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Registration in Greece, for VAT declaration purposes, of an enterprise established in another EU Member State

Basic information

Institutional Body

INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC REVENUE

Organizational unit of an institutional body

INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC REVENUE

Description

It is possible to assign a tax identification number (TIN) to taxable persons established in another Member State of the European Union who do not have a TIN in Greece and carry out transactions that are taxed in Greece, without the obligation to appoint a tax representative.

At a glance

Points of Service1st Tax Office of Athens, INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC REVENUE
Digital provision pointsThe service is not provided digitally
Number of DocumentsNot required
Cost
Process Diagram

Conditions

The applicant must be a taxable person and must have received a tax identification number for VAT purposes in their Member State of establishment.

The taxable person interested in receiving a TIN in Greece in order to submit VAT declarations must be established in another EU Member State.

The interested taxable person may not have appointed, at the same time, a tax representative for VAT purposes in Greece.

What you will need

Identification and signature verification means
Other

    Legislation

    • Description
      Taxable persons (Article 35(1)): - case b – the taxable person established within another Member State, for transactions carried out by him, for which the place of taxation is within the territory of Greece, except for transactions for which the recipient is liable and where he has not appointed a tax representative, in accordance with Article 36(4)(e). Obligations of taxable persons (Article 36(4)): - case e – optional possibility for taxable persons established in another EU Member State who do not have an establishment in Greece to appoint a tax representative Amendments: - Law 3453/2006 (GG I/74), Article 5(1d) - Law 2992/2002 (GG I/54/2002), Article 18(3)
      Legal references
    • Description
      Procedure for assignment of TINs and the submission of periodic VAT returns for the payment of VAT by taxable persons established in another Member State of the European Union: - Article 1 – Procedure for assigning TIN - Article 2 – Submission of VAT returns and payment of VAT - Article 3 – Contractor’s method of payment - Article 4 – Entry into force
      Legal references
    • Description
      Amendment of Decision Circular No 1113/23.5.2013 of the Minister for Finance and the Deputy Minister for Finance, ‘Procedure for assigning a TIN and submitting periodic VAT returns for the payment of tax by taxable persons established in another Member State of the European Union.
      Legal references
    • Description
      Amendment and supplementation of Decision Circular 1113/13 of the Minister and Deputy Minister for Finance ‘Procedure for assigning a TIN and submitting periodic VAT returns for the payment of tax by taxable persons established in another Member State of the European Union’.
      Legal references

    About

    Process code
    590700
    Legal means of protection or appeal
    Administrative appeal 

    If it is not possible to verify the data through VIES

    Other Information

    Languages supported
    EnglishGreek
    Ways of provision
    Application (handwritten)
    email

    ID: 590700

    Name: Registration in Greece, for VAT declaration purposes, of an enterprise established in another EU Member State