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Unemployment & Insurance subsidies of self-employed

  • General
      • Beneficiaries of the allowance are the persons insured covered by the e-EFKA, who, based on general, special or statutory provisions in force on 31.12.2016, had the obligation to belong to the OAEE section and to the ETAP - SME section and pay the contribution provided for in Law 3986/11 (art. 44 par. 2), as in force, for the Special Unemployment Account for the Self-Employed and Independently Employed - Insured Branch OAEE and ETAP - SMEs, established in the Greek Public Employment Service.

  • Requirements
      • For the granting of the allowance in question, the following conditions must be cumulatively met:

        1) realization in each case of at least three (3) years of continuous or intermittent insurance with the insurance institution to which they belong at the time of termination of the profession and payment of the special contribution.

        More specifically , in case of insured persons who stopped their professional activity after 01.01.2012 and were insured on 01.01.2011, it is necessary to pay a contribution to the Special Unemployment Account as follows:

        • for at least one (1) year, if they terminated their professional activity after 01.01.2012
        • for at least two (2) years, if they terminated their professional activity after 01.01.2013 and
        • for at least three (3) years, for those who terminated their professional activity as of 01.01.2014.

        In case of insured persons who terminated their professional activity before 01.01.2011 and resume activity after that date, the above minimum conditions apply with the difference that the required time for paying the special contribution is determined from the date of resumption of activity.

        2) The total individual net taxable income from any source of the two tax years preceding the year of submission of the application not to exceed the cumulative amount of thirty thousand Euros (€30,000.00) and the total family net taxable income from any source of the two tax years preceding year of submission of the application not to exceed the cumulative amount of forty thousand Euros (€40,000.00).

        • indicatively it is stated that for the applications that will be submitted within the calendar year 2023, the settlement notes with the corresponding indication "tax year 2021" and "tax year 2022" will be taken into account
        • it is also noted that with regard to the applications that will be submitted at the beginning of each year and until it is possible to submit the tax return for the incomes obtained up to 31/12 of the previous year, the applications of the parties concerned will remain pending while, when the electronic platform is made available to them, they must proceed as soon as possible to submit the their declaration in order for the competent services to proceed with issuing decisions. Otherwise, the service will issue a rejection decision due to non-presentation of supporting documents in accordance with the applcable provisions.
        • it is also clarified that for the calculation of the total individual net income per year, the following amounts are taken into account: the total declared income from each source, the added difference of objective expenses (TABLE C1 - INCOME TAX CLEARANCE), the exempted amounts and the separately taxable amounts (TABLE D1 - TOTAL INCOME). Accordingly, for the calculation of the total family net income per year, the above-mentioned amounts of the liable person, his/her spouse and minor children are taken into account.

        3) Proven interruption of the profession

        4) Following the interruption of the profession, the beneficiary

        • must not provide a dependent work or be self-employed, at home or abroad
        • not have been covered by the mandatory or optional insurance of the e-EFKA or any other main insurance provider within the country or abroad, not receive a pension from the e-EFKA or any main insurance provider either domestic or foreign or
        • not to have submitted an application for retirement to the above bodies, except in cases of retirement or submission of an application for retirement due to death.

        5) The beneficiary is required not to have transferred the business or his/her share or shares in the business , to which he belonged, to a spouse or a person of the first and second degrees of kinship. 

        6) The beneficiary is required not to have interrupted professional activity in order to serve his military service or in order to participate in university, postgraduate or doctoral studies.

        7) The permanent residence must be in Greece.

        8) In case of interruption of two free professions, the person insured is entitled to assistance from only one institution, which he chooses on the basis of a solemn statement.

  • Application submission process - Delivery of decision
      • The submission of the application is made within a subversive period of three (3) months from the date of issuance of the Special certificate by the competent services of the e-EFKA and exclusively in two ways

        The delivery of the decision is made either through the individual account in the electronic services or by the competent agency.

