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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Greece and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 9-digit number; doubles as VAT ID with prefix “EL” (not “GR”) — e.g. EL094019245. Confirmed on Apodeixis AFM printout from TAXISNET. Registration number: Unique company registration number displayed on GEMI extract (Apospasma); also carries EU-standard EUID (GR + GEMI number).

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Sector regulators

BoG · HCMC

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Downloadable from businessportal.gr; includes GEMI number, EUID, status, registered address, capital, management.
  • Constitutive Documents: Notarised deed for AE (L.4548/2018); private deed sufficient for IKE (L.4072/2012) and EPE. Published in GEMI.
  • Tax Registration: 9-digit AFM issued by AADE; same number used as EL-prefixed VAT ID. Printed from TAXISNET portal.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by relevant municipality or regional authority; sector-specific variants exist (KYE for F&B, industrial licenses under L.3982/2011).
  • Sector-Specific License: BoG for credit institutions and insurance (L.4364/2016); HCMC for investment firms and capital market operators.
  • Ownership Records: Share register (Mitroo Metochon) for unlisted AEs is maintained by the company, not by GEMI or any public body.
  • Governance Records: GEMI extract lists current management; BoD minutes evidence appointments and signing authority for AEs.
  • Signing Authority: For AE: BoD resolution suffices for routine account-opening. Notarised POA required for broader ongoing authority.
  • Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: Issued electronically by GEMI via businessportal.gr; confirms the company is active (not dissolved, not in bankruptcy or liquidation) and lists company changes. The Apospasma GEMI (extract) covers data but the Γενικό Πιστοποιητικό is the named good-standing instrument. Banks and cross-border use typically require issuance within 3 months; for branch-of-foreign-company filings Greek law requires within 3 months.

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Notes

  • VAT prefix is “EL” not “GR”. Greece’s ISO2 code is GR but its EU VAT prefix is EL (historical convention). Validate VAT numbers as EL + 9 digits — matching on “GR” will fail.
  • AE share register (Mitroo Metochon) is private for non-listed companies. It is maintained by the company, not by GEMI or any public body. For listed AEs, shareholder data is held by the Hellenic Central Securities Depository (ATHEXCSD).
  • GEMI extract is the single authoritative registration proof. Greece does not issue a separate “Certificate of Incorporation” in the common-law sense — the Apospasma GEMI (extract) serves this function and is downloadable directly from businessportal.gr.