Approval of Establishment of Cold Storage Facilities

From National Registry of Administrative Public Services



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At a glance

Points of service

Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE), Regions, Hellenic Food Authority - EFET

Digital provision points

Number of required documents

2 + (
1
)

Fees

Provided without cost

Deadline of completion

2 months

Description

The procedure concerns the approval of establishment of a facility for cold stοrages. The established cold stores are facilities used for storage, preservation and freezing of products. The applied procedures, practices and methods can ensure that products are handled, stored, maintained and transported under the proper hygiene conditions. They thus contribute decisively to the improvement and modernization of the hygienic conditions and to the technology of products, to the protection of Public health and to the environment.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD

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

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

HELLENIC FOOD AUTHORITY (E.F.E.T.)

Service / organizational unit of a authority entity

Hellenic Food Authority - EFET

Provided to

Related links


Last update

03/11/2024

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

Notes:

Application Submission – Solemn Declaration, where the following are stated:
  • the name and surname of the natural person or the official name of the legal person, the residential address of the natural person or the registered office of the legal person, and the Tax Registration Number (ΑΦΜ) of the natural or legal person
  • the trademark of the food business, if any
  • the location of the unit,
  • the activity of the company.

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes

    Print

    Requirements

      Fees

        Related


        Means of redress or appeal:

        Other Administrative redress / appeal

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

        Tacit approval

        After the above deadline, the approval is presumed to be granted.

        NACE

        • 10.11 Processing and preserving of meat
        • 10.12 Processing and preserving of poultry meat
        • 10.13 Production of meat and poultry meat products

        Output & Results

        Output

        Digital document production, Registry update

        Steps

          Digital steps

            Other information

            Official title

            Approval of Establishment of Cold Storage Facilities

            Languages supported

            Greek, English

            Ways of provision

            Establishment

            Registries updated

            Μητρώο Εγκαταστάσεων και Εμπόρων Ζωικών Προιόντων

            Legislation

              Categories

              Τype of procedure

              Trigger

              Applied for

              Trigger (submission method)

              Application (digital), Application (handwritten)

              Type

              Outgoing
              N1


            • 1 Company law Business formation (individual, corporate)
              • For company establishment see the link below

              No No

            • 2 Possession of passwords to enter software The applicant shall have a TAXISnet username and password.

              No No

            • 3 Technical All prerequisites related to the construction, layout (arrangement) and equipment must be in accordance with the institutional framework.


              No No

            • 1 A general plan, floor plan of the establishment with a detailed illustration and description of the premises and its basic equipment Drawings / studies by an engineer / architect

              A general plan, floor plan of the establishment with a detailed illustration and description of the premises and its basic equipment

              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 5768

            • 2 An accurate description of the activity of the company, with a special reference to capacity, type of raw material and final products. Report

              An accurate description of the activity of the company, with a special reference to capacity, type of raw material and final products.

              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 6631

            • 3 The necessary documents which prove the identity details of the applicant, and the legal documents that prove the legal representation of the company. Legal documents from legal entities

              The necessary documents which prove the identity details of the applicant, and the legal documents that prove the legal representation of the company.

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


              Notes: Any data registered in GEMI database are searched ex officio.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Company law

              No 9338

            • Joint Ministerial Decision 32790/392/Φ.15 2017 1061 Β

              Description Simplification of the framework on activities regarding food processing and regarding related activities; standardization of the procedures regarding notification of the operation of the company Amendment of case βγ) of par. 1 of Article 7 of JMD 32790/2017 (Amendment of the provision regarding the required document of the floor plan, which must be maintained in the folder/file obtaining all necessary documents when the facility operates)

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20170201061

            • Joint Ministerial Decision 155511 2011 1308 Β

              Description Reasons relating to the public interest, facilitation of the application submission via ΚΕP-ΕΚΕ

