View source for ΔΔ:Licence to establish and/or operate a pure or mixed service station for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to vehicles

{{process
|process_official_title=Licence for the establishment and/or operation of a pure or mixed service station for the supply of  Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to vehicles
|process_alternative_titles=Granting / Issue of a Licence for the Establishment and/or Operation of a Service Station for the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to vehicles. Modification of an Authorisation to operate an LNG service station for vehicles.
|process_description=This procedure concerns the authorisation of the establishment and/or operation of a mixed or pure service station for the supply of LNG to vehicles or modification of the licence and is addressed to natural and legal persons.
|process_org_owner_is_private=No
|process_org_owner=33281
|process_provision_org_group=5587
|process_provision_org_directory=Directorate for Transport and Communications of the relevant Regional Unit
|process_remarks=The same procedure shall be used to grant authorisations for the establishment of private LNG and/or L-CNG service stations. The installation of private LNG and/or L-CNG service stations must comply with the terms and conditions relating to safety issues, and the relevant authorisations shall be granted following the submission of the required documentation in accordance with the relevant provisions (Joint Ministerial Decision 188543 (Government Gazette 3368 B 2022), Articles 9 (paragraph 8), 12, 13 and 14). 
A pure LNG and/or L-CNG service station or a mixed LNG and/or L-CNG and liquid fuels and/or CNG service station for private use is defined as an LNG service station, which the natural or legal person having the right to operate it uses to refuel a specific use and number of wheeled vehicles, as defined in the relevant provisions (Article 9 of Joint Ministerial Decision 188543 (Government Gazette 3368 B 2022)).
|process_deadline_duration=P2M
|process_provided_language=Greek
|process_border_provision=Establishment
|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification document
|process_type=Outgoing
|process_trigger=Applied for
|process_trigger_type=Application (handwritten)
|process_usage=Supporting document
|process_output_type=Administrative Act, Decision, Document Production, Payment Document Production
|process_source=EU-GO
|process_provided_to=Liquid fuel enterprises,Businessmen,Legal Entities,Associations of persons,Cooperatives (to whom it is provided),Public Bodies,Self-employed
|process_life_events=Business activity,Licences and compliance,Operation of gas and energy stations,Vehicles,Commercial vehicles
|process_sdg_resource=Hierarchical appeal/recourse
|process_sdg_lack_of_response_rule=Tacit approval
|process_sdg_notes=Licence of establishment: in the event that the Licensing Authority has not approved or rejected the request, thirty (30) working days after the application for a licence of establishment, the interested party is deemed to have legally established the service station business (implied approval) and may request a relevant certificate from the Licensing Authority, in accordance with par. 4 of Article 10 of Law 10. 3230/2004 (Α΄ 44).
|process_total_duration_steps_min=3457650
|process_total_duration_steps_max=5620500
|process_cost_min=240.00
|process_cost_max=240.00
|process_evidence_cost_guarantee=0
|process_evidence_cost_total_number=0
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=0
|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=0
|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=3
|process_evidence_total_number=24
|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
|process_nace_codes=47.3
|process_sdg_codes=N1
|process_application_type=Application / Solemn Declaration
|process_application_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_application_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_application_description=Authorisation to establish and/or operate pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG service station.
|process_application_note=# An application for the establishment of an authorisation: For the authorisation of a pure or mixed service of LNG and/or L-CNG,shall be submitted to the relevant regional Directorate for Transport and Communications (authorising Authority), an application of the natural or legal person before the expiry of the authorisation or extension. 
# Application for an operating licence: For the granting of an operating licence for a pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG service station, the natural or legal person shall submit an application to the relevant regional Transport and Communications Authority (licensing authority) before the expiry of the establishment or extension of the licence. 
# The application by the natural or legal person shall be submitted together with the supporting documents required in accordance with the relevant provisions. In the case of a legal person, the application shall be submitted by the legal representative as appropriate. 
# For the operating licence: The application can be submitted electronically (by email), accompanied by the required documents.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=1
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Company law
|process_conditions_name=Business recommendation (individual, corporate). 
