Notification of establishment and operation of beauty parlours
Notification of establishment and operation of a beauty parlour
Setting up a business (sole proprietorship, company) * To set up a company, see the link below.
The premises must be lawful in terms of their construction and use as a beauty parlour, and meet all the legal requirements for a main-use area in order to operate as a beauty parlour, in accordance with the current Building and Construction Regulation, the Fire Protection Regulation, the general and specific urban planning provisions in force from time to time, as well as the building specifications set out in the legislation specific for the activity in question.
The beauty parlour premises must include the following: • waiting room, • parlour, • implement cleaning and sterilisation area, • changing rooms with lockers, • bathroom with a bathtub or shower and toilet. The above spaces may also form part of a dwelling, provided the parlour premises are not used to serve the needs of the dwelling and are isolated from any dwelling, even via a locking door.
The parlour spaces must comply with health and safety requirements (natural and artificial lighting, ventilation, air conditioning, fire safety, etc.).
Where the interested person is a legal person, it must document its legal existence and any changes to its corporate structure.
Possession of passwords to enter software
The procedure concerns the notification of establishment and operation of beauty parlours. The interested party (natural or legal person) must electronically notify the competent authority of the establishment and operation of a beauty parlour.
20% of the fees for exercise of an economic activity subject to notification and/or authorisation where local government authorities are designated as the competent authorities. The fee appears in Itemised Revenue Account (ALE) No 1450113002.
Administrative Fee (not provided by e-paravolo webpage)
A photocopy of a Beautician degree issued by a Higher Educational Institute or Technological Educational Institute, or a decision of professional equivalence issued by the Independent Department for the Implementation of European Legislation (ATEEN) of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, or a copy of a foreign degree, as well as an act concerning its equivalence and correspondence issued by the competent recognition services of the Hellenic National Academic Recognition and Information Centre (DOATAP) or the Institute of Technological Education (ITE).
Attestation of exercise of the occupation of Beautician, issued by a Public Health Directorate or Department of Regional Unit concerned
Attestation of main-use space issued by a private engineer, in accordance with Article 107(8) of Law 4495/2017.
Copies of approved floor plans of the space where the beauty parlour is to operate, depicting all its spaces.
Copies of state-issued documents on urban planning legality.
Certificate of (active) fire protection issued by the competent Fire Department
A solemn declaration by the operator that the activity is not prohibited under the building co-ownership regulation
A certified copy of the company’s articles of association in effect and any amendments thereto and the legitimation documents concerning the legal persons representation
This concerns the operator’s scientific director.
The copies of the approved floor plans come from the ‘e-adeies’ licence issuance information system, from the illegal construction declaration information system, or from the hard-copy records of the Building Service, depending on the type of legitimisation act.
This concerns a beauty parlour with a total sheltered area of more than 250 metres2.
Passive fire protection design, if the beauty parlour is housed in a building falling within the scope of Presidential Decree 41/2018 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 80) or Presidential Decree 71/1988 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 32), as well as an active fire protection design. This concerns a beauty parlour with a total sheltered area of less 250 metres2.
In the absence of a regulation, a solemn declaration by the operator that there is no regulation. This concerns the operation of a beauty parlour situated within a multi-storey building.
This concerns legal persons not required to register with the General Commercial Register (GEMI). If the activity operator is a legal person required to register with the GEMI, it shall not be required to keep the above supporting documents, as the competent authority shall search for them ex officio via the GEMI.
The notification must contain the necessary information for the activity being carried out and must be submitted by the activity operator, who shall be solely responsible for the information contained therein.
Concerning the exercise of the occupation of beautician
Technical specifications for the collocation of private primary healthcare providers.
On detailed arrangements for implementing Legislative Decree 361/1969 on practising the profession of beautician.
Determination of the procedure, content, supporting documents, fee and penalties for notifying the establishment and operation of beauty-treatment laboratories.
Adaptation of Greek legislation to Directive 2006/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market and other provisions.
New institutional framework for the exercise of economic activity and other provisions.
Co-location of private healthcare providers — Amendment of Article 1 of Law 4208/2013
Registration of existing activities in the Integrated Information System for the Exercise of Activities and Inspections, uploading of notification documents and regulation of personal-data protection matters — Addition of Articles 14A and 14B to Law 4442/2016
Approval to participate in examinations: If the 15-day deadline for checking the completeness of the supporting documents lapses without action, the interested party’s application shall be considered to have been tacitly accepted, in accordance with Article 14(4) of Law 3844/2010 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 63). In the event of tacit approval, as described above, the interested party may request issuance of the relevant attestation by the licensing authority, in accordance with Article 10(4) of Law 3230/2004 (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 44).
The interested party is authenticated using Taxisnet codes and can access the ‘notify business’ information system.
The interested party must submit a notification via the ‘notify business’ electronic system to the competent department of the Regional Unit concerned.
The file bearing a unique number shall serve as proof of submission of the notification, and no reference number shall be required.
The competent department of the Regional Unit concerned shall forward the notification within five working days to the competent Building Service, the competent Fire Department, the Directorate for Primary Health Care of the Ministry of Health and any other service which, in its view, should be made aware of the operation of the activity in order to carry out the statutory checks.
No supporting documents must be submitted at the time of submission of the notification. The activity operator must keep the supporting documents and the proof of submission of the notification at the premises where the activity is carried out.
Once the notification has been submitted, the operator may start operating the activity.
Assignment of a unique submission number by the system
Forwarding of notification to stakeholders