Fixed Location Trade Vendor’s Licence
Basic information
Institutional Body
MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT
Description
This procedure concerns the granting of a licence to professional Fixed Location trade vendors, for the purpose of practising open-air commerce at fixed locations. A professional vendor in this case is a natural person engaging in open-air trade who, as indicated in the decision as per Article 66(2) of Law 4849/2021 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 207), offers goods for sale which do not originate from their own production, and to whom a licence to operate has been granted by the competent authorities. Outdoor fixed location trade means the exercise of open-air commercial activity by a vendor who does not move from a fixed point determined and demarcated by the Municipality granting the licence. Licences are issued to natural persons and are granted via participation in a call for applications issued by the municipalities. Candidates must be unemployed and either have a proportional disability rate of at least fifty percent (50%) or more themselves, or must be parents or guardians of minor children with disability rate of at least fifty percent (50%) or more.
At a glance
| Points of Service | Municipalities, Directorates or Departments of Development or Commercial Departments of the Municipalities |
| Digital provision points | |
| Number of Documents | 0 |
| Cost | Provided without cost |
| Deadline of Implementation | 2 months |
| Process Diagram |
Conditions
What you will need
- Application / solemn declaration for issue of a fixed location trade vendor’s licenceFiled bySubmitted by the applicant (digital), Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)NoteThe application must include the information indicated in items (i) to (vi) of Article 4(1) of Ministerial Decision No 55332/27.05.2022 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 2660), i.e. the following: *a) identity card details; *b) Tax Identification Number (TIN); *c) Social Security Number (AMKA); *d) the type of items for sale; *e) the registration number of any vehicle to be used (whether privately owned or another vehicle); *f) the places where the business activity takes place; *g) a solemn declaration pursuant to Law 1599/1986 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 75) by the person in question declaring that they do not hold any other type of open-air trading licence whatsoever.Applicant statusPersons
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Legislation
- DescriptionReform and modernisation of the regulatory framework for the organisation and operation of open-air commercial trade, arrangements for recreational activities and the simplification of the framework for activities in education, improvements in chamber of commerce legislation, other provisions of the Ministry.Legal references
- DescriptionSellers operating in short-term outdoor markets — Amendment of Article 37 of Law 4849/2021.Legal references
- DescriptionTime limit for entering public-market data in the Open Market Integrated Information System — holders of positions and professional-vendor licences.Legal references
- DescriptionItems that may be sold by producers and professional vendors in open-air trade.Legal references
- DescriptionCombinations of products sold in open-air trade, changes and additions to products, information displayed on the sign at the point of sale, and correspondence of product categories under earlier rules sold by professional vendors.Legal references
- DescriptionDetails of the licence granting a position and the right to engage in itinerant trade to producers and professional open-air vendors.Legal references
- DescriptionDetermination of the content of the inspection report certifying an infringement under Article 61(2) of Law 4849/2021.Legal references
- DescriptionExtension of the deadline for renewing the licence of producers and professional sellers — Amendment of paragraph 7 of Article 87 of Law 4986/2022 and paragraph 2 of Article 66 of Law 4849/2021.Legal references
- Description"Supporting documents required for the granting, transfer and renewal of producer and professional seller licences and of the corresponding pitches or rights to operate in open-air trade. Amendment of Decision no. 21061/25-02-2022 (Series II, 980) of the Minister for Development and Investment."Legal references
- DescriptionUser groups, operation, terms of use, and technical or other matters relating to the Integrated Rural Development Information System and the operation of the electronic platformLegal references
- DescriptionArticle 67: "Suspension, relinquishment and loss of a trading pitch and of the right to engage in itinerant trade — Amendment of Article 21 of Law 4849/2021."Legal references
About
Any person with a legitimate interest may register an objection to the decision regarding the results of the announcement, before the competent authority, within a deadline of fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of the results. The objections are forwarded by the competent service department to the committee duly appointed to review objections.
Other Information
Remarks
The licence is issued to professional fixed location trade vendors for a corresponding specified business location and is granted by the Municipalities of the country following issuance of a notice calling for applications. No vendor may occupy more than one (1) fixed location business site in any municipality.