For company recommendation see link below:
|process_conditions_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/epikheirematike-drasterioteta/enarxe-kai-luse-epikheireses/sustase-epikheireses
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=2
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Age
|process_conditions_name=The beneficiaries of a licence to establish and operate a service station (LNG) are those natural persons or members of companies entitled to a licence to establish or operate "Fuel and Energy Service Stations", in accordance with the applicable provisions. Natural persons must have reached the age of majority.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=3
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Professional
|process_conditions_name=Responsible for the operation of each fuel and energy service station (as well as LNG stations) is the operator of the station or the natural person designated by him/her, in accordance with article 24 of Law 4439/2016 and article 7 of Ministerial Decision No. 188543 (Government Gazette 3368 B 2022).
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=4
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses
|process_conditions_name=The condition for natural and legal persons applying for a licence to establish and operate an LPG service station is:
(i) The non conviction for violation of fuel adulteration and smuggling, subject to the provisions of Law 4177/2013 (A’183). 
(ii) The possession of a legal right to use and operate the land for the establishment of a pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG service station.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=5
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
|process_conditions_name=In order to obtain a licence to operate a pure or mixed service station for the supply of LNG to vehicles, it is necessary to have been issued or authorised to be established.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=6
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Technical
|process_conditions_name=For the license to establish a service station it is required to meet the technical requirements of the Ministerial Decision no. 188543 (Government Gazette 3368 B 022) concerning:
1) the territorial position of and traffic connection of LNG and L-CNG service stations (art. 4)
2) the European Directives, regulations and decisions applied for LPG service stations and premises (art. 3)
3) the safety distances between the typical features of LPG service stations and /or other parts and/or buildings and/or building frames (art. 5)
4. the buildings permitted within pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG terminals (Article 6),
5. fire protection measures and means of fire protection for LNG and/or L-CNG terminals (Article 8).
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=7
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Technical
|process_conditions_name=In case the establishment of the agency falls within the scope of Joint Ministerial Decision No 172058/2016 (B 354), the declaration referred to in Article 5 of that Decision and the notification file, the prevention policy of major accidents (TBOs) and other supporting documents is required. In particular, for installations falling under JMD No 172058/2016 (B 354), etc., in Annex I, Part 2, point 18, it is stated that the threshold for the application of the lower tier requirements for a pure LNG filling station is 50 tonnes and the threshold for the application of the upper tier requirements is 200 tonnes. In the case of a mixed LNG service station, the requirements are also changed and are specified by the same Decision. In this case, the authorisation for the application of the lower tier for LNG-substances are issued after the endorsement of the Notification file, while the intervals of par. 2, of Art. 12, of Joint Ministerial Decision 188543 (FΕΚ 3368 Β 022)  shall be increased in accordance with the provisions set out in par. 3, of Article 6, of the Joint Ministerial Decision No. 172058/2016 (B 354).
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=8
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Financial
|process_conditions_name=Payment of the fees, as laid down in Law 3054/2002 for retail-traded agencies (Article 7(3)), specified in Article 2 par. 5.a and b of  YPEN/DRP/74603/1815 (LNG and/or L-CNG). It applies to mixed stations with LNG and/or L-CNG and liquid fuels. Note: (a) Not applicable to LNG and/or L-CNG stations and (b) to private-use stations.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=9
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Citizenship
|process_conditions_name=Article 23 of the Law No 595/1984 (Government Gazette 218 A), states that natural persons or members of companies, in order to obtain authorisation for the establishment and operation of wet fuel or mixed fuel or liquid gas (LNG etc.) or purely liquid gas for public use are required to be either Greek nationals, either citizens of Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area (EEA). Exceptionally, the granting of authorisations for the establishment and operation of a liquid fuel or mixed or purely liquefied gas service to relatives from Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Turkey and Egypt, as well as the children, born by such persons.
}}
{{process evidences cost
|process_evidence_cost_num_id=1
|process_evidence_cost_alternative=No
|process_evidence_cost_type=Impost
|process_evidence_cost_calculation=One-off
|process_evidence_cost_code=8455
|process_evidence_cost_description=Licence to operate a liquid fuel station or a mixed station (LPG and liquid fuel).
|process_evidence_cost_min=200
|process_evidence_cost_max=200
|process_evidence_cost_url=https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=2
|process_evidence_cost_payment_type=Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post, Tax Office cashier
}}
{{process evidences cost
|process_evidence_cost_num_id=2
|process_evidence_cost_alternative=No
|process_evidence_cost_type=Annual fee
|process_evidence_cost_calculation=One-off
|process_evidence_cost_code=8461
|process_evidence_cost_description=Licence to operate an LPG station or a mixed station (LPG and liquid fuels).