         

  • Accompanying Documents
      • a) A special certificate from the competent services of the e-EFKA, which certifies:

        • the date of termination of the insurance
        • the period of insurance in the e-EFKA (the sector of the OAEE or ETAP – SME), on the basis of which the application for the receipt of the aid
        • the time of payment in the above sector of the contribution in favor of the Self-Employed and Independently Employed Special Unemployment Account - Branch of insured persons OAEE and ETAP - SME

        b) Certificate of cessation of work from the competent Tax Office

        c) Settlement notes of the last two (2) fiscal years preceding the submission of the application for the aid, where the global income (domestic origin and any foreign origin) of the beneficiary, the main residential address, the VAT No. and the income of the beneficiary have been declared of the wife (if any). In case income was obtained or not abroad during the two years before the application, a certificate from the foreign tax authority must be submitted for the amount of said income, duly certified and translated.

        *  The relevant supporting document will be presented until completion of the interoperability with IAPR.

        d) For the certification of permanent residence in Greece, the following is required:

        • for citizens of EU member states, "Document of certification of permanent residence of a citizen of the Union" (art. 16 P.D. 106/07), granted by the Directorate of Aliens of the Hellenic Police Headquarters, after 5 years of continuous lawful residence
        • for citizens of third countries legally residing in Greece, "Long-term resident's residence permit" (art. 90 Law 4251/14) or residence permit of a parent of a minor citizen (art. 87 L. 4251/14) or ten-year residence permit (art. 138 L. 4251/14) or residence permit of a spouse of an EU citizen (art. 13 P.D. 106/07).
        • especially for the citizens of third countries, who have been granted political asylum, Residence Permit of a recognized political refugee or family member of the holder of such a permit and travel document (titre de voyage) issued in accordance with art. 28 of the Geneva Convention
        • for expatriates from third countries, "Special Expatriate Identity Card" or card or other expatriate residence title of any type or independent residence permit of a returnee or returnee or expatriat

        e) identity document (In the case of submitting the application through Citizens' Service Centre)

        • for Greek citizens, Police Identity Card or relevant temporary certificate from the competent authority or passport or driving license or individual health book
        • for citizens of EU member states, identity card or passport
        • for citizens of third countries, passport or other document, on the basis of which the their entry into the country or the documents issued by the competent Greek authorities

        f) Solemn Statement of Law 1599/86 of the beneficiary, in which he/she states that the conditions for granting the subsidy and that he/she became aware of his/her obligations during his/her subsidy (see here the text of the Decree) (The ID is included in the online application. In case of submission of the application through a Citizens' Service Centre, it will be granted by the Citizens' Service Centre.

         
  • Pending Issues
      • In case that that, during the examination of the application, the Service does not find the necessary information that it is looking for ex officio or finds that additional supporting documents are needed, it shall contact the insured citizens to provide this information within a period of twenty (20) days. If they do not respond, the Service will proceed to the issuance of a rejection decision after 3 months from notification, unless there is an objective inability to present the supporting documents, for which the citizens are not responsible.

  • Issuance of a decision
      • Following the processing of the application, a decision is issued by the Service, either approving or rejecting it, which the citizen receives from the Service to which he is responsible, while the decision also appears on the Greek Public Employment Services' online Services.

        The approval decision records:

        • new specific timeframes, in which the citizen has the obligation to declare to the Greek Public Employment Service his presence
        • the duration of the subsidy
        • the amount of the subsidy
  • Personal declaration of attendance
      • The declaration of attendance is the personal submission at Ordinary intervals of a solemn statement (see here the text) by the unemployed person to fulfill the subsidy conditions, as was stated when submitting his application.The declaration of attendance is submitted:

        • on the third month of each quarter (month of presence):
          • until the issuance of the decision on the application the third month is calculated from the date of submission of the application
          • after the approval decision is issued the third month is calculated from the start date of the subsidy
          • from the issuance of the approval decision the months of attendance cease to be valid, as they were calculated during the application
          • the months of presence are reflected in the application, in the approval decision and in the online services of the Greek Public Employment Service. The months of presence reflected in the DYPA e-services incorporate all the changes that may arise with the issuance of an approval decision.
        • it is done by all the insured whether their subsidy has been approved or is pending
        • linked to the smooth payment of citizen benefits:
          • if attendance is declared, the right to collect the allowance corresponding to the month of attendance and the two following monthly allowances is reserved;
          • if attendance is not declared, the allowance corresponding to the month of presence and for the payment of the next two monthly subsidies, the next declaration of attendance is expected
          • if presence is not declared for two consecutive months of presence, the subsidy is interrupted
        • ceases to be an obligation, when a rejection decision is issued on the application
        • as process is extremely simple. Insured persons come to the Greek Public Employment Services, declare that they have met the subsidy conditions and sign the relevant ID. The first in-person declaration of attendance is made at the Service under whose jurisdiction the insured falls (i.e. where the application was submitted or where the application was transferred), while the rest at any KPA2 Service.

