{ "metadata": { "process": { "official_title": "Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Professional Equivalence in Accordance with the Presidential Decree 38/2010", "description": "This procedure concerns the recognition of professional qualifications and professional equivalence of a degree, in accordance with the provisions of PD 38/2010, in order to achieve the free provision of specific professional services within the European Union.", "org_owner_is_private": false, "org_owner": { "id": "40151", "title": "MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS" }, "provision_org_owner_directory": [ { "id": "900659", "parent_id": "40151", "title": { "el": "ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΗ ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΜΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ, ΚΑΤΑΡΤΙΣΗΣ, ΔΙΑ ΒΙΟΥ ΜΑΘΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΟΛΑΙΑΣ" }, "active": true, "metadata": { "fulladdress": "ΕΛΛΑΔΑ 15180 ΔΗΜΟΣ ΑΜΑΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ ΑΝΔΡΕΑ ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ 37", "adminunitlevel1": "1", "adminunitlevel2": "11289", "postcode": "15180", "supervisorunitcode": "830302", "organizationcode": "40151" } } ], "provision_org_group": [ { "id": "7135", "title": "Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE)" }, { "id": "8210", "title": "Reported or supervised body" } ], "provision_org_directory": [ "Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation (ATEEN)" ], "remarks": "There is an option for the deadline to be extended for one (1) month on occasion that fall under Chapters I & II of Title III of PD 38/2010.", "deadline_duration": "P3M", "provided_language": [ "English", "Greek" ], "border_provision": [ "Establishment" ], "evidence_identification_type": [ "Identification document", "Identification with TAXISnet codes" ], "type": "Outgoing", "trigger": [ "Applied for" ], "trigger_type": [ "Application (digital)", "Application (handwritten)" ], "usage": [ "Supporting document" ], "output_type": [ "Administrative Act", "Document Production" ], "source": [ "EU-GO (support)", "SDG" ], "provided_to": [ "Citizens" ], "tax_type": [ "Certificates" ], "life_events": [ "Recognition of professional qualifications" ], "sdg_resource": "Administrative appeal", "bpmn_source": "EUGO", "bpmn_digital_source": "EUGO", "total_duration_steps_min": "P3M23DT4H", "total_duration_steps_max": "P3M23DT4H", "cost_min": 250.0, "cost_max": 250.0, "evidence_alternative_total_number": "0", "evidence_total_number": 6, "sdg_codes": [ { "title": { "el": "Κοινοποίηση διασυνοριακών δραστηριοτήτων", "en": "Notifying of cross-border activities" }, "description": { "el": "κοινοποίηση των διασυνοριακών δραστηριοτήτων στις αρχές - Ελλάδα", "en": "notifying the authorities of cross-border activities in Greece" }, "id": "N2", "searched_code": "N2" } ], "application_type": "Application", "application_submission_type": [ "Submitted by the applicant (digital)", "Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)" ], "application_owner": [ "Persons" ], "application_description": "Application – Solemn Declaration about the recognition of professional equivalence of degree, signed by the interested person.", "application_note": "In the Application - Solemn Declaration for the recognition of professional equivalence of a degree the interested party states the following: “Please acknowledge the professional equivalence of the title of formal higher education: TITLE FOR RECOGNITION: …………………………………… …………………………………… awarded by the UNIVERSITY: ……………………………………\nafter studies at the COLLEGE: …………………………… ........... with the awarded titles of the Departments of AE ………………………, of the Hellenic Higher Education Institutions in within the framework of the domestic education system, with the terms and conditions of the legislation in force in Greece. \"" }, "process_conditions": [ { "conditions_num_id": 1, "conditions_alternative": false, "conditions_type": "Possession of passwords to enter software", "conditions_name": "The applicant shall have a TAXISnet username and password.", "conditions_url": "https://www.gov.gr/en/arxes/anexartete-arkhe-demosion-esodon-aade/anexartete-arkhe-demosion-esodon-aade/elektronike-eggraphe-diakheirise-kodikon-taxisnet" }, { "conditions_num_id": 2, "conditions_alternative": false, "conditions_type": "Prior Service", "conditions_name": "Exercising of a legally regulated profession in another member-state (EU, EEA, Switzerland) either as a freelancer or as a salaried person, including those practicing free professions (for the recognition of professional qualifications)." }, { "conditions_num_id": 3, "conditions_alternative": false, "conditions_type": "Professional", "conditions_name": "Acquisition of the professional qualifications in the member-state of origin (EU, EEA, Switzerland), for the recognition of professional qualifications." }, { "conditions_num_id": 4, "conditions_alternative": false, "conditions_type": "Educational", "conditions_name": "The applicant shall