|process_evidence_cost_min=40
|process_evidence_cost_max=40
|process_evidence_cost_url=https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=2
|process_evidence_cost_payment_type=Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post, Tax Office cashier
}}
{{process evidences cost
|process_evidence_cost_num_id=3
|process_evidence_cost_alternative=No
|process_evidence_cost_type=e-Administrative Fee (variable)
|process_evidence_cost_calculation=Quantitative
|process_evidence_cost_code=8240
|process_evidence_cost_description=Issue of permit cost is 30€. In addition for each pump or distributor beyond the first (1st), 30 €.
|process_evidence_cost_url=https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=2
|process_evidence_cost_payment_type=Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post, Tax Office cashier
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=1
|process_evidence_type=5768
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of establishment: a topographic chart of the area, signed by the competent engineer.
|process_evidence_note=The topographic chart must be on a scale of one to two hundred (1:200) or one to five hundred (1:500) and within a radius of fifty (50) metres from the ground or floor of the LNG station, coordinated by the State Network (ESA 87). 
The drawing shall indicate the plot or field of the station under establishment, the dimensions of its sides, its location with the backs of the roads, the location of the building, tanks or cylinders and pumps and distributors, the filling point of the tank or cylinder, as well as the types of the neighboring buildings. In particular, the locations of the characteristics of the station under consideration, as well as all safety distances (Article 5 of the building No 188543/2022 (B 3368) etc. are marked with the location of the service.
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{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=2
|process_evidence_type=7320
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Public bodies
|process_evidence_description=Licence of establishment: Solemn Declaration by the applicant pursuant to Article 8 of Law 1599/1986.
|process_evidence_related_process=Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses
|process_evidence_note=In the applicant’s solemn declaration pursuant to Article 8 of Law 1599/1986, it is declared that: 
(a) In the case of a natural person: 
(i) In the last eight years, it has not been convicted of fuel fraud and smuggling, without prejudice to the provisions of Law 4177/2013 (A’ 183). 
(ii) It has the legal right to use and exploit the land or land for the establishment of a pure or mixed service LNG and/or L-CNG.
b) In the case of a Legal person:
(i) During the last eight years, he/she has not been convicted and the legal person he/she represents has not been declared civilly liable for fuel adulteration, he/she has not been convicted and the legal person he/she represents has not been declared civilly liable for fuel smuggling, subject to the provisions of Law 4177/2013 (Α 183).
(ii) The legal person has the legal right to use and exploit the land or plot of land for the establishment of a pure or mixed LNG and/or L-CNG filling station.

A solemn declaration can also be issued electronically without the need to visit an administrative authority or a KEP.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=3
|process_evidence_type=7320
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Establishment permit: Solemn Declaration of the designer of the installation, engineer, under Article 8 of Law 1599/1986.
|process_evidence_related_process=Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses
|process_evidence_note=In the solemn declaration, under Article 8 of Law 1599/1986, of the engineer designer of the installation, it is declared that: 
(i) The position, where the LNG service is to be installed, is not prohibited, such use, by the applicable provisions for land use. 
(ii) The terms and conditions of this service are met in the case of a LNG and/or a L-CNG and in the case of a mixed service, that the conditions and conditions of point 1224/1981 or 465/1970 are met, and/or point 595/1984 and/or point 93/067/1083/2018 (B) and, where applicable, a fuel. (iii) For the study of installations and equipment installed in the LNG plant and/or L-CNG facility, taken into account the requirements of the ISO 5661 standard, etc.; and (iii) For the purposes of design of the installation and the authorisation of the LNG plant and/or of the LNG plant, which is subject to the authorisation, to the authorisation of the authorisation of the authorisation of the LNG or the LNG plant concerned, as well as well as well as referred to the LNG or the LNG authorisation, shall be granted or of the LIC.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=4
|process_evidence_type=5768
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Establishment permit:  Layout plan of the service station facilities.
|process_evidence_note=The plan shall be on a scale of 1:20, and shall indicate the location of the building and other auxiliary buildings, the location of the LNG and/or L-CNG distribution devices to be installed, the auxiliary equipment, any portable means of storage of CNG and/or CNG cylinders, the LNG tanks, any ‘single unit’, the LNG tanker parking space, the distribution company's measuring device in case of any provision, the configuration of the traffic connection or decoupling - the decoupling of a pedestrian level with the road(s) and the marking of the above.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=5
|process_evidence_type=5768
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Establishment permit: electromechanical installation drawing.