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20110201308

            • Presidential Decree 79 2007 95 Α

              Description Prerequisites and implementation of EU regulations, procedure Amendments: Law 4587/2018 (GG Α 218), Article 16 - Amendment of Article 2 of P.D. 79/2007 (definitions) - Amendment of Article 3 of P.D. 79/2007 (Veterinary Authorities) - Amendment of Article 12 of P.D. 79/2007 (Formal/Official Audits) Law 4472/2017 (GG Α 74), Article 122 – Amendment of Article 3 P.D. 79/2007 (Veterinary Authorities) - Amendment of Article 5 of P.D. 79/2007 (Registration of the estab-lishment) - Amendment of Article 6 of P.D. 79/2007 (Approval of the establish-ment) Law 4235/2014 (GG Α 32), Article 64 par.11 – Abolishment of Article 11 of P.D. 79/2007 (Revocation/Suspension of Approval) - Abolishment of Article 13 of P.D. 79/2007 (Procedures for imposing measures in case of non-compliance) - Abolishment of Article 29 of P.D. 79/2007 (Penalties) Law 3955/2011 (GG Α 89), Article 11 – Transfer of responsibilities of Article 3 of P.D. 79/2007 from ΕFΕΤ to the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food, and to the Veterinary Services within the local government (O.T.A. A & B level)

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20070100095

            • Ministerial Decision 15523 2006 1187 Β

              Description Required documents, procedure, responsibilities related to the approval Amendments: - MD 1288/2017 (GG Β 1763), Article 1 – Amending Article 2 of MD 15523/2006 (Central Competent Authorities) -Abolishment of Article 4 of MD 15523/2006 (Authorization for op-eration) - Replacement of Article 5 of MD 15523/2006 (Registration of facilities) - Replacement of Article 6 of MD 15523/2006 (Approval of facilities) - Replacement of Article 7 of MD 15523/2006 (Conditional Approval) - Replacement of Article 8 της 15523/2006 (Alterations/changes)

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20060201187

            • European Regulation 178 2002

              Description Hygiene rules for food of animal origin, controls, harmonization of veterinary legislation with 2004/41 / EC Directive of the EP and the Council)

              Legal references https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EL/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32002R0178&qid=1623390764799&from=EL

            • European Regulation 852 2004
            • European Regulation 853 2004

              Description Delineation of hygiene rules for food of animal origin

              Legal references https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EL/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02004R0853-20210101&qid=1623390935979&from=EL

            • European Regulation 625 2017

              Description Official controls and other official activities conducted in order to reassure the law implementation about food, animal feed and rules concerning health and good treatment of animals, health of plants and plant protection products. (Replaced European regulations 854/2004 and 882/2004, that were abolished)

              Legal references https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EL/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0625&from=el

            • 1 Submission of application and of required documents

              Responsible for Implementation Other

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description The applicant submits the required documents for the approval of the establishment to Regional Department of Rural Economy and Veterinary Medicine (DAOK).

              No No


            • 2 On-site inspection

              Responsible for Implementation Working Group

              Μethod of Implementation Inspection

              Description When the file is complete, an on-site inspection is conducted from a special Task Force composed within the Regional Department of Rural Economy and Veterinary (DAOK) and a recommendation is made to the Head of DAOK: - If the recommendation is negative, then the Head of DAOK rejects the application and informs, without any delay, the applicant about the reasons of the rejection. - If the recommendation is positive, then it is forwarded to the Directorate of Food Safety of EFET, within 30 days from the date of initial request submission.

              No No


            • 3 Granting Approval

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description The Directorate of Food Safety of EFET takes all necessary internal actions for granting approval and if it is necessary a secondary on-site control is conducted to the establishment. Finally, the President of EFET signs the decision for one of the following: - to grant the facility/establishment approval number - to grant a conditional approval - to reject the approval The above decision is notified to the Regional Directorates of EFET, DAOK and the applicant. Notes: 1. Conditional approval is granted if the infrastructure and equipment requirements are met in accordance with EC 854/2004 (Article 3) and Article 7 of RA 1288/2017, however there are other requirements of national and EU legislation which are not met. In this case, in a new on-site visit within three months, it is ascertained whether all the requirement for granting approval are met. 2. After the approval of establishment, follows another process for notifying the business operation through notifybyssiness.gr.

              No Yes


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