        However, as long as the extraordinary restrictive measures of the coronavirus last, the declaration of attendance is made through of the  Greek Public Employment Services' e-services If the month of attendance has passed, its electronic declaration is not possible

  • Duration, amount and payment of subsidy
      • The payment duration of the subsidy depends on the total number of years of insurance (continuous or intermittent) with the competent insurance institution (EFKA - OAEE section or ETAP section - SME), to which the beneficiary belonged at the time of the interruption of the profession of him/her, as follows:

         

        INSURANCE PERIOD

        (IN FULL YEARS)

        PAYMENT PERIOD

        (IN MONTHS)

        3 to 4

        3

        5 to 6

        4

        7 to 8

        5

        9 to 10

        6

        11 to 12

        7

        13 to 14

        8

        over 14

        9

        The amount of the subsidy is fixed at €479.00 per month and is adjusted each time by the adjustment of the basic monthly amount of the Ordinary unemployment subsidy. There is no provision for an increase depending on the number of protected members of the beneficiary's family, nor the payment of corresponding gifts for Christmas holidays/ New Year's and Easter, nor the payment of insurance contributions to the competent insurance institution during the payment of the subsidy.

        After the issuance of an approval decision by the competent Service of the Organization (KPA2), the inclusion of the person insuredin the subsidy starts from the date of submission of the relevant timely application and the right to collect the first two monthly subsidies is reserved. The monthly allowances are paid unearned, i.e. from the day after they expire, if attendance declarations are made on time, to the credit of the individual accounts of the insured persons, in which they appear as the first beneficiaries, on the last working day of each week, provided that the subsidy month has been completed.

  • Beneficiaries' obligations- Suspension, Continuation and Interruption of the subsidy
      • Beneficiaries of the subsidy are obliged to inform the competent Service of the Manpower Employment Organization of any change that occurs in their condition during the payment of the subsidy

        The payment of the subsidy is suspended for the following reasons:

        • commencement of salaried work or commencement of self-employment in the country or abroad
        • submission to the compulsory or optional insurance of the e-EFKA or other main national or foreign insurance institution
        • expiration of the document certifying permanent residence in Greece, in case of citizens of third countries
        • temporary incapacity for work due to illness
        • entitlement of a temporary pension due to disability
        • administrative detention or imprisonment
        • conscription
        • internship
        • travel abroad for more than twenty (20) intermitent or consecutive days within one year or for more than twenty (20) consecutive days during two consecutive years
        • training (subject to conditions), if they have chosen to register in the registers of the Greek Public Employment Service as unemployed.

        After the suspension reason no longer applies, the subsidy continues when the beneficiaries submit a relevant application to the competent Service before the expiration of two years from the issuance of the initial subsidy decision. The subsidy is paid from the date of submission of the application.

        The subsidy is interrupted due to:

        • non-reporting of presence in two consecutive time periods determined
        • the retirement subsidy decision by the e-EFKA or any main national or foreign insurance institution or in case of submission of an application for retirement to the above bodies (except for the cases of retirement or submission of an application for retirement due to death)
        • parallel employment and subsidy
        • death
        • permanent incapacity for work

        In case of interruption, it is not possible to continue. A new subsidy is possible, provided that the subsidy conditions are met again after the interruption.

  • Legal Framework
        • Art. 44 par. 2 Law 3986/11 (Official Gazette 152/A'/01.07.2011)
        • Art. 50 Law 4144/13 (Official Gazette 88/A'/18.04.2013)
        • Art. 50 Law 4488/17 (Official Gazette 137/A'/13.09.2017) 
        • Official Gazette Φ80000/8285/253/2013 (Official Gazette 705/B'/28.03.13)
        • Official Gazette Φ10035/ 1239/63 (Official Gazette 290/B' /10.02.14) 
        • H.A. Φ10035/24984/951 (Government Gazette 2943/B'/17.07.20)
  • General
      • Beneficiaries of the subsidy are the self-employed and independently employed, who are insured in the e-EFKA - section ETAA (section TSMEDE, TSAY and Attorneys' Insurance fund), as long as they have paid the special contribution provided for in Law 3986 /11 (art. 44 par. 2), as it applies, i.e. the contribution from 01.01.2011 to the Special Unemployment Account for the Self-Employed and Independently Employed, which has been established at the Greek Public Employment Organization.