|process_evidence_note=The electromechanical installation drawing must be on an appropriate scale, depending on the size of the installation, together with a file of the Technical Specifications relating to the following facilities: Water supply, sewerage, compressed air, any pipes of other fuel (for a mixed service), LNG pipes, filling of means of storage, liquid fuel tanks, CNG, LNG (for a mixed service station), electrical installations of the plant (strong currents, weak currents, lighting and grounding), as well as a plan for the distribution of anti-explosive zones of the plant.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=6
|process_evidence_type=5768
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Establishment permit: Details plan and technical standards.
|process_evidence_note=The plan shall illustrate details and technical standards at a scale of one to fifty (1:50) or one to twenty (1:20), of the installations and equipment: a) Cutting-out, showing all the service or mixed service buildings, their precise dimensions, and the type of construction of the roof walls and any existing partitions; bb) LNG tanks and/or CNG storage means, in accordance with the provisions of this Decision and/or Decision No 93/067/1083/2018 of the Joint Ministerial Decision (B’5661) (for L-CNG or mixed plant with CNG installations, and/or tanks of liquid fuels, in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of the present Decision and/or Decision No 93/067/1083/2018 of the Joint Ministerial Decision (B’60) (for mixed plant of the CNG), and/or LNG tanks of the LNG/CNG tanks in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of Decision No 11224/1981 (A) or LPG in accordance with Article 2515(3) of Decision No 465/A.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=7
|process_evidence_type=8412
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of establishment: Technical report signed by the competent engineer.
|process_evidence_note=The technical report on electromechanical installations shall contain information on the entire structure of the plant, the individual installations, equipment and machinery installed, their technical specifications and how they are connected and how they operate, the national and European standards and regulations on the basis of which they have been studied and installed and the distribution study of anti-exploitation zones; it must be signed by the competent engineer.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=8
|process_evidence_type=9681
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of establishment: Form for inclusion in the Standard Environmental Commitments
|process_evidence_note=This form is requested for authorisation to enter environmental commitments in accordance with the applicable legislation.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=9
|process_evidence_type=3385
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of Establishment: Issue of a fee of EUR thirty (30) euros irrespective of the number of pumps or distributors and a fee of thirty (30) euros for each pump or distributor other than the first, irrespective of the letters.
|process_evidence_note=It concerns authorisation to set up all stations, including private-use stations.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=10
|process_evidence_type=7320
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person)
|process_evidence_description=Licence of establishment: Solemn declaration under Article 5 of Joint Ministerial Decision No 172058/2016 (B’ 354).
|process_evidence_related_process=Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses
|process_evidence_note=The solemn declaration referred to in Article 5 of Joint Ministerial Decision No 172058/2016 (B’ 354) shall be submitted, together with the Notification file, the Policies for the Prevention of major accidents (TBIs) and the other supporting documents, in case the establishment falls within the scope of that Joint Ministerial Decision; in such a case, the authorisation shall be issued after the endorsement of the Notification file, while the intervals, in paragraph 2 of Article 12 of Ministerial Decision 188543/2022 (B3368), shall be increased in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 6 of Joint Ministerial Decision No 172058/2016 (B354).
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=11
|process_evidence_type=8880
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Operating licence: Approval of a traffic link or approval of an entrance/exit or approval of a cut-off/downgrade of the pavement level.
|process_evidence_note=Approval of a traffic connection or approval of an entrance - exit or approval of a cut-off - lowering of the pavement level, if applicable, by the authority responsible for the maintenance of the road or roads in front of the service station or mixed service station, accompanied by an attestation that the approved traffic connection or entrance/exit or curb cut for the entrance/exit of vehicles to/from the road and to/from the LNG and/or L-CNG single or mixed service station in question has been properly executed.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=12
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence: Fire Protection Certificate
|process_evidence_note=A fire protection certificate issued by the relevant fire department.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=13
|process_evidence_type=2243
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Operating licence: Building permit
|process_evidence_note=Building permit of the service station.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=14
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence: Volumetric table from an accredited volumetric operator for each tank.