have acquired a formal higher education degree from another member-state or third country:\n- Of at least three years of studies and attendance, for a first cycle degree \n- Less than three years of studies and attendance for a post-graduate specialization degree, and \n- At least three years of studies and attendance for a doctoral cycle of studies (for the recognition of professional equivalence of degree)." }, { "conditions_num_id": 5, "conditions_alternative": false, "conditions_type": "Citizenship", "conditions_name": "The applicant shall be a national of an EU member-state or of a third country (for the recognition of professional equivalence of degree)." }, { "conditions_num_id": 6, "conditions_alternative": false, "conditions_type": "Other", "conditions_name": "The applicant shall not meet the requirements for the application of paragraph 1 of article 2 of PD 38/2010 on the recognition of professional qualifications (for the recognition of professional equivalence of degree)." } ], "process_evidences_cost": [ { "evidence_cost_num_id": 1, "evidence_cost_alternative": false, "evidence_cost_type": "e-Administrative Fee", "evidence_cost_calculation": [ "One-off" ], "evidence_cost_code": "1385", "evidence_cost_description": "For the recognition of professional qualifications: administrative fee (e-paravolo):", "evidence_cost_min": 100, "evidence_cost_max": 100, "evidence_cost_url": "https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/welcome.htm", "evidence_cost_payment_type": [ "Bank cashier", "Digital (debit / credit card)", "Digital (web banking)" ] }, { "evidence_cost_num_id": 2, "evidence_cost_alternative": false, "evidence_cost_type": "e-Administrative Fee", "evidence_cost_calculation": [ "One-off" ], "evidence_cost_code": "1386", "evidence_cost_description": "For the recognition of professional equivalence of degree: administrative fee (e-paravolo):", "evidence_cost_min": 100, "evidence_cost_max": 100, "evidence_cost_url": "https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/welcome.htm", "evidence_cost_payment_type": [ "Bank cashier", "Digital (debit / credit card)", "Digital (web banking)" ] }, { "evidence_cost_num_id": 3, "evidence_cost_alternative": false, "evidence_cost_type": "e-Administrative Fee", "evidence_cost_calculation": [ "One-off" ], "evidence_cost_code": "1387", "evidence_cost_description": "In cases of administrative recourse against the decision of the competent authority: administrative fee in favour of the state (e-paravolo):", "evidence_cost_min": 50, "evidence_cost_max": 50, "evidence_cost_url": "https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/welcome.htm", "evidence_cost_payment_type": [ "Bank cashier", "Digital (debit / credit card)", "Digital (web banking)" ] } ], "process_evidences": [ { "evidence_num_id": 1, "evidence_type": 2244, "evidence_is_under_prerequisite": false, "evidence_alternative": false, "evidence_submission_type": [ "Submitted by the applicant (digital)", "Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)" ], "evidence_owner": [ "Persons" ], "evidence_description": "Clear photocopy of identity card or passport.", "evidence_note": "Is submitted for both the recognition of professional qualifications and the recognition of professional equivalence of degree.", "evidence_title": "Identification document" }, { "evidence_num_id": 2, "evidence_type": 2825, "evidence_is_under_prerequisite": false, "evidence_alternative": false, "evidence_submission_type": [ "Submitted by the applicant (digital)", "Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)" ], "evidence_owner": [ "Persons" ], "evidence_description": "Possession of the degree to be recognized, validated in accordance with the Hague Convention (APOSTILLE seal), in the original or as a legally validated copy and with an official translation thereof. For countries that have not ratified the Convention or about which Greece has objected, and only for them, the validation is performed by the local Greek Consulate Services.\nOr\nFor higher education degrees from the United Kingdom: these may be submitted as photocopies validated by the British Council and translated by a competent domestic authority.\nOr\nFor higher education degrees from France: these may be submitted as photocopies validated by the Institut Français and translated by a competent domestic authority.", "evidence_note": "Is submitted for both the recognition of professional qualifications and the recognition of professional equivalence of degree.", "evidence_title": "Proof of Study" }, { "evidence_num_id": 3, "evidence_type": 8619, "evidence_is_under_prerequisite": false, "evidence_alternative": false, "evidence_submission_type": [ "Submitted by the applicant (digital)", "Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)" ], "evidence_owner": [ "Persons" ], "evidence_description": "Official transcript of courses, with detailed grading of each year of study as well as the dates of admission and graduation which must be signed and bear the seal of the foreign higher education institute. It is submitted