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Notification of provision of recreational diving services
Basic information
Institutional Body
MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS AND INSULAR POLICY
Organizational unit of an institutional body
HELLENIC COAST GUARD
Description
The procedure concerns the granting of a certificate of compliance with the legal requirements for practising the profession of recreational diving services provider.
At a glance
| Points of Service | Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE), Port Authorities, Port Police Directorate |
| Digital provision points | |
| Number of Documents | 0 |
| Cost | 1,330 € |
| Deadline of Implementation | 50 days |
| Process Diagram |
Conditions
The applicant should hold TAXISnet codes for the digital submission of the application via the single digital gateway gov.gr.
Incorporation of a business (sole proprietor, partnership)
*To set up a company, see the link below.
The applicant must be a Greek national or a national of a Member State of the European Union (EU) or of the European Economic Area (EEA) or a national of a third country who holds a residence and work permit in Greece. In the case of a legal person, the condition must be met by at least one of its legal representatives.
The applicant must have reached the age of 18, for the calculation of which their date of birth is taken into account. In the case of a legal person, the condition must be met by at least one of its legal representatives.
The applicant must be certified by a Diver Certification Body (Organisation) referred to in Article 4 of Law 3409/2005 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 273), for the provision of diver training services and certified by an accredited certification body for products of the Member States of the European Economic Area (EEA), for the provision of organised/guided diving services or rental of diving equipment services.
Where the provider participates in scuba diver training, they must hold a scuba diving instructor certificate.
The applicant must not have convictions for murder, espionage, robbery, theft, embezzlement, fraudulent bankruptcy, smuggling, tax evasion, active or passive bribery, counterfeiting, forgery, breach of trust, fraud, extortion, defamation, sexual offence, economic exploitation of sexual life, infringement of the Law on Narcotic Drugs and Intermediaries, illegal fishing using explosives or chemicals or plant materials or devices producing electrical discharges, infringement of Emergency Law 192/1936 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 438) or any conviction by which even partial deprivation of civil rights was imposed, or a final or irrevocable conviction, and 5 years have elapsed for misdemeanours or 10 years for criminal offences. In the case of a legal person, the condition must be met by at least one of its legal representatives.
The applicant must not be under prosecution as a wanted person or fugitive from justice. In the case of a legal person, the condition must be met by at least one of its legal representatives.
The applicant must not have submitted for bankruptcy or been declared to be in a state of bankruptcy, and must not have filed an application for custodial or ancillary judicial support or been not been placed under custodial or ancillary judicial support. In the case of a legal person, the condition must be met by at least one of its legal representatives.
The applicant must not have a stake in the shareholding structure or management of an organisation recognised in accordance with Article 4 of Law 3409/2005 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 273). In the case of a legal person, the condition must be met by at least one of its legal representatives.
The applicant must comply with the existing labour legislation for the staff they employ.
The applicant must comply with existing social security legislation for the staff they employ.
The applicant must be covered for civil liability, in accordance with Article 12 of Law 3409/2005 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 273).
The applicant must have submitted a work commencement declaration to the competent Tax Office for the profession in question.
The applicant must be healthy and capable of practising the profession in question. In the case of a legal person, the condition must be met by at least one of its legal representatives.
The applicant must have premises.
Only in the case of organised/guided diving services, instead of premises, the provider may have a professional motorised vessel used exclusively for the activity in question, which complies with the technical specifications laid down by the legislation in force for its category and destination, with valid certificates.
If they rent out diving equipment, they must properly maintain the system for the production of divers’ breathing gases, in accordance with the technical specifications of the system manufacturer.
If they have a vessel, whether owned or leased, its certificates must be valid.
Fees / Imposts
- For exercising professional activityFee code4832Payment typeBank cashierDigital (debit / credit card)Digital (web banking)Hellenic PostTypee-Administrative Fee
- Recreational diving service provider licenceFee code3115Payment typeBank cashierDigital (debit / credit card)Digital (web banking)Hellenic PostTypee-Administrative Fee
- Contribution to the Special Branch for Economic Support of Maritime Pension Fund Beneficiaries (ECOEMN).Payment typeBank cashierCheckout of a competent authorityDigital (web banking)TypeAdministrative Fee (not provided by e-paravolo webpage)
What you will need
Identification and signature verification means
Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes
- Application / solemn declaration on: ‘Notification of provision of recreational diving services’.Filed bySubmitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)Applicant statusLegal entities, Persons
Online request
Submit a new application for the selected procedure.
Legislation
- DescriptionSimplification and inclusion, in Citizens' Service Centres operating as Points of Single Contact, of eleven (11) administrative procedures within the remit of the Ministry of Shipping and the Aegean / Hellenic Coast Guard Headquarters, pursuant to Law 3844/2010 (Series I, 63), in implementation of Directive 2006/123/EC, and replacement of Decision DIADP/F.A.2.1/21866, "Simplification and inclusion, in Citizens' Service Centres operating as Points of Single Contact, of five (5) administrative procedures within the remit of the Ministry of Citizen Protection, pursuant to Law 3844/2010 (ΦΕΚ 63/I/3 − 5 − 2010)".Legal references
- DescriptionDetermination of the supporting documents submitted for recognition of a scuba-diver certification organisation and the grounds for extending the time limit for issuing an acceptance decision.Legal references
- DescriptionAmendment to Decision No 2123/02/06/28-3-2006 of the Minister for Mercantile Marine on laying down terms and conditions for the issuing of a licence for providers of recreational diving services, inspection procedures and prohibitions on exercising the activity (Government Gazette, Series II, No 449).Legal references
About
Process code
336668
NACE code
85.51
Description of NACE code
Sports and recreation education
Rules for non-response by the competent authority and legal consequences
Tacit approval
Once the period of fifty (50) days has expired, it is presumed that the profession is freely exercised (Article 3 of Law 3919/2011 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 32)), as currently in force. The Port Authority prohibits the specific profession from being exercised after expiry of the deadline set, whenever it is established that the legal requirements for the profession to be exercised are not met.
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