Licence to establish and/or operate a pure or mixed service station for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to vehicles

Basic information

Institutional Body

MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION

Description

This procedure concerns the authorisation of the establishment and/or operation of a mixed or pure service station for the supply of LNG to vehicles or modification of the licence and is addressed to natural and legal persons.

At a glance

Points of Service	Regional units, Directorate for Transport and Communications of the relevant Regional Unit
Number of Documents	0
Cost	Variable
Deadline of Implementation	2 months
Process Diagram

Conditions

Business recommendation (individual, corporate). For company recommendation see link below:

The beneficiaries of a licence to establish and operate a service station (LNG) are those natural persons or members of companies entitled to a licence to establish or operate "Fuel and Energy Service Stations", in accordance with the applicable provisions. Natural persons must have reached the age of majority.

Responsible for the operation of each fuel and energy service station (as well as LNG stations) is the operator of the station or the natural person designated by him/her, in accordance with article 24 of Law 4439/2016 and article 7 of Ministerial Decision No. 188543 (Government Gazette 3368 B 2022).

The condition for natural and legal persons applying for a licence to establish and operate an LPG service station is: (i) The non conviction for violation of fuel adulteration and smuggling, subject to the provisions of Law 4177/2013 (A’183). (ii) The possession of a legal right to use and operate the land for the establishment of a pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG service station.

In order to obtain a licence to operate a pure or mixed service station for the supply of LNG to vehicles, it is necessary to have been issued or authorised to be established.

For the license to establish a service station it is required to meet the technical requirements of the Ministerial Decision no. 188543 (Government Gazette 3368 B 022) concerning: 1) the territorial position of and traffic connection of LNG and L-CNG service stations (art. 4) 2) the European Directives, regulations and decisions applied for LPG service stations and premises (art. 3) 3) the safety distances between the typical features of LPG service stations and /or other parts and/or buildings and/or building frames (art. 5) 4. the buildings permitted within pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG terminals (Article 6), 5. fire protection measures and means of fire protection for LNG and/or L-CNG terminals (Article 8).

In case the establishment of the agency falls within the scope of Joint Ministerial Decision No 172058/2016 (B 354), the declaration referred to in Article 5 of that Decision and the notification file, the prevention policy of major accidents (TBOs) and other supporting documents is required. In particular, for installations falling under JMD No 172058/2016 (B 354), etc., in Annex I, Part 2, point 18, it is stated that the threshold for the application of the lower tier requirements for a pure LNG filling station is 50 tonnes and the threshold for the application of the upper tier requirements is 200 tonnes. In the case of a mixed LNG service station, the requirements are also changed and are specified by the same Decision. In this case, the authorisation for the application of the lower tier for LNG-substances are issued after the endorsement of the Notification file, while the intervals of par. 2, of Art. 12, of Joint Ministerial Decision 188543 (FΕΚ 3368 Β 022) shall be increased in accordance with the provisions set out in par. 3, of Article 6, of the Joint Ministerial Decision No. 172058/2016 (B 354).

Payment of the fees, as laid down in Law 3054/2002 for retail-traded agencies (Article 7(3)), specified in Article 2 par. 5.a and b of YPEN/DRP/74603/1815 (LNG and/or L-CNG). It applies to mixed stations with LNG and/or L-CNG and liquid fuels. Note: (a) Not applicable to LNG and/or L-CNG stations and (b) to private-use stations.

Article 23 of the Law No 595/1984 (Government Gazette 218 A), states that natural persons or members of companies, in order to obtain authorisation for the establishment and operation of wet fuel or mixed fuel or liquid gas (LNG etc.) or purely liquid gas for public use are required to be either Greek nationals, either citizens of Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area (EEA). Exceptionally, the granting of authorisations for the establishment and operation of a liquid fuel or mixed or purely liquefied gas service to relatives from Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey and Egypt, as well as the children, born by such persons.

Fees / Imposts

Licence to operate a liquid fuel station or a mixed station (LPG and liquid fuel).
Fee code
8455
Payment type
Bank cashierDigital (debit / credit card)Digital (web banking)Hellenic PostTax Office cashier
Type
Impost
Fee link
https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=2
Licence to operate an LPG station or a mixed station (LPG and liquid fuels).
Fee code
8461
Payment type
Bank cashierDigital (debit / credit card)Digital (web banking)Hellenic PostTax Office cashier
Type
Annual fee
Fee link
https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=2
Issue of permit cost is 30€. In addition for each pump or distributor beyond the first (1st), 30 €.
Fee code
8240
Payment type
Bank cashierDigital (debit / credit card)Digital (web banking)Hellenic PostTax Office cashier
Type
e-Administrative Fee (variable)
Fee link
https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=2

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means

Identification document

Authorisation to establish and/or operate pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG service station.
Filed by
Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Note
# An application for the establishment of an authorisation: For the authorisation of a pure or mixed service of LNG and/or L-CNG,shall be submitted to the relevant regional Directorate for Transport and Communications (authorising Authority), an application of the natural or legal person before the expiry of the authorisation or extension. # Application for an operating licence: For the granting of an operating licence for a pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG service station, the natural or legal person shall submit an application to the relevant regional Transport and Communications Authority (licensing authority) before the expiry of the establishment or extension of the licence. # The application by the natural or legal person shall be submitted together with the supporting documents required in accordance with the relevant provisions. In the case of a legal person, the application shall be submitted by the legal representative as appropriate. # For the operating licence: The application can be submitted electronically (by email), accompanied by the required documents.
Applicant status
Legal entities, Persons

Licence to establish and/or operate a pure or mixed service station for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to vehicles

What you will need

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entitiesPersons

Notes

The topographic chart must be on a scale of one to two hundred (1:200) or one to five hundred (1:500) and within a radius of fifty (50) metres from the ground or floor of the LNG station, coordinated by the State Network (ESA 87). The drawing shall indicate the plot or field of the station under establishment, the dimensions of its sides, its location with the backs of the roads, the location of the building, tanks or cylinders and pumps and distributors, the filling point of the tank or cylinder, as well as the types of the neighboring buildings. In particular, the locations of the characteristics of the station under consideration, as well as all safety distances (Article 5 of the building No 188543/2022 (B 3368) etc. are marked with the location of the service.

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entitiesPublic bodies

Notes

In the applicant’s solemn declaration pursuant to Article 8 of Law 1599/1986, it is declared that: (a) In the case of a natural person: (i) In the last eight years, it has not been convicted of fuel fraud and smuggling, without prejudice to the provisions of Law 4177/2013 (A’ 183). (ii) It has the legal right to use and exploit the land or land for the establishment of a pure or mixed service LNG and/or L-CNG. b) In the case of a Legal person: (i) During the last eight years, he/she has not been convicted and the legal person he/she represents has not been declared civilly liable for fuel adulteration, he/she has not been convicted and the legal person he/she represents has not been declared civilly liable for fuel smuggling, subject to the provisions of Law 4177/2013 (Α 183). (ii) The legal person has the legal right to use and exploit the land or plot of land for the establishment of a pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG filling station. A solemn declaration can also be issued electronically without the need to visit an administrative authority or a KEP.

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entitiesPersons

Notes

In the solemn declaration, under Article 8 of Law 1599/1986, of the engineer designer of the installation, it is declared that: (i) The position, where the LNG service is to be installed, is not prohibited, such use, by the applicable provisions for land use. (ii) The terms and conditions of this service are met in the case of a LNG and/or a L-CNG and in the case of a mixed service, that the conditions and conditions of point 1224/1981 or 465/1970 are met, and/or point 595/1984 and/or point 93/067/1083/2018 (B) and, where applicable, a fuel. (iii) For the study of installations and equipment installed in the LNG plant and/or L-CNG facility, taken into account the requirements of the ISO 5661 standard, etc.; and (iii) For the purposes of design of the installation and the authorisation of the LNG plant and/or of the LNG plant, which is subject to the authorisation, to the authorisation of the authorisation of the authorisation of the LNG or the LNG plant concerned, as well as well as well as referred to the LNG or the LNG authorisation, shall be granted or of the LIC.

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entitiesPersons

Notes

The plan shall be on a scale of 1:20, and shall indicate the location of the building and other auxiliary buildings, the location of the LNG and/or L-CNG distribution devices to be installed, the auxiliary equipment, any portable means of storage of CNG and/or CNG cylinders, the LNG tanks, any ‘single unit’, the LNG tanker parking space, the distribution company's measuring device in case of any provision, the configuration of the traffic connection or decoupling - the decoupling of a pedestrian level with the road(s) and the marking of the above.

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entitiesPersons

Notes

The electromechanical installation drawing must be on an appropriate scale, depending on the size of the installation, together with a file of the Technical Specifications relating to the following facilities: Water supply, sewerage, compressed air, any pipes of other fuel (for a mixed service), LNG pipes, filling of means of storage, liquid fuel tanks, CNG, LNG (for a mixed service station), electrical installations of the plant (strong currents, weak currents, lighting and grounding), as well as a plan for the distribution of anti-explosive zones of the plant.

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entitiesPersons

Notes

The plan shall illustrate details and technical standards at a scale of one to fifty (1:50) or one to twenty (1:20), of the installations and equipment: a) Cutting-out, showing all the service or mixed service buildings, their precise dimensions, and the type of construction of the roof walls and any existing partitions; bb) LNG tanks and/or CNG storage means, in accordance with the provisions of this Decision and/or Decision No 93/067/1083/2018 of the Joint Ministerial Decision (B’5661) (for L-CNG or mixed plant with CNG installations, and/or tanks of liquid fuels, in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of the present Decision and/or Decision No 93/067/1083/2018 of the Joint Ministerial Decision (B’60) (for mixed plant of the CNG), and/or LNG tanks of the LNG/CNG tanks in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of Decision No 11224/1981 (A) or LPG in accordance with Article 2515(3) of Decision No 465/A.

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entitiesPersons

Notes

The technical report on electromechanical installations shall contain information on the entire structure of the plant, the individual installations, equipment and machinery installed, their technical specifications and how they are connected and how they operate, the national and European standards and regulations on the basis of which they have been studied and installed and the distribution study of anti-exploitation zones; it must be signed by the competent engineer.

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entitiesPersons

Notes

This form is requested for authorisation to enter environmental commitments in accordance with the applicable legislation.

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entitiesPersons

Notes

It concerns authorisation to set up all stations, including private-use stations.

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person)

Notes

The solemn declaration referred to in Article 5 of Joint Ministerial Decision No 172058/2016 (B’ 354) shall be submitted, together with the Notification file, the Policies for the Prevention of major accidents (TBIs) and the other supporting documents, in case the establishment falls within the scope of that Joint Ministerial Decision; in such a case, the authorisation shall be issued after the endorsement of the Notification file, while the intervals, in paragraph 2 of Article 12 of Ministerial Decision 188543/2022 (B3368), shall be increased in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 6 of Joint Ministerial Decision No 172058/2016 (B354).

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