in a legally validated copy and with its official translation by the competent Greek authorities.", "evidence_note": "Is submitted for both the recognition of professional qualifications and the recognition of professional equivalence of degree.", "evidence_title": "Certification" }, { "evidence_num_id": 4, "evidence_type": 2825, "evidence_is_under_prerequisite": false, "evidence_alternative": false, "evidence_submission_type": [ "Submitted by the applicant (digital)", "Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)" ], "evidence_owner": [ "Persons" ], "evidence_description": "Syllabus of the Institute degree, which shall include a presentation of the courses that the applicant has been taught.", "evidence_note": "Is submitted for both the recognition of professional qualifications and the recognition of professional equivalence of degree. \nHas to be submitted in Greek when requested by the competent service (Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation - ATEEN).", "evidence_title": "Proof of Study" }, { "evidence_num_id": 5, "evidence_type": 8619, "evidence_is_under_prerequisite": false, "evidence_alternative": false, "evidence_submission_type": [ "Submitted by the applicant (digital)", "Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)" ], "evidence_owner": [ "Persons" ], "evidence_description": "Certificate or Attestation of Professional Qualifications when the profession/education that is the object of the application is regulated by law in the country where the professional qualifications were acquired (e.g. registration in a professional Chamber, professional licence et al.).", "evidence_note": "Is submitted for the recognition of professional qualifications.", "evidence_title": "Certification" }, { "evidence_num_id": 6, "evidence_type": 1244, "evidence_is_under_prerequisite": false, "evidence_alternative": false, "evidence_submission_type": [ "Submitted by the applicant (digital)", "Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)" ], "evidence_owner": [ "Persons" ], "evidence_description": "Data of Professional Experience when the profession or the corresponding education are not regulated by law in the member-state of origin, evidence of the last decade in which the professional activity is clearly defined and documented by means of insurance documents and employer attestations.", "evidence_note": "Is submitted for the recognition of professional qualifications.", "evidence_title": "Certificate of previous service" } ], "process_rules": [ { "rule_type": "Presidential Decree", "rule_decision_number": "38", "rule_decision_year": "2010", "rule_article": "2,14,57Α,56,59,57", "rule_description": "Adaptation of the Greek legislation to the Directive 2005/36/ΕC of the Eur. Parliament and Council of 7th September 2005, regarding recognition of professional skillset\n- Article 2 par. 1 & 3: Recognition of professional skillset, recognition of professional equivalence (Scope) \n- article 14 & 57 Α – Provision for imposing countervailing measures \n- articles 56 & 59 – Competent authorities \n- article 57 – procedure for the recognition of professional skill-set/qualifications, legal protection means \nAmendments:\n• Law 4763/2020 (GG 254/Α – 2020):\n- article 164 par.1 – addition of par. 11Α of PD 38/2010 (applications regarding recognition of degree titles of applicants that possess professional qualifications acquired in a third country and that have already been recognized in another member-state)\n- article 164 par. 7 – amending article 57 (legal means)\n- amending Law 4635/2019 (GG 167/Α - 2019), article 168 (recognition of professional equivalence of degree titles)\n• Law 4635/2019 (GG 167/Α - 2019), article 168 – amending Law 4610/2019 (GG 70/Α – 2019) article 98 par.3 (Re-introduction of professional equivalence regarding degree titles)\n• Law 4610/2019 (GG 70/Α – 2019), article 98 par.3 – abolishment of par.3 of article 4 of PD 38/2010 (recognition of professional equivalence of degree titles)\n• PD 51/2017 (GG Α 82/9.6.2017), amending PD 38/2010\n- article 1 par.2 – Recognition of internships/traineeships (amending article 2 of PD 38/2010)\n• Law 4111/2013 (GG 2013 (GG 18/Α) – other amendments of PD 38/2010 \n• Law 4205/2013 (GG 242/Α) – other amendments of PD 38/2010\n• Law 4093/2012 (GG 222/Α), amending PD 38/2010:\n- Θ16 – article 57 Α of PD 38/2010 (decision of the Head of the Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation - ATEEN - regarding countervailing measures), article 57 (procedure for the recognition)", "rule_gazette_doc_number": 78, "rule_gazette_doc_issue": "Α", "rule_url": "https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20100100078" }, { "rule_type": "Joint Ministerial Decision", "rule_decision_number": "ΔΙΑΔΠ/Φ.Α.2.1/25209", "rule_decision_year": "2011", "rule_description": "Inclusion of the process of recognition of professional qualifications in accordance with Presidential Decree 38/2010 for processing through the Citizens Service Centers that operate as Points of Single Contact (KEP-EKE), in execution of the provisions of Law 3844/2010 (GG 63/A). This JMD was amended by JMD 117821/ΙΑ/2013 (GG 2192/Β).", "rule_gazette_doc_number": 2926, "rule_gazette_doc_issue": "Β", "rule_url": "https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20110202926" } ], "process_steps": [ { "step_num_id": 1, "step_exit": false, "step_child": false, "step_title": "Submission of application and of required documents", "step_official": "Other", "step_implementation": "Manual Action", "step_duration_min": "PT4H", "step_duration_max": "PT4H", "step_description": "The interested person submits the application (for the recognition of professional qualifications / professional equivalence of degree) and the necessary supporting documents to the Protocol Office of the Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation (ATEEN) or to the KEP-EKE (Citizen Service Center-Points of Single Contact)\nIf the dossier is sent to the Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation (ATEEN), an attestation of receipt is sent to the interested person within one (1) month." }, { "step_num_id": 2, "step_exit": false, "step_child": false, "step_title": "Completion check", "step_official": "Competent Employee", "step_duration_min": "P3D", "step_duration_max": "P3D", "step_description": "A competent employee of Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation (ATEEN) or of the KEP-EKE checks the dossier for completeness; if it is not complete, the interested person is notified, in order to provide the missing supporting documents.\nIf the application and the supporting documents have been submitted to a KEP-EKE, once the check is completed, the file is forwarded to the ATEEN." }, { "step_num_id": 3, "step_exit": false, "step_child": false, "step_title": "Check of the file", "step_official": "Head of Organization", "step_implementation": "Manual Action", "step_duration_min": "P10D", "step_duration_max": "P10D", "step_description": "The Head of the Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation (ATEEN) studies the file and the application and decides whether or not to issue a decision on compensatory measures, i.e. about the:\n- internship or aptitude test, in the case of applications for recognition of professional qualifications, in accordance with the provisions of article 14 of PD 38/2010\n- written test of professional equivalence, if the examination of the application and the file show substantial differences between the study program attended by the applicant and the study program of a comparable degree of Higher Education Institutions (AEI) of Greece." }, { "step_num_id": 4, "step_exit": false, "step_child": false, "step_title": "Possibility of imposition of compensatory measures", "step_official": "Other", "step_implementation": "Manual Action", "step_duration_min": "P10D", "step_duration_max": "P10D", "step_description": "If the Head of (Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation - ATEEN) decides in favour of the imposition of compensatory measures, then the interested party, after completing the said test, submits a request again to ΑΤΕΕΝ, accompanied by the relevant certificate of successful completion of the test." }, { "step_num_id": 5, "step_exit": true, "step_child": false, "step_title": "Decision and communication to the interested party", "step_official": "Competent Department", "step_implementation": "Manual Action", "step_duration_min": "P3M", "step_duration_max": "P3M", "step_description": "The Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation (ATEEN) issues within three 3 months the certificate of recognition of professional qualifications / professional equivalence of a degree and informs the interested party.\nThe interested party may file a one-time administrative appeal before the Autonomous Department for the Application of European Legislation (ATEEN) against the decision, and request the annulment or the amendment of the decision of par. 1 of article 54 within an exclusive period of sixty (60) days from its notification; the ΑΤΕΕΝ notifies the applicant of its decision at most three (3) months later." } ], "process_provision_digital_locations": [ { "provision_digital_location_title": "Digital services of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs", "provision_digital_location_url": "https://mydocs.minedu.gov.gr/" }, { "provision_digital_location_title": "EUGO portal", "provision_digital_location_url": "https://eugo.gov.gr/en/services/6d040245-7708-4492-beeb-e7de89c09b0a" } ], "process_useful_links": [ { "useful_link_title": "Related information", "useful_link_url": "https://www.minedu.gov.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=26691" } ] }, "ns": "ΔΔ", "title": { "en": "Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Professional Equivalence in Accordance with the Presidential Decree 38/2010", "el": "Αναγνώριση Επαγγελματικών Προσόντων και Επαγγελματικής Ισοδυναμίας" }, "id": "265852", "uuid": "6d040245-7708-4492-beeb-e7de89c09b0a", "url": "https://id.mitos.gov.gr/265852/en", "last_updated": "2023-06-16T08:14:24+03:00" }