At a glance
Points of service
Digital provision points
Number of required documents
Fees
From 100 to 200 €
Estimated Time
10 to 15 minutes
Description
Basic information
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Notes
Last update
03/12/2024
Application
Application Type
Submission by:
Submitted by:
Title
Notes:
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes
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Photocopy of the valid certificate of lawful occupation as an instructor of trainee drivers for the ...
Certificate
Photocopy of the valid certificate of lawful occupation as an instructor of trainee drivers for the activity operator, where the operator is a natural person, or for a member of the legal person or its staff, where the operator is a legal person.
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons
Relevant Procedure: Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
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Photocopies of valid certificates of lawful occupation as an instructor of trainee drivers for instr ...
Certificate
Photocopies of valid certificates of lawful occupation as an instructor of trainee drivers for instructors who cooperate with the driving school in any way.
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons
Relevant Procedure: Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
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Photocopies of the registration certificates of the driving school’s training vehicles. ...
Vehicle driver's license
Photocopies of the registration certificates of the driving school’s training vehicles.
Relevant link: Link
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons
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Certificate of main-use spaces issued by a private individual - engineer ...
Certificate
Certificate of main-use spaces issued by a private individual - engineer
Relevant link: Link
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons
Notes: The certificate must be accompanied by the accompanying documents referred to in Article 5(d) of Joint Ministerial Decision No Δ30/Α3/276110/2021.
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Proof of payment of the fee for the activity in question ...
Electronic Fee
Proof of payment of the fee for the activity in question
Relevant link: Link
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons
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A photocopy of the notification of the activity of the car and motorcycle driving school to which th ...
Notification / Announcement / Reporting
A photocopy of the notification of the activity of the car and motorcycle driving school to which the branch belongs.
Relevant link: Link
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons
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Proof of submission of the Notification of operation of a car and motorcycle driving school. ...
Certificate (conditional)
Proof of submission of the Notification of operation of a car and motorcycle driving school.
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons
Notes: Where available.
Document submitted under requirements: Yes
Document’s requirement: Administrative
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Solemn declaration of non-prohibition of the activity under joint ownership regulations. ...
Solemn Declaration (conditional)
Solemn declaration of non-prohibition of the activity under joint ownership regulations.
Relevant link: Link
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons
Relevant Procedure: Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
Notes: Only applicable where the activity is housed in a multi-storey building.
Document submitted under requirements: Yes
Document’s requirement: Building
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Photocopy of the current charter of the legal person and amendments thereto. ...
Legal documents from legal entities (conditional)
Photocopy of the current charter of the legal person and amendments thereto.
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities
Notes: Only applicable for legal persons not required to register with the General Commercial Register (GEMI).
Document submitted under requirements: Yes
Document’s requirement: Company law
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Photocopies of the legal person’s legitimation documents concerning representation ...
Legal documents from legal entities (conditional)
Photocopies of the legal person’s legitimation documents concerning representation
Submission by: Keep within business establishment
Submitted by: Legal entities
Notes: Only applicable for legal persons not required to register with the General Commercial Register (GEMI).
Document submitted under requirements: Yes
Document’s requirement: Company law
Requirements
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Administrative
Only a driving school which has previously declared a notification of operation may notify the activity of a driving school branch.
Link Link
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Company law
Setting up a business (sole proprietorship, company).
Link Link
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Possession of passwords to enter software
The applicant must hold TAXISnet codes in order to digitally submit the Notification when this function becomes possible.
Link Link
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Administrative
During the operation of the activity, the operator must keep a file containing the supporting documents required in each case at its business premises.
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Professional
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.
Link Link
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Ownership
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.
Link Link
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Building
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.
Undertakings carrying out administrative operations under KAD 9609.19.11 and insurance intermediary and insurance broker operations under KAD 66.22.10.01 and KAD 66.22.10.05 may also be co located, insofar as they belong to the same natural or legal person.
Alternative condition of 6
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Building
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.
Link Link
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Ownership
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).
Link Link
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Labour
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.
Link Link
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Technical
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.
Link Link
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Ownership
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.
Alternative condition of 2
Link Link
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Building
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.