  • Requirements
      • The above conditions must be met at the time of submission of the application for the granting the subsidy and throughout the duration of its granting.To grant this subsidy, the following conditions must be cumulatively met:

        1) a) proven interruption of professional activity (the condition in question may be met in the case of every insured person of the ETAA, in conjunction with the condition under b).But, especially in cases of insured persons of the Pension and Health Insurance Sector (TSAY) who are compulsorily covered by the insurance of the above Sector as members of companies or boards of directors of joint-stock companies (see art. 2 par. 2 Law 982 /79, as added by art. 18 par. 4 Law 3232/04), the specific condition is necessary.

        or

        b) annual net individual taxable income of the beneficiary from the exercise of professional activity during the tax year preceding the year of submission of the application for the grant of the subsidy, which does not exceed 60% of the amount corresponding to the basic salary of an unmarried employee over 25 years of age, based on an annual basis and in addition not exercising a professional activity during the six months preceding the month in which the application for granting the subsidy is submitted .

        • for example in case of submitting an application based on condition b) (income criterion) within the year 2023, the critical clearance note is the one of tax year 2022.
        • according to the applicable minimum employee salary and given that as of 01/02/19 the age discrimination no longer applies, the above-mentioned upper limit of annual income amounts to the amount of €5,616 (780.00 * 60% * 12)


        2) The completion of three (3) years of continuous or intermittent salaried or self-employed insurance in ETAA (see. TSMEDE, TSAY, Attorneys' Insurance Fund), to which they belong on the date of submission of the application for the grant of the aid or upon cessation of professional activity.


        3) Payment of the contribution provided for in Law 3986/11 (art. 44 par. 2, as applicable), in favor of the Special Unemployment Account for the Self-Employed and Independently Employed - Section of ETAA persons insured for at least three (3) years of continuous or intermittent insurance in the ETAA Section to which they belong until the date of submission of the application for the grant of the aid or upon cessation of professional activity. Especially for the insured persons in the main insurance branch of the ETAA on 01/01/2011 payment of the above contribution is required for at least one (1) year, provided that the interruption of professional activity took place until 31/12/2012 or payment of the above contribution for at least two (2) years, as long as the interruption of the professional activity took place until 31/12/2013. The interruption in both of the aforementioned cases must continue until the submission of the application for the grant of the aid. The above also applies to the cases of insured persons who had stopped their professional activity until 31/12/2010 and are re-insured in the main insurance branch of the ETAA after 01/01/2011. In these cases, the required time to pay the special contribution is determined from the date of re-registration in the ETAA. 


        4)The non-provision of dependent work or self-employment either within the country or abroad, except for self-employment for which a subsidy is granted based on the income criterion 1 section b above.


        5) The non-inclusion in the compulsory or optional insurance of the e-EFKA or any other national or foreign main insurance institution.


        6) The non-reception of a pension from e-EFKA or any national or foreign main insurance institution or not submitting an application for retirement to the above institutions, except in cases of retirement or submitting an application for retirement due to death.


        7) The non-interruption of the professional activity of the beneficiary in order to serve in the military or to join the University for undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral studies.


        8) The total individual net taxable income from any source of the two tax years preceding the year of submission of the application must not cumulatively exceed the amount of thirty thousand Euros (€30,000.00) and the total family net taxable income from any source of the two tax years before the year of submission of the application must not exceed the cumulative amount of forty thousand Euros(€40,000.00).


        9) The beneficiary is required not to have transferred the business or his/her share or shares in the business, which belonged to a spouse or a person of the first and second degrees of kinship.


        10) They must have permanent residence in Greece.