|process_evidence_note=Volumetric table from an accredited volumetric body for each tank, in accordance with the provisions of Joint Ministerial Decision No. Φ2-1617/2010 (B 1980), for the fuels listed in it, which will also indicate the registration numbers of each tank.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=15
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: Compliance Certificates
|process_evidence_note=Certificates of Conformity for tanks, fuel lines, air shelter, lifting equipment and electrical installations must be issued by an appropriately Accredited Body, in accordance with the design, applicable provisions and national and European standards and regulations.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=16
|process_evidence_type=9703
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
|process_evidence_prerequisite=Professional
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation:  Water - Sewerage company certificate
|process_evidence_note=The Water Supply - Sewerage Company Certificate is required if the single or mixed LNG station is within the network of the Water Supply - Sewerage Company and there is a laundry on the site of the station.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=17
|process_evidence_type=7320
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: Solemn Declarations under Law No 1599/1986 of the engineers responsible for supervising the performance of the services engineering, electrical and building facilities.
|process_evidence_related_process=Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses
|process_evidence_note=Solemn declarations of law 1599/1986, of the legally responsible engineers who supervised the execution of the mechanical, electrical and building installations of the service station, stating the following:
(i) In the case of a single agent, LNG: All conditions of establishment have been complied with, and all requirements of this service have been fulfilled. In the case of a mixed agent, LNG: all conditions and conditions of this service have been complied with, as well as in the case of a fuel category, of Joint Ministerial Decision No 93/067/1083/2018  (B’5661), of PD 1595/1984 and the technical elements and specifications of PD 11224/1981 or of RD 465/1970. 
(ii) All certificates of conformity of the accredited entity have been verified by the accredited entity, attestations and other documents, substantiated by the conformity of the equipment and plant with the relevant European standards, copies of which are kept in the file of the service station, and an aggregated list of which shall be submitted.
(iii) The implementation of the construction works of the pure or mixed LNG filling station was carried out in accordance with the approved plans, the study of the distribution of explosion-proof zones, the technical reports and the plans of the foundation permit and the building permit, as well as the national and European Standards, Regulations and Directives.
(iv) All the craftsmen, foremen and assistants involved, who were used for the construction of the service station, have, where provided for by the applicable, where required by law or by the relevant national or European standards and regulations in force, the necessary licences or certificates of professional registration.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=18
|process_evidence_type=7320
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: Solemn declarations of the integrated system of liquid fuel inputs; not submitted in the case of private plants.
|process_evidence_related_process=Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses
|process_evidence_note=Solemn declarations by the installer of the integrated system of output inputs (in the case of a mixed service with liquid fuel disposal facilities) and engineer in accordance with No 40534/4859/2013 of a Joint Ministerial Decision (B’2041) stating that the installation of the system of inputs/outputs in case of liquid fuel tanks and pumps shall be completed. The responsible declarations of the previous subparagraph shall be submitted within 30 working days following the issue of the licence.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=19
|process_evidence_type=7320
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: Solemn Declaration for the Appointment of a Chief Operating Officer.
|process_evidence_related_process=Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses
|process_evidence_note=Solemn Declaration for taking up duties of the responsible official or mixed LNG service station with a certificate of initiation of a profession.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=20
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: Certificate of Conformity of Accredited Body in accordance with Directive 2014/68/EC.
|process_evidence_note=A certificate of conformity of an accredited body in accordance with Directive 2014/68/EC on pressure equipment and good performance certificates and corresponding tests issued by the manufacturers of the equipment in accordance with EN 10204/2004.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=21
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: Hydraulic Test Certificate
|process_evidence_note=Hydraulic Test Certificate, in accordance with subparagraph D3/14858/1993 Joint Ministerial Decision (B477) and paragraphs 14165/F.17.4/373/1993 (B673) in the case of a Liquidified and/or Compressed Natural Gas Station (L-CNG), which also contains LPG facilities, and the Intellectual Test Certificate and/or a Hydraulic Test Certificate, in accordance with paragraph 18.1 of ISO 16924 and/or No 93/067/1083/2018 Joint Ministerial Decision (B 5661) in the case of an LNG service station.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=22
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: ATEX anti-explosion certificates.
|process_evidence_note=ATEX anti-explosion certificates for pumps, distributors, bolts and other equipment, where required by the study.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=23
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: Certificate of an accredited body (third party inspection).
|process_evidence_note=Certificate of an accredited body (third party inspection), regarding the compliance of the service stations facilities with the applicable European standards of article 3 of the ministerial decision no. 188543/2022 (B 3368).
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=24
|process_evidence_type=9703
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant (email), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: Authentication of a main use space granted by a private engineer.
|process_evidence_note=The Certificate of a Space of Main Use is issued by a private engineer, in accordance with par. 8, of article 107, of Law 4495/2017 (Α 167).
