DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO HAVE A TRADE REPRESENTATIVE PERMIT ISSUED TO A NATURAL PERSON (SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP)

Natural persons who are interested in practicing as trade representatives (sole proprietorship) must fulfill the following qualifications - prerequisite conditions and submit the following documents:
 

1. APPLICATION, you can download it here (pdf file) - only in Greek - or get it by the Registration Department of Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
    
2. SCHOOL-LEAVING, domestic or foreign.
   Proof of equivalence for certificates from foreign institutes is issued by:
3. CERTIFICATE OF "NON-BANKRUPTCY", issued by the Court of the 1st Instance of Thessaloniki (Court House) for a Natural Person (private business person).
    
4. DECLARATION for self-appointed inquiry of a criminal record copy from the ministry of Justice. (You can download it here (pdf file) - only in Greek - or get it by the Export Department of T.C.C.I.). Your criminal record will be searched by T.C.C.I.΄s own means.
    
5. CERTIFICATE FROM THE COURT OF THE 1ST INSTANCE OF THESSALONIKI that there are "no court restrictions or guardianship" in force.
    
6. AFFIDAVIT according to Law 1599/86 that the interested party:
7. PHOTOCOPY: IDENTITY CARD for Greek citizens or PASSPORT for foreign citizens from EU Member - States, or RESIDENCE and EMPLOYMENT PERMIT for foreigners from third countries, for whom it is also required that a "RECIPROCITY CERTIFICATE" should be submitted, concerning the practice of a Trade Representative, issued by the Greek Diplomatic Authority (Legal Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Certificates of "Non-Bankruptcy", Criminal Record and "No Court restrictions or guardianship" are valid for three months.

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a. is not a civil servant - in the broad sense of the term - or an employee of a company the State participates in any way, and
 

b. does not come under provisions of Article 1, par. 4 of Presidential Decree 219/91 (foreseeing which persons cannot be trade representatives).

a. For documents equivalent to upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate at 18 Lykourgou Str., Athens - Tel: 210 5227627.
 

b. For documents of Vocational training by the Organisation of Vocational Training (OEEK), 1 Elioupoleos Str., Elioupolis, Tel. 210 9704167.
 

c. For document equivalent to Tertiary Education Degrees at D.I.K.A.T.S.A. (112 Syngrou Ave., Athens, Tel. 210 9237835).