         

  • Application submission process - Delivery of decision
  • Accompanying Documents
      • a) certificate from the competent e-EFKA services certifying

        • the date of insurance termination (it goes without saying that the date of insurance termination is not included in the e-EFKA certificate, in the event that the insured requests the subsidy based on the condition under 1 b) (income criterion)
        • the time of insurance in the e-EFKA (t. Sector ETAA), on the basis of which an application for the subsidy is submitted
        • the time of payment to the above Sector of the contribution in favor of the Self-Employed Special Account and Independently Employed – Insured branch v. ETAA

        b) clearance notes of the two (2) last tax years before the submission of applications to receive the subsidy where the global income (of national origin and any foreign origin) of the beneficiary has been declared, the main residential address, the VAT No. and the spouse's income (if any). In case that income was obtained or not in another country within two years before the application, a certificate from the foreign tax authority for the amount of said income, duly certified and translated, must be submitted.

        Indicatively, it is stated that in order to submit an application within the year 2023, the clearance notes for the years 2021 and 2022 must be presented.

        * The relevant supporting document will be presented until completion of interoperability with IAPR

        c) When the subsidy is granted based on condition under 1 b) (income criterion), the service provision slip and photocopies of the VAT returns to check the non-existence of income from professional activity during the intended semester of the month the application must be submitted in order to receive the subsidy, as well as for the control and determination of the subsidy paid during the period of its granting).

        d) a solemn statement under Law 1599/86 of the beneficiary, declaring hat the conditions for granting the subsidy are met and that the beneficiary became aware of his applications during his subsidy (see here the text of the FD for the BENEFICIARY DUE TO INTERRUPTION OF OCCUPATION and here for the BENEFICIARY DUE TO INCOME CRITERIA). The beneficiary also declares the former Sector from which he/she wishes to become a beneficiary of the subsidy in case of simultaneous interruption of his/her two independent professions. (The ID is included in the online application. In case of submitting an application through a Citizens' Service Centre, it must be issued by it.

        e) For the certification of permanent residence in Greece required:

        • for citizens of EU member states, "Document of certification of permanent residence of a citizen of Union" (art. 16 P.D. 106/07), issued by the Directorate of Aliens of the Hellenic Police Headquarters, after 5 years of continuous legal residence
        • for citizens of third countries legally residing in Greece, "Permit. long-term residence permit" (art. 90 L. 4251/14) or residence permit of a parent of a minor citizen (art. 87 L. 4251/14) or ten-year residence permit (art. 138 L. 4251/14) or permit spouse of an EU citizen (art. 13 Presidential Decree 106/07)
        • especially for third-country nationals who have been granted political asylum, Residence permit of a recognized political refugee or family member of such permit holder and travel document (titre de voyage) issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Geneva Convention
        • for expatriates from third countries, "Special Identity Card for Expatriates" or card or other document of residence of expatriates of any type or independent residence permit of repatriated or repatriated or homogenized

        f) Proof of identity (In case of submitting the application through KEP)

        • for Greek citizens, Police Identity Card or relevant temporary certificate from the competent authority or passport or driving license or individual health book
        • for citizens of EU member states, an identity card or passport
        • for citizens of third countries, a passport or other document, on the basis of which their entry into the country is allowed or the documents issued by the competent Greek authorities

        By submitting the application, the applicant receives a copy of the application form, with which he/she is informed of the date of receipt of the relevant decision.

         
  • Pending Issues
      • In case that, during the examination of the application, the Service does not find the necessary information that it is looking for ex officio or finds that additional supporting documents are needed, it must contact the citizens insured in order to provide those document within a period of twenty (20) days. If they do not respond, the Service may proceed to the issuance of a rejection decision 3 months after the notification, unless there is an objective inability to present the supporting documents, for which the citizens are not responsible.

  • Issuance and delivery of decision
      • After processing of the application, a decision is issued by the Service, either approving or rejecting, which the citizen receives from the Service to which he/she is subjet, while the decision is also displayed on the Greek Public Employment Service's e-services

        The approving decision records

        • new specific time intervals, during which the citizen has the obligation to declare at the Greek Public Employment Service his/her presence
        • the duration of the subsidy
        • the amount of the subsidy

  • Personal declaration of attendance
      • The declaration of attendance is the self-submission at Ordinary intervals of a solemn statement (see here the text of the Ministry of Health for the BENEFICIARY DUE TO INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS and here for the BENEFICIARY BASED ON THE INCOME CRITERION) