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Cross-Border Provision of Services for Key Makers and Locksmiths

Basic information

Institutional Body

MINISTRY OF CITIZEN PROTECTION

Organizational unit of an institutional body

HELLENIC POLICE

Description

Τhis procedure pertains to persons or legal entities from other EU Member States who would like to provide cross-border key locksmith and locksmith services. It is addressed to citizens, businesses and legal entities.

At a glance

Points of ServicePolice Stations, Country Security Departments, Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE), Directorate of Public Security
Digital provision points
Number of Documents0
Cost2.04 €
Deadline of Implementation3 months
Process Diagram

Conditions

Legal establishment of the interested party in an EU Member State, legal exercise of activity and non-prohibition (even temporary) of its exercise at the time of issuance of the certificate. or If no authorization is provided for the specific activity by the Member State of establishment, the person concerned shall be involved in the specific activity which he declares that he will provide. In case the application is submitted by a legal person the required document must been submitted for each one of the representatives or employees of the company that will be active in the Greek territory.

The applicant: • must not have been convicted or prosecuted for the following offenses: insubordination, desertion, insults to the political system, betrayal of the country, insults against state power, against the free exercise of civil rights, against sexual freedom sex trafficking, criminal organization, counterfeiting, deceit, forgery, breach of the secrecy of telephone and oral conversation, theft, robbery, embezzlement, extortion, fraud, misappropriation of funds, bribery active or passive, oppression, as well as violation of laws on animal theft, drugs, smuggling, weapons and explosive and on the prevention and suppression of money laundering and terrorist financing, whether or not this conviction is recorded in the criminal record of the person concerned • must not have been deprived of their civil rights at any time, even if the time set for their deprivation has expired • should not be subject to legal aid In case the application is submitted by a legal person the required document must been submitted for each one of the representatives or employees of the company that will be active in the Greek territory.

The applicant must have completed the 18th year of age. In case the application is submitted by a legal person the required document must been submitted for each one of the representatives or employees of the company that will be active in the Greek territory.

Fees / Imposts

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means
Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes

  • Application Submission – Solemn Declaration of article 17 of Law 3844/2010 (Α΄ 63)
    Filed by
    Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
    Note
    The Application - Solemn Declaration must include the following information of the interested party: - Personal information (Natural person: Name, ID number or passport number, patronymic name, citizenship, Tax Registration number; Legal entity: Name, distinct title - if any, registered office, form and Tax Registration number). - Contact details (Telephone - landline and mobile, fax, e-mail, postal address). Professional data/Information (Member State of legal establishment, profession - activity carried on at the place of establishment and the profession - activity wishing to exercise temporarily and restrictively - in the Greek territory). - Insurance coverage for professional liability - optional - (name of insurance company, insurance policy number and the amount of insurance coverage). - Other required data/information (if it is the first time that he/she provides these services temporarily and on an occasional basis, in Greece or the period it has provided them in the past). - The temporary - occasional provision of the service (place or places of provision of the service, date of provision of the service and the duration of the provision of the service). In case the interested party is a legal person, in addition to the above, the details of the employees who will practice the profession within the Greek territory shall be mentioned (Name, ID number or passport number, patronymic name, citizenship, Tax Registration number).
    Applicant status
    Legal entities, Persons
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Cross-Border Provision of Services for Key Makers and Locksmiths
What you will need
1Translated and validated certificate from the competent authority of the Member State of establishment for the legal establishment and for the lawful pursuit of the activityCertificate
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
2Documents proving the involvement of the interested party in the activityCertificate
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
3Translated into Greek and validated excerpt of criminal record of judicial use or similar certificate from the State of origin or in the absence of a criminal record, an equivalent document issued by a competent administrative or judicial authority of the country of origin, where it appears that the requirements are met. If the country of origin does not issue such a document, it may be replaced by an affidavit or, in the case of a non-affidavit, by a solemn declaration submitted by the person concerned before the competent administrative or judicial authority or, as the case may be, before the country of origin, who issue a certificate of affidavit or formal declaration. Documents issued in accordance with the above may not be submitted after three (3) months from the date of issue.Criminal Record Copy for General Use
Filed by
Ex officio (digital)Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
4Solemn Declaration of Law 1599/1986 (Α΄ 75) translated in Greek.Solemn Declaration
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
5Certified document stating that the interested party is not under legal assistance or a similar certificate from the country of origin (in case the auditee has a different nationality from the country of establishment of the company) translated in Greek and legally validated.Certificate from a court
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
6Photocopy of passport or police IDIdentification document
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entitiesPersons
7Copy of the approved and published articles of association of the company (Collective company, Limited Partnership Company, Limited Liability Company, Société Anonyme) certified and approved by the competent authority or any other public document from which the composition of the Board, its managers or representativesLegal documents from legal entities
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entities

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Legislation

  • Description
    Simplification of the procedure and facilitation via Citizen Service Centers-Single Service Centers (KEP-EKE) of procedures under the responsibility of the Hellenic Police, in accordance with Law 3844/2010 (GG Α΄ 63).
    Legal references
    Link

  • Description
    Cross-border provision of services of (i) key makers and locksmiths and (ii) silversmiths, second-handers, pawnbrokers and employees who engage in the purchase or sale of used jewelry and fine artefacts from gold and other valuables in Greece, in accordance with the provisions of article 17 of Law 3844/2010 (Government Gazette A 63).
    Legal references
    Link

  • Description
    Practicing the profession of key makers and key repairers and related topics (Conditions, process steps, controls) (amending Police Order 9/2000).
    Legal references
    Link

  • Description
    Obligations of key makers and locksmiths and related matters (Required supporting documents, kept data, obligations of licensees)
    Legal references
    Link

About

Process code
775884
NACE code
95.29
Description of NACE code
Repair of other personal and household goods
Legal means of protection or appeal
Other Administrative redress
Rules for non-response by the competent authority and legal consequences
Tacit approval

After the expiration of the above deadline, it is presumed that the profession is practiced freely (article 3 Law 3919/2011 - GG 32/A/2011). The interested party, in this case, can request a Certificate of Meeting of Legal Requirements from the competent administrative authority, in accordance with §4 article 10 Law 3230/2004 (GG 44/A /2004).

Other Information

Languages supported
English

Remarks

Within three months from the announcement of practicing the profession, the competent administrative authority may prohibit its exercise, in case the legal prerequisites are not met or in case the submitted data are not sufficient.

ID: 775884

Name: Cross-Border Provision of Services for Key Makers and Locksmiths

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