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Updated 11/2009

Legal requirements

The responsibility for harmonizing and creating the proper legal framework on issues related to Competition and Consumer Protection has been entrusted to the Competition and Consumer Protection Service of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.

The main objective of the Service is to ensure the existence of favourable conditions for adequate protection of the health, safety and economic interests of the consumer. The outcome of implementing these objectives is:

  • free access of goods to the market place;
  • ensuring satisfactory quality and affordability of the products offered for sale.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Service promotes the achievement of the above objectives and the creation of the appropriate legislative framework, which, inter alia, includes the following Laws:

  • The Supply of Goods and Services Law (continuation of transitional powers)ελληνικά
  • The sale of goods lawsελληνικά
  • The Goods and Services (Regulation and Control) lawsελληνικά
  • The conditions for the sale of goods at discount prices lawsελληνικά
  • The unfair business practices towards consumers lawελληνικά
  • The general goods safety law
  • The basic requirements (toys) regulations

Administrative procedures

Producers, importers and distributors are required to market safe goods that do not endanger their users or third parties. Therfore, for each product offered for sale, all the necessary information must be provided to enable consumers to assess both the intrinsic hazards of a product during normal use, and to be able to take preventive action against such risks.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Service has the right to require from producers/ distributors that any such warnings about possible hazards that the products may present during use shoud appear in the Greek language.

Check also the legislation on this topic in:

  • References

    Legal texts

    • The Supply of Goods and Services law (continuation of transitional powers) - Chapter 175Αελληνικά
    • The Sale of Goods Law Ν.(Ι)/1994 and its amendmentsελληνικά
    • The goods and services (regulation and control) law 32/1962 and its amendmentsελληνικά
    • The conditions for the sale of goods at discount prices law 34(I)/1990 and its amendmentsελληνικά
    • The unfair business practices towards consumers law 130(I)/2007ελληνικά
    • The general goods safety law 41(I)/2004
    • The basic requirements (toys) regulations (RAA 384/2002)

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