Real Estate Agents

Basic information

Institutional Body

MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT

Description

The procedure concerns approval for practising the profession of real estate agent and registration in the Registry of the Chamber and the General Commercial Registry (GEMI) and is intended for natural or legal persons who meet the appropriate conditions to provide real estate agent services.

At a glance

Points of Service	Chambers of commerce, Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE)
Number of Documents	0
Cost	Provided without cost
Deadline of Implementation	10 days
Process Diagram

Conditions

The applicant or, in the case of a legal person, its legal representative has not been convicted and does not stand accused of a felony or misdemeanour for the offences of theft, embezzlement, fraud, embezzlement of public funds, forgery or misuse of stamps, breach of trust, perjury, fraudulent bankruptcy, defrauding creditors, usury, issuing bad cheques, or any crimes related to currency.

The applicant or, in the case of a legal person, their legal representative must not be under full or partial curatorship, whether incapacitating or supportive.

The applicant or, in the case of a legal person, their legal representative shall be a graduate of an upper secondary school or an equivalent school abroad.

The provision of real estate agent services must be included in the purposes of the legal person as set out in its Articles of Association (when the applicant is a legal person).

Where the applicant is a recognised real estate agent from another EU/EEA Member State and is established there, it shall submit only: a certificate of registration with a registry or other competent authority or professional organisation, in accordance with the legislation of its country of establishment.

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means

Identification document

Submission of application
Filed by
Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Applicant status
Legal entities, Persons

Real Estate Agents

What you will need

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Persons

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entities

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (digital)Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Legal entities

6An affirmation in lieu of Law 1599/1986 stating: Under my personal responsibility and being aware of the penalties(3) provided for in article 22(6) of Law 1599/1986, I hereby declare that: A) “I have not been placed either under total or partial, nor custodial or subsidiary custodianship.” B) “I have not been convicted and do not stand accused of a felony or misdemeanour for the offences of theft, embezzlement, fraud, embezzlement of public funds, forgery or misuse of stamps, breach of trust, perjury, fraudulent bankruptcy, defrauding creditors, usury, issuing bad cheques, or any crimes related to currency.” C) “I authorise the Athens Chamber of Tradesmen to request the relevant certificates from the competent authority on my behalf.”Solemn Declaration

Filed by

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Applicant status

Persons

Online request

Submit a new application for the selected procedure.

New online request

Legislation

Description
Articles 197-204 Requirements
Description
Article 197(1)(c) of Law 4072/2012 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 86) is repealed. Article 198(2)(d) of Law 4072/2012 is repealed and point (e) is renumbered as point (d) respectively. Article 199 of Article 4072/2012 is repealed.
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Description
Simplification and integration into the Citizens’ Service Centres (KEP), which operate as Points of Single Contact (PSC), of the procedure for practising the profession of real estate agent and for registration in the relevant Chamber’s registry and the General Commercial Registry (GEMI).
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Process code

822764

NACE code

66.22

Description of NACE code

Activities of insurance agents and brokers

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, the applicant’s application shall be tacitly approved and the permit shall be deemed to have been issued, in accordance with Article 14(4) of Law 3844/2010 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 63/Α, 03-05-2010). In the event of tacit approval, the applicant may request the issuance of the relevant certificate from the administrative authority competent for issuing the act, in accordance with Article 10(4) of Law 3230/2004 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 44, 11-02-2004).

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