordance with Article 10(4) of Law 3230/2004 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 44).

    Other Information

    Languages supported
    English

    Remarks

    The notification must contain the necessary information for the activity being carried out and must be submitted by the activity operator, who shall be solely responsible for the information contained therein.

    ID: 301454

    Name: Notification of establishment and operation of beauty parlours