ΔΔ:Cross – border Provision of Services for the Profession of Silver-smiths, Second-hand Sellers, Pawnbrokers and those Involved in the Sale or Purchase of Second-hand Jewelry and Fine Artwork from Gold and other Valuables

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• At a Glance
• Basic information
• Application
• What you will need
• Requirements
• Fees
• Related
• Output
• Steps
• Digital steps
• Other information
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At a glance

Points of service

Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE), Police Stations, Country Security Departments

Digital provision points

• EUGO portal (information only)
• Digital Services of the Hellenic Police

Number of required documents

6

Fees

Provided without cost

Deadline of completion

3 months

Description

Through this procedure, persons or legal entities from other EU Member States may practice the profession of Moneychangers, Antique Dealers, Pawnbrokers and those involved in transactions or the melting of second-hand jewelry and artifices made of gold and other valuables.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF CITIZEN PROTECTION

Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure

Provided to

Businesses, Legal Entities, Self-employed

Related links

Notes

Within three months from the announcement of the exercise of the profession, the Department may prohibit its exercise, in the case that the legal conditions for it are not met or its membership does not accrue from the submitted data.

Last update

12/12/2025

Application

Application Type

Application / Solemn Declaration

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Legal entities, Persons

Title

Application Submission – Solemn Declaration of article 17 of Law 3844/2010 (Α΄ 63)

Notes:

The application - Solemn Declaration must include the following information of the interested party:

• Personal information (Natural person: Name, ID number or passport number, patronymic name, citizenship, Tax Registration number; Legal entity: Name, distinct title - if any, registered office, form and Tax Registration number).
• Contact details (Telephone - landline and mobile, fax, e-mail, postal address).

Professional data/Information (Member State of legal establishment, profession - activity carried on at the place of establishment and the profession - activity wishing to exercise temporarily and restrictively - in the Greek territory).

• Insurance coverage for professional liability - optional - (name of insurance company, insurance policy number and the amount of insurance coverage).
• Other required data/information (if it is the first time that he/she provides these services temporarily and on an occasional basis, in Greece or the period it has provided them in the past).
• The temporary - occasional provision of the service (place or places of provision of the service, date of provision of the service and the duration of the provision of the service).

In case the interested party is a legal person, in addition to the above, the details of the employees who will practice the profession within the Greek territory shall be mentioned (Name, ID number or passport number, patronymic name, citizenship, Tax Registration number).

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document

Print

Requirements

Fees

Related

Means of redress or appeal:

Other Administrative Redress

Rules concerning a lack of reply from the competent authority and the legal consequences for the use:

Tacit approval

NACE

• 66.12 Security and commodity contracts brokerage

Output & Results

Output

Document Production

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Alternative titles

Cross – border Service Provision for thοse practicing the Profession of Moneychangers, Antique Dealers, Pawnbrokers and those involved in transactions or the melting of second-hand jewelry and artifices made of gold and other valuables

Official title

Cross – border Provision of Services for the Profession of Moneychangers, Antique Dealers, Pawnbrokers and those Involved in Transactions or Melting of Second-hand Jewelry and Artifices made of Gold and other Valuables

Languages supported

Greek, English

Ways of provision

Cross-border

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Approvals

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (digital), Application (handwritten)

Life events

Licences and compliance

Type

Outgoing

End of Process

Ιndefinite

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   25200
   
   
   
   
   Identification document
   954798
   
   
   66.12
   
   7135, 4272, 5092
   
   EU-GO
   Supporting document

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1 Administrative Legal establishment of the interested party in an EU Member State, legal exercise of activity and non-prohibition (even temporary) of its exercise at the time of issuance of the certificate. or If no authorization is provided for the specific activity by the Member State of establishment, the person concerned shall be involved in the specific activity which he declares that he will provide. In case the application is submitted by a legal person the required document must been submitted for each one of the representatives or employees of the company that will be active in the Greek territory.

No No

2 Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses The applicant: - must not have been convicted or prosecuted for the following offenses: insubordination, desertion, insults to the political sys-tem, betrayal of the country, insults against state power, against the free exercise of civil rights, against sexual freedom sex trafficking, criminal organization, counterfeiting, deceit, forgery, breach of the secrecy of telephone and oral conversation, theft, robbery, embezzlement, extortion, fraud, misappropriation of funds, bribery active or passive, oppression, as well as vi-olation of laws on animal theft, drugs, smuggling, weapons and explosive and on the prevention and suppression of money laundering and terrorist financing, whether or not this conviction is recorded in the criminal record of the person concerned - must not have been deprived of their civil rights at any time, even if the time set for their deprivation has expired - they must not have been irrevocably sentenced to imprisonment for more than six (6) months for a crime committed with deceit. - have been temporarily detained or have not been irrevocably referred to trial or have not been convicted even with a final decision for a felony or offense in the first case (this impediment is valid until an irrevocable acquittal is issued) In case the application is submitted by a legal person the required document must been submitted for each one of the representatives or employees of the company that will be active in the Greek territory.

No No

3 Judicial The applicant should not be subject to legal aid

No No

4 Age The applicant must have completed the 18th year of age. In case the application is submitted by a legal person the required document must been submitted for each one of the representatives or employees of the company that will be active in the Greek territory.

