1. I am interested in providing electronic communication networks or/and services in Greece. Are there any requirements I must meet?

2. What must I do if the engagement in an electronic communication activity also requires the granting of rights of use for numbers or frequency bands?

3. I wish to provide electronic communication services based on the infrastructure of a separate Provider, but under my own brand and corporate organization. Am I required to submit a Registration Declaration?

4. What are the necessary legal documents that must be submitted along with the Registration Declaration for Engaging in Electronic Communication Activities under a General Authorization Regime?

5.  What are the Fees that a person operating under a General Authorization regime is required to pay to EETT?

6. How am I informed if the Registration Declaration that I have submitted to EETT has been accepted?

7. When am I required to submit a supplementary or amended Registration Declaration?

8. For how long is the General Authorization valid?

1. I am interested in providing electronic communication networks or/and services in Greece. Are there any requirements I must meet?
General Authorizations are required for the engagement in all kinds of electronic communication activities pertaining to the provision of electronic communication networks or/and services, conforming to Law No. 3431/2006 and the " Regulation on General Authorizations " (EETT Decision no 390/3/31-6-06).

The interested persons are required to complete and submit to E.E.T.T. a Registration Declaration for Engaging in Electronic Communication Activities under a General Authorization Regime .
The submission of a Registration Declaration is only required by persons providing public communication networks or publicly available electronic communication services, as well as persons operating special radio networks.

Attention! If a Registration Declaration is incomplete, the person shall not be registered in the Registry of Electronic Communication Network and Service Providers. If no administrative fee is paid, pursuant to article 12 of the Regulation on General Authorizations, the relevant Registration Declaration shall be considered incomplete.

2. What must I do if the engagement in an electronic communication activity also requires the granting of rights of use for numbers or frequency bands?
If the engagement in an electronic communication activity also requires the granting of rights of use for numbers or frequency bands, prior to engaging in the said activity, in addition to obtaining a General Authorization, the interested person shall have to secure the required rights of use for the numbers or frequency bands in question.

3. I wish to provide electronic communication services based on the infrastructure of an other Provider, but under my own brand and corporate organization. Am I required to submit a Registration Declaration?
Yes. a General Authorization is required for the provision of electronic communication services by third persons which, despite the fact that they do not have their electronic communication infrastructure, provide electronic communication services - however, under their own different trade name and separate corporate organization - based on the infrastructure of other persons providing electronic communication networks or/and services which they have concluded relevant contracts with.

4. What are the necessary legal documents that must be submitted along with the Registration Declaration for Engaging in Electronic Communication Activities under a General Authorization Regime?
The necessary legal documents that must be submitted along with the Registration Declaration are the following:

A. Legal Entities / Natural Persons established / residing in Greece

a. Societes Anonymes (SA) 

• The Articles of Incorporation and the Official Gazette issue where the said Articles were published or a codified version of the Articles of Incorporation, if they are amended. In the case of a newly incorporated Company, the required documents are the Notarial act of incorporation, the relevant announcement of the Prefect's decision on the incorporation to the competent department of Soci?t?s Anonymes of the Ministry of Development that maintains the archives of Soci?t?s Anonymes (Prefectural Authority) and a copy of the duplicate receipt issued by the Public Treasury which includes the publication code number. Entities are under obligation to submit the relevant Official Gazette issues when published. 
• The latest Minutes of the meetings of the company's Board of Directors pertaining to the appointment of representatives and the relevant Official Gazette issue. If the said Official Gazette issue is not published yet, the said Minutes shall be accompanied by an announcement on the registration of the information in the Prefectural Authority and a copy of the duplicate receipt issued by the Public Treasury which includes the publication code number. Entities are under obligation to submit the relevant Official Gazette issues when published.

b. Limited Liability Companies (LTD) 

• The Articles of incorporation and the Official Gazette issue where the said Articles were published or a codified version of the Articles of Incorporation, if they are amended. In the case of a newly incorporated Company, the required documents are the Notarial act of incorporation, the Official Gazette issue where the relevant announcement is made and, if not yet published, it shall be replaced by a copy of the duplicate receipt issued by the Public Treasury which includes the publication code number. Entities are under obligation to submit the relevant Official Gazette issues when published. 
• A certificate issued by the competent department of the Court of First Instance of the place where the company has its registered office certifying the registration of company details in the relevant registries, and any amendments thereof.

c. Companies Limited by Shares and Limited Partnership Companies 

• The Private Incorporation Document along with all amendments thereof. 
• A certificate issued by the competent department of the Court of First Instance of the place where the company has its registered office certifying the registration of company details in the relevant registries, and any amendments thereof.

d. Natural Persons - One-man enterprises 

• Police ID Card or passport
• Stay and work permit, if the person is an alien. 
• Professional activity commencement certificate issued by the competent Tax Office.

