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Notification of operation of Car and Motorcycle Driving Schools and their branches
Basic information
Institutional Body
MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION
Description
The procedure concerns the opening of car and motorcycle driving schools and their branches under indicative Business Activity Code (KAD) 85.53.11. The notification must contain the information necessary for the activity being carried out and must be submitted by the activity operator, who is solely responsible for the information contained therein.
At a glance
| Points of Service | Regional units, Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE) |
| Digital provision points | |
| Number of Documents | 0 |
| Cost | From 100 to 200 € |
| Deadline of Implementation | 2 hours |
| Process Diagram |
Conditions
Only a driving school which has previously declared a notification of operation may notify the activity of a driving school branch.
During the operation of the activity, the operator must keep a file containing the supporting documents required in each case at its business premises.
Setting up a business (sole proprietorship, company).
The applicant must hold TAXISnet codes in order to digitally submit the Notification when this function becomes possible.
The right to operate a driving school and a branch thereof is also extended to:
a. natural persons who hold a valid certificate of lawful occupation as an instructor of trainee drivers;
b. legal persons, where one of their members or at least one of their staff holds the status of instructor of trainee drivers and also holds a valid certificate of lawful occupation as an instructor of trainee drivers.
In cases of car and motorcycle driving schools, the activity operator must, before submitting the notification, have issued registration certificates for the training vehicles to be used, which belong to the driving school and are used to meet the needs of the driving school to begin operating. Furthermore, these vehicles must have undergone the special and periodic inspection, a Roadworthiness Certificate (DTE) and certificate of a special inspection for compliance of training the vehicles with the requirements of Presidential Decree 51/2012 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 101) must have been issued, or an inspection by the competent Directorate for Transport and Communications must have been conducted and the relevant certificate of suitability must have been issued, as appropriate.
The driving school must own or hold at least one training vehicle, which must be classified and insured as a training vehicle and meet the specifications laid down in Presidential Decree 51/2012 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 101).
Driving school branches do not hold training vehicles, but use the training vehicles of the driving school owned by the same natural or legal person for their activities. Similarly, instructors of trainee drivers engaged by the driving school are used for the activities of the driving school branch.
The driving school premises must be a main-use, single space, must not be part of a residence, and must possess good lighting and sufficient ventilation.
A driving school or a branch thereof may not operate in a building housing the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, as well as the Directorates for Transport and Communications and the Motor Vehicle Testing Centre (KTEO) services of the Regional Units of Greece.
Co-location.
Car and motorcycle driving schools, Theory Training Centres for Trainee Drivers (KETHEYO), vocational training schools issuing a Certificate of Professional Competence (PEI), Vocational Training Schools for Hazardous Goods Drivers (SEKOOMEE) and Carriers’ Vocational Training School (SEKAM) may be co-located at the same premises, provided they belong to the same natural or legal person.
In cases of co-location, the following requirements must also be met:
a) all the operating conditions of the above Schools/Centres, as provided for in the relevant provisions, must be complied with;
b) different classrooms must be used if their curricula coincide in terms of scheduling;
c) the reception area and the common areas of the above Schools/Centres may constitute a single space, but must in all cases be different from the classrooms. The use of ancillary spaces must not interfere with use of the classrooms.
The activity of the driving school entitles the school to provide practical training and examinations solely for the corresponding categories depending on the training vehicles declared by the school in the notification.
A sign, clearly visible to the general public, must be posted outside the driving school or its branch stating the following:
a) the indication ‘DRIVING SCHOOL’, in black or blue; and
b) the international distinguishing sign ‘L’, in red.
Fees / Imposts
- Notification of the operation of a car and motorcycle driving schoolPayment typeBank cashierDigital (debit / credit card)Digital (web banking)Hellenic PostTypee-Administrative Fee
- Notification of the operation of a branch of a car and motorcycle driving school.Payment typeBank cashierDigital (debit / credit card)Digital (web banking)Hellenic PostTypee-Administrative Fee
What you will need
Identification and signature verification means
Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes
Online request
Submit a new application for the selected procedure.
Legislation
- DescriptionEstablishment of procedure, content and supporting documents, fee and penalties for notification of the operation of car and motorcycle driving schools, their branches and Theory Training Centres for Trainee Drivers (KETHEYO).Legal references
- DescriptionSimplification of the framework for carrying out economic activities under the responsibility of the Ministry of Development and Investment, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Tourism, arrangements for productive activities and support for development and other urgent provisions.Legal references
- DescriptionNew institutional framework for the pursuit of economic activity and other provisions.Legal references
About
Process code
926817
NACE code
85.53
Description of NACE code
Driving school activities
Legal means of protection or appeal
Other Special administrative appeal
Rules for non-response by the competent authority and legal consequences
Tacit approval
A special administrative appeal provided for in Article 227 of Law 3852/2010 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 87) may be lodged against the decision imposing a fine under paragraph 8 by the competent authority referred to in Article 2.
Other Information
Languages supported
EnglishGreek
Remarks
At the time the notification is submitted, no supporting documents need to be submitted with the Notification Form. The activity operator must keep the relevant supporting documents and proof of submission of the notification at their business premises, in accordance with Article 5 of Joint Ministerial Decision No Δ30/Α3/276110/2021. The code to be assigned to the activity following notification by the Regional Units will be entered in the Computerised Results Recording System (ΜISKA).
