Cross-border provision of services by tourism companies
Declaration of the temporary and occasional provision of tourism services.
A template for the declaration of cross-border provision of services (Article 17 of Law 3844/2010) is available in Government Gazette, Series II, No 699/2011.
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
The applicant must be legally established in the Member State of establishment, legally pursue the professional activity in question and not be prohibited, even temporarily, from exercising it at the time at which the certificate is issued.
The applicant must provide details of any insurance cover of the provider or a guarantee relating to their professional liability towards the recipients of the services and, where applicable, third parties, by reason of the provision of the service.
The applicant must provide information on the use of infrastructure in Greece to the extent that it is necessary for the provision of the service.
The procedure pertains to the temporary and occasional provision of tourism services by tourism businesses and is addressed to providers licensed and legally engaged in this activity in other EU Member States and wish to operate in the Greek territory for a limited time period.
Certified copy of your passport or identity card.
A certificate from the competent authority of the Member State of establishment that the provider is legally established there and lawfully carries out the professional activity in question, and that they have not been prohibited, even temporarily, from exercising it at the time at which the certificate is issued. To be submitted translated into Greek.
Details of any insurance cover of the provider or a guarantee relating to their professional liability towards the recipients of the services and, where applicable, third parties, by reason of the provision of the service.
Information on the use of infrastructure in Greece to the extent that it is necessary for the provision of the service.
Cross-border Service Provision by Tourism Businesses
Cross-border provision of services by tourism undertakings in Greece, in accordance with Article 17 of Law 3844/2010 (Government Gazette 63/I), as currently in force (correction by Government Gazette 699/II/2011)
The person concerned must submit a declaration of cross-border provision of services (Article 17 of Law 3844/2010), with the required supporting documents attached, to the Registry of the Ministry of Tourism or to the KEPs/PSCs or the EUGO portal.
An officer at the Registry of the Ministry of Tourism or the KEP/PSC will receive the application / solemn declaration with the attached supporting documents and register it, and will issue the registration number to the person concerned or a certificate of submission of a request accordingly.
An officer at the KEP/PSC will forward the application, along with the attached supporting documents, to the Ministry of Tourism.
An officer at the Registry of the Ministry of Tourism forwards the application /solemn declaration to the Head of the Directorate for Legislative Coordination and Good Law-Making.
The Head of the Directorate for Legislative Coordination and Good Law-Making will assign the application / solemn declaration and its supporting documents to the competent department.
A member of the department will check the completeness and correctness of the application and the required supporting documents.
If the supporting documents are deemed to be incomplete, the officer at the Department of Tourism’s Business and Professions Division will draw up a draft information document detailing the shortcomings of the application, and will forward it for signature. The Head of the Directorate for Legislative Coordination and Good Law-Making signs the draft information document detailing the shortcomings of the application, and returns it to the competent officer in the department.
An officer at the Department of Tourism’s Business and Professions Division sends/delivers the signed document to the applicant.
A check is carried out to verify the completeness of the supporting documents and whether the requirements for the occasional cross-border provision of tourism services are met. An officer in the department will then draw up a draft decision on the occasional cross-border provision of services and forward it for signature.
The Head of the Directorate for Legislative Coordination and Good Law-Making will sign the decision on the occasional cross-border provision of services and return it to the officer in the department.
An officer in the department shall will the applicant – by post or in person – with the signed decision on the occasional cross-border provision of services in the manner selected in the application.
Receipt of the declaration of cross-border provision of tourism services
Registration of a declaration for the provision of cross-border tourism services
Forwarding of the application / solemn declaration
Signing of the draft information document
Drawing up of a decision on occasional cross-border provision of services
Signature of the decision by the Head of the Directorate
Issue of a certificate to the person concerned