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=25
|process_evidence_type=4332
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
|process_evidence_prerequisite=Administrative, Technical
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Modification of authorisation: Submission of any supporting documents in case of change or extension (modification of authorisation).
|process_evidence_note=When, after the authorisation has been granted, a change in some of the elements of the service or a mixed service installation is required or an extension is made with installations provided for in the provisions, the new supporting documents, drawings and related technical description of the changes must be submitted for approval.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=26
|process_evidence_type=9102
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
|process_evidence_prerequisite=Technical
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Addition of Loading Points for electromechanically-powered vehicles: Documents for installing electrical power-driven vehicles.
|process_evidence_note=In the case of the installation of charging devices for electric vehicles at a petrol and energy supply station, the submission of the other documents required for the approval of this installation is required.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=27
|process_evidence_type=7053
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person)
|process_evidence_owner=Legal entities, Persons
|process_evidence_description=Licence of operation: Proof of payment of the fee for mixed stations.
|process_evidence_note=The proof of payment of the fee as laid down in Article 2 of joint ministerial decision No. YPEN/DRP/74603/1815 (LNG 3151 B 2020) relates only to mixed service stations with a retail license (Article 7 of Law No. 3054/2002) with LNG. It does not concern non-existent offices with LNG and stations of private use.
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=4070
|process_rule_decision_year=2012
|process_rule_article=114
|process_rule_description=Paragraph 7(c) of Article 114 of Law 4070 provides for the adoption of a Joint Ministerial Decision setting out the terms and conditions and technical specifications for the installation of provisions for the provision of provisions, including fuels and liquefied natural gas (LNG), to existing or licensed fuel and energy supply services. The paragraph 7 of Article 114 of Law 4070/2012 has been amended by Article 10 of Law 4439/2016 (EK 222 A).
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=82
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20120100082
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=4439
|process_rule_decision_year=2016
|process_rule_article=2, 6 and 9
|process_rule_description=Law 4439/2016 adapts the Greek legislation to the European Directive 2014/94/EU, for the development of alternative fuel infrastructures in the European Union, including Natural Gas (Articles 2, 3 and 6). Article 9 of the Act sets out the technical specifications that fuels must meet.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=222
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20160100222
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=3054
|process_rule_decision_year=2002
|process_rule_article=3, 4, 7 and 14
|process_rule_description=Law 3054 concerns, inter alia, the organisation of the oil market. 
Article 14(5) provides for the adoption of a joint decision, which provides for the imposition of a fee for the issue, modification or extension of, inter alia, licences and permits for the marketing of petroleum products (retailers, offices, etc. 1, Article 4) and annual fees for the use of such permits. Article 3 (10) provides for the disposal of "retail trade" means the disposal of fuels for the purpose of profiting products exclusively to final consumers.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=230
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20020100230
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Joint Ministerial Decision
|process_rule_decision_number=188543/22
|process_rule_decision_year=2022
|process_rule_article=12 and 13
|process_rule_description=The decision lays down, inter alia, the conditions, technical specifications and the procedure for issuing authorisations for the establishment and operation of liquefied natural gas stations (LNGs), public or private; error correction has been made by another decision (LNGs 3723 B 2022).
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=3368
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20220203368
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Joint Ministerial Decision
|process_rule_decision_number=172058
|process_rule_decision_year=2016
|process_rule_article=5, 6 and 7
|process_rule_description=The Decision lays down new rules, measures and conditions and more flexible procedures for preventing major-accident hazards relating to dangerous substances and for limiting their effects on public health and the environment in order to ensure environmental protection.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=354
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20160200354
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Joint Ministerial Decision
|process_rule_decision_number=ΥΠΕΝ/ΔΥΔΡ/74603/1815/20
|process_rule_decision_year=2020
|process_rule_article=2
|process_rule_description=The Decision lays down: 
(a) the compensation for the issue, amendment or extension of the authorisations for the operation of a liquid fuel service and a liquid fuel sales service exclusively for the operation of vehicles by pumps, as defined in Article 4 of Law 3054/2002; 
(b) the annual fee for the use of such licences; 
(c) the fines imposed in the event of breach of the provisions relating to the annual fee compensation;
The fees in the Decision do not apply to the licences of private service stations.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=3151
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20200203151
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Joint Ministerial Decision
|process_rule_decision_year=2022
|process_rule_description=This concerns the issue of a FEK for Errors Correction in Decision No 188543/7.6.2022 (B’ 3368).