B. Legal Entities / Natural Persons established / residing in a European Union member-state.

a. Legal Entities 

• Legal documents proving the incorporation of the foreign legal entity and the appointment of its representatives, accompanied by a Hague Apostille and an attached official translation thereof in Greece.
• Legal documents proving the appointment of a proxy in Greece and a legal binding statement made by the said proxy that he/she has accepted his/her obligations. The proxy shall be a permanent resident of Greece and shall speak the Greek language. 
• A copy of the attorney or proxy's Police ID Card or passport.

b. Natural Persons 

• Police ID Card or passport. 
• Professional activity commencement certificate issued by the competent Tax Office. 
• Authorization by the natural person for the appointment of a proxy in Greece and a legal binding statement made by the said proxy that he/she has accepted his/her obligations. The proxy shall be a permanent resident of Greece and shall speak the Greek language. 
• A copy of the proxy's Police ID Card or passport.

5.  What are the Fees that a person operating under a General Authorization regime is required to pay to EETT?
The persons operating under a General Authorization regime shall pay administrative fees proportionate to the cost incurred for the management, control and maintenance of the General Authorizations regime and the rights of use for radio frequencies or/and numbers.
Paragraph I bellow applies for persons who operate under a General Authorization.
In case these persons wish to make use of numbers or radiofrequency bands, they are required to pay additional fees, as described in paragraphs II and III.

III. Administrative Fees for General Authorizations

A. Declaration submission Fees
4. Upon submission of the initial Registration Declaration, a 300-Euro administrative fee shall be paid,
5. Upon submission of any Registration Declaration amending the initial one, if it pertains exclusively to the registration of new services, a 100-Euro administrative fee shall be paid.
6. No fee is due in case of submission of a declaration for ceasing the provision of electronic communication activities

C. Annual Fees
1. All persons operating under a General Authorization regime and providing public communication networks or publicly available electronic communication services shall have to pay an annual administrative fee, calculated as a percentage of the total gross income derived from the provision of public communication networks or publicly available electronic communication services under a General Authorization regime as follows:

6. How am I informed if the Registration Declaration that I have submitted to EETT has been accepted?
If the Registration Declaration submitted is complete, the interested person or company is registered in the Registry of Electronic Communication Network and Service Providers and is then entitled to provide the electronic telecommunication services concerned. 

If the Registration Declaration submitted is incomplete, EETT notifies the interested person for the elements missing.

EETT, upon demand of the interested person or company that operates under a General Authorization, issues a certificate of General Authorization.

7. When am I required to submit a supplementary or amended Registration Declaration?
A person operating under a General Authorization Regime is under obligation to submit a supplementary or amended Registration Declaration in the following cases:

(a) in order to engage in the provision of other electronic communication services or/and networks, in addition to the ones stated in the initial Registration Declaration;
(b) when it intends to terminate the provision of some or all the electronic communication services or/and networks stated in the already submitted Registration Declaration and in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 10 hereof;

(c) if any change is made in the details stated in the initial Registration Declaration. Any change of data shall be notified within fifteen (15) days from its occurrence.

Please note that a failure to submit a Registration Declaration, as well as a delayed or inaccurate Declaration may cause the imposition of such administrative sanctions as referred to in article 12 of Law No. 3431/2006.

8. For how long is the General Authorization valid?
The provision of electronic communication network or/and services under a General Authorization regime may go on for as long as the person making the Registration Declaration wishes. EETT may impose a limitation only in extraordinary cases, based on an especially justified Decision, after hearing the relevant person, pursuant to article 63 of Law No. 3431/2006.