Alternative condition of 6
Link Link
Fees
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Notification of the operation of car and motorcycle driving schools. For the award of an administrative fee and selection of ‘Public authority etc.’: Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport / Notification and ‘Administrative Fee Category’: Categories EUR 200 and selection of the appropriate Region in the Administrative Fee Type
296 Region of Attica 200
297 Region of Thessaly 200
298 Region of Central Greece 200
299 Region of North Aegean 200
300 Region of South Aegean 200
301 Region of Western Greece 200
302 Region of West Macedonia 200
303 RU of Drama 200
304 RU of Evros 200
305 RU of Kavala 200
306 RU of Xanthi 200
307 RU of Rodopi 200
308 RU of Thessaloniki 200
309 RU of Imathia 200
310 RU of Kilkis 200
311 RU of Pieria 200
312 RU of Pella 200
313 RU of Serres 200
314 RU of Halkidiki 200
315 RU of Heraklion 200
316 RU of Lasithi 200
317 RU of Rethimno 200
318 RU of Chania 200
319 RU of Argolida 200
320 RU of Arkadia 200
321 RU of Corinth 200
322 RU of Lakonia 200
323 RU of Messinia 200
324 RU of Arta 200
325 RU of Thesprotia 200
326 RU of Ioannina 200
327 RU of Preveza 200
328 RU of Corfu 200
329 RU of Lefkada 200
330 RU of Zakynthos 200
331 RU of Kefalonia 200
200 €
Cost Calculation One-off
Method of Payment Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post
Type of Cost e-Administrative Fee
Fee Link Link
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Notification of the operation of a branch of a car and motorcycle driving school. For the award of an administrative fee and selection of ‘Public authority etc.’: Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport / Notification and ‘Administrative Fee Category’: Categories EUR 100 and selection of the appropriate Region in the Administrative Fee Type
259 Region of Attica 100
260 Region of Thessaly 100
261 Region of Central Greece 100
263 Region of North Aegean 100
264 Region of South Aegean 100
265 Region of Western Greece 100
266 Region of Western Macedonia 100
267 RU of Drama 100
268 RU of Evros 100
269 RU of Kavala 100
270 RU of Xanthi 100
271 RU of Rodopi 100
272 RU of Thessaloniki 100
273 RU of Imathia 100
274 RU of Kilkis 100
275 RU of Pieria 100
276 RU of Pella 100
277 RU of Serres 100
278 RU of Halkidiki 100
279 RU of Heraklion 100
280 RU of Lasithi 100
281 RU of Rethimno 100
282 RU of Chania 100
283 RU of Argolida 100
284 RU of Arkadia 100
285 RU of Corinth 100
286 RU of Lakonia 100
287 RU of Messinia 100
288 RU of Arta 100
289 RU of Thesprotia 100
290 RU of Ioannina 100
291 RU of Preveza 100
292 RU of Corfu 100
293 RU of Lefkada 100
294 RU of Zakynthos 100
295 RU of Kefalonia 100
100 €
Cost Calculation One-off
Method of Payment Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post
Type of Cost e-Administrative Fee
Fee Link Link
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
OtherSpecial administrative appeal
Rules concerning a lack of reply from the competent authority and the legal consequences for the use:
Tacit approval
NACE
- 85.53 Driving school activities
Output & Results
Output
Steps
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Activity operator login to notifybusiness.gov.gr – Submission of notification
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Description Completion of the information fields by the activity operator.
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Receipt of Notification by the competent Directorate for Transport and Communications
Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Description The notification shall be sent by the interested party via the platform Link to the competent Directorate for Transport and Communications of the relevant Regional Unit where the car and motorcycle driving school and branches thereof are established and operate.
Notes When the notification is submitted electronically via the OPS-ADE or www.notifybusiness.gov.gr, it is given a unique number and time stamp, which are generated by the system. The file bearing the unique number will serve as proof of submission of the notification.
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Assignment of a code to the notification by the competent Directorate for Transport and Communications
Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description The competent Directorate of Transport and Communications shall inform the operator of the activity without delay and by any appropriate means of the code/serial number, which shall be registered in the Computerised Applications of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport for the purpose of control and supervision.