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=3723
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
|process_rule_ada=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20220203723
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=1
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Initiation of proceedings
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_description=LNG service station Establishment Licence
|process_step_note=The issue of the establishment licence is a basic condition for the issue of the authorisation of each agency.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=2
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Receipt and Protocol of an application for a Establishment Licence
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
|process_step_duration_max=PT30M
|process_step_description=The receipt and the protocol of the application requires the submission of the necessary supporting documents.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=3
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Examination of an application for a residence permit and supporting documents
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
|process_step_duration_min=P15D
|process_step_duration_max=P25D
|process_step_description=The licence authority is required to examine and verify the supporting documents referred to above in order to establish that the legal conditions for the operation are met; within thirty (30) working days it should approve or reject the application or inform the applicant in writing of the re-imposition of supporting documents.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=4
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=3
|process_step_previous_child=3
|process_step_title=Reimbursement and Protocol of Reimbursing Documents for Establishment Licences
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT15M
|process_step_duration_max=PT30M
|process_step_description=In case the supporting documents are not complete, the Office shall inform the applicant, with written notice, of the requirement to resubmit certain supporting documents for the issue of the establishment permit; in such a case, the authorisation to establish them shall be issued within 15 working days of the date of resubmission.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=5
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=3
|process_step_previous_child=3
|process_step_title=Compatibility of Founding Licences
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
|process_step_description=In case the verification of the application and the supporting documents reveals that all the legal conditions for the establishment are met, the licence authority shall, within 30 working days, approve and grant the licence.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=6
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=3
|process_step_previous_child=3
|process_step_title=Dispose of an application for a Establishment License
|process_step_implementation=Signature
|process_step_description=In case it is found that the legal conditions are not met, the above Office shall not grant the requested authorisation to set up a service or a mixed service station, and shall inform the applicant in writing, giving details of any lack or rejection of each of the supporting documents, within thirty (30) working days.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=7
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Establishment Authorisation
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Signature
|process_step_description=In case the verification of the application and the supporting documents reveals that all the legal conditions for the establishment are met, the licence authority shall, within thirty (30) working days, approve and grant the licence.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=8
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Receipt and Protocol of an operating licence application
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
|process_step_duration_max=PT30M
|process_step_description=In order to obtain and register the application for LNG marketing authorisation, the required supporting documentation is required.
|process_step_note=An application for authorisation to operate the agency must have preceded the issuing of an Establishment Licence.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=9
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Examination of an application for authorisation and supporting documentation
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
|process_step_duration_min=P15D
|process_step_duration_max=P25D
|process_step_description=The licence authority shall be required to examine and verify the supporting documents referred to above in order to establish that the legal operating conditions are met; within thirty (30) working days it should approve or reject the application or inform the applicant in writing of the re-imposition of supporting documents.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=10
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=9
|process_step_previous_child=9
|process_step_title=Marketing Authorisation Holder
|process_step_official=Competent Public Agency
|process_step_implementation=Signature
|process_step_duration_min=P20D
|process_step_duration_max=P1M
|process_step_description=In case the verification of the application and the supporting documents shows that all legal operating conditions are met, the licence authority shall, within thirty (30) working days, issue an authorisation for an indefinite period.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=11
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=9
|process_step_previous_child=9
|process_step_title=Reimbursement and Protocol of Reimbursable Operating Licences
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT15M
|process_step_duration_max=PT30M
|process_step_description=If a number of supporting documents are required, the competent authority shall notify the applicant in writing; the authorisation shall be issued within fifteen (15) working days from the date on which the necessary supporting documents are re-imposed, provided that all the legal operating conditions are met.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=12
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=11
|process_step_previous_child=11
|process_step_title=Approval Operating Authorisation after Re-submission
|process_step_official=Competent Public Agency
|process_step_implementation=Signature
|process_step_description=If, up to the end of the thirty (30) working days, any supporting documents are required, the authorisation shall be issued within fifteen (15) working days from the date of re-imposition.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=13
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=9
|process_step_previous_child=9
|process_step_title=Dispose of Application for Operating Authorisation
|process_step_official=Competent Public Agency
|process_step_implementation=Signature
|process_step_description=In the case it is found that the legal conditions are not met, the Office shall not allow the operation of the activity and shall inform the applicant in writing, giving details of any lack or rejection of each of the supporting documents within thirty (30) working days.
}}