No No

1 Translated and validated certificate from the competent authority of the Member State of establishment for the legal establishment and for the lawful pursuit of the activity Certificate

Translated and validated certificate from the competent authority of the Member State of establishment for the legal establishment and for the lawful pursuit of the activity

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 9703

2 Documents proving the involvement of the interested party in the activity Proof of Work

Documents proving the involvement of the interested party in the activity

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

Alternative document of: 1

Yes 8181

3 Translated into Greek and validated excerpt of criminal record of judicial use or similar certificate from the State of origin or in the absence of a criminal record, an equivalent document issued by a competent administrative or judicial authority of the country of origin, where it appears that the requirements are met. Criminal Record Copy for General Use

Translated into Greek and validated excerpt of criminal record of judicial use or similar certificate from the State of origin or in the absence of a criminal record, an equivalent document issued by a competent administrative or judicial authority of the country of origin, where it appears that the requirements are met.

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons

Notes: If the country of origin does not issue such a document, it may be replaced by an affidavit or, in the case of a non-affidavit, by a solemn declaration submitted by the person concerned before the competent administrative or judicial authority or, as the case may be, before the country of origin, who issue a certificate of affidavit or formal declaration. Documents issued in accordance with the above may not be submitted after three (3) months from the date of issue.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 4750

4 Solemn Declaration of Law 1599/1986 (Α΄ 75) translated in Greek. Solemn Declaration

Solemn Declaration of Law 1599/1986 (Α΄ 75) translated in Greek.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/en/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons

Relevant Procedure: Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 7320

5 Certified document stating that the interested party is not under legal assistance or a similar certificate from the country of origin (in case the auditee has a different nationality from the country of establishment of the company) translated in Greek and legally validated. Certificate of not being placed in legal aid

Certified document stating that the interested party is not under legal assistance or a similar certificate from the country of origin (in case the auditee has a different nationality from the country of establishment of the company) translated in Greek and legally validated.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/en/ipiresies/oikogeneia/apoleia/pistopoietiko-peri-me-apopoieses-kleronomias

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons

Relevant Procedure: Certificate of waiver or non-waiver of inheritance

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 5942

6 Photocopy of passport or police ID Identification document

Photocopy of passport or police ID

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Legal entities, Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 2244

7 Copy of the approved and published articles of association of the company (Collective company, Limited Partnership Company, Limited Liability Company, Société Anonyme) certified and approved by the competent authority or any other public document from which the composition of the Board, its managers or representatives Legal documents from legal entities

Copy of the approved and published articles of association of the company (Collective company, Limited Partnership Company, Limited Liability Company, Société Anonyme) certified and approved by the competent authority or any other public document from which the composition of the Board, its managers or representatives

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by: Legal entities

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 9338

Joint Ministerial Decision 1016/6/291−μγ΄ 2011 2636 Β

Description Simplification of the procedure and facilitation via Citizen Service Centers-Single Service Centers (KEP-EKE) of procedures under the responsibility of the Hellenic Police, in accordance with Law 3844/2010 (GG Α΄ 63).

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20110202636

Ministerial Decision 1016/6/291-ξγ' 2011 2539 Β

Description Cross-border provision of services of (i) key makers and locksmiths and (ii) silversmiths, second-handers, pawnbrokers and employees who engage in the purchase or sale of used jewelry and fine artefacts from gold and other valuables in Greece, in accordance with the provisions of article 17 of Law 3844/2010(Government Gazette A 63).

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20110202539

Police order 5 1996 550 Β

Description Obligations of Silver-smiths, Second-hand Sellers, Pawnbrokers and those Involved in the Sale or Purchase of Second-hand Jewelry and Fine Artwork from Gold and other Valuables

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=19960200550

Police order 5Α 2011 1948 Β

Description Practicing the profession Silver-smiths, Second-hand Sellers, Pawnbrokers and those Involved in the Sale or Purchase of Second-hand Jewelry and Fine Artwork from Gold and other Valuables

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20110201948

1 Submission of application and of required documents

Responsible for Implementation Other

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The applicant submits the application-solemn declaration accompanied by the necessary supporting documents, at the Security Department or Police Department of the place stated to be the establishment for the announcement of practicing the profession.

Notes In case of submission of the Application - Solemn Declaration, through the police portal, the application and the supporting documents are submitted scanned and these are forwarded through the portal to the relevant Security Department or Police Department. The identification of the users who enter the above portal is done through the system "TaxisNet" of the General Secretariat of Information Systems. In case of submission to KEP-EKE, the supporting documents are forwarded through it to the relevant Police Authority. There is the possibility of electronic submission by the EU-GO.

No No

PT4H PT4H

2 The interested party is contacted to collect the attestation

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The Security Department (or the Police Department) informs the interested party to receive the attestation in person from the Security Department (or the Police Department).

No No

PT1H PT1H

3 Collection of the attestation by the interested party

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The Security Department or the Police Department proceeds with an identification check and then provides the attestation to the Applicant

No Yes

PT2H PT2H

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Hellenic Police - Citizen's Guide

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