Notes The code of the driving school is unique; the driving school cannot participate without this code in Qualification and Behavioural Tests (practical tests for citizens to obtain a driving licence).
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Forwarding of Notification
Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description Within no later than five business days, the competent Directorate for Transport and Communications will forward the notification or change thereto to the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the National Transparency Authority, the competent Building Service and the competent Fire Department, as the case may be, and any other department which, in the Directorate’s view, must be made aware of the operation of the activity in order to carry out the statutory inspections. This forwarding takes place electronically via the system or by e-mail without the need to issue a cover document for that purpose.
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Inspections of Activity
Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
Description After submission of the notification of operation or from the time the obligation to submit the notification arose, the competent Directorate and other control authorities may carry out inspections to verify the correctness of the notification information and monitor the operator’s compliance with the requirements laid down in Chapter XXXI of Law 4442/2016. The first inspection must be carried out within two months of submission of the initial notification.
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Conduct of on-the-spot inspections
Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
Description On-the-spot inspections are carried out by a two-member audit committee set up pursuant to a decision of the Regional Governor on the recommendation of the competent Directorate. Officials of the departments of the competent Region who hold tertiary education degrees may be designated as committee members. The two-member audit committee referred to herein may, at the same time, exercise the supervisory powers exercised to ensure compliance with the operating conditions. During the on-the-spot inspection, the activity operator must make the information related to the subject matter of the audit available to the audit committee and provide a written or verbal explanation of the issues raised.
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Conduct of remote inspections
Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
Description Remote inspections are carried out by the directorate competent for carrying out remote inspections, which sends the operator of the activity, via registered letter, a request for submission of the file of supporting documents of Article 5 of the Joint Ministerial Decision, electronically or in hard copy if the operator is unable to send it electronically, with five (5) days of receiving the request. If the deadline for submitting the file lapses without action, an on-the-spot inspection is carried out. The competent authority referred to in Article 2 checks the file submitted and may request verbal or written explanations from the activity operator. A remote inspection report is drawn up in which any infringements are recorded.
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Finding of violations – Fines
Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description The competent Directorate for Transport and Communications sends a copy of the inspection report to the activity operator by registered post. If violations were found, in the same letter the operator is asked to set out their views on the findings of the inspection and to resolve the violation with five (5) working days of the day following the day on which the letter was received. If the operator of the activity fails to submit their views within the deadline or the views are found by the competent directorate to be unsubstantiated, administrative fines are imposed by the directorate. The decision to impose an administrative find shall be notified to the operator of the activity in a document calling on them to pay the fine within ten (10) working days of receiving the document. If the violation is deemed to be minor, the competent directorate can make a recommendation and set a deadline for compliance. If the operator complies within the deadline set, no fine is imposed. Fines imposed hereunder are collected as public revenue in accordance with the provisions of the Public Revenue Collection Code (KEDE). If a violation is found regarding the notification of this decision, the operator of the activity shall be subject to the penalties referred to in Article 15(1) of Law 4442/2016, and specifically an administrative fine of between two hundred (200) and twelve thousand (12 000) euros.
Other information
Alternative titles
Official title
Languages supported
Ways of provision
Legislation
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Law 4811/2021 (Government Gazette 108/Α) Articles 4, 215, 216, 217, 218 ,219 ,220 , 221 ,222, 223
Description Simplification 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 Link
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Law 4442/2016 (Government Gazette 230/Α)
Description New institutional framework for the pursuit of economic activity and other provisions.
Legal references Link
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Joint Ministerial Decision D30/A3/143433/2023 (Government Gazette 3100/Β) Articles 1
Description Amendment of Article 4(3), Chapter B and paragraph c, Chapter C, Article 4 of Joint Ministerial Decision D30/A3/276110/2021 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 4742).
Legal references Link
ΑΔΑ 6Ε99465ΧΘΞ-ΜΘ1
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Joint Ministerial Decision D30/A3/276110/2021 (Government Gazette 4742/Β)
Description Establishment 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 Link
Categories
Τype of procedure
Trigger
Trigger (submission method)
Life events
Type
End of Process
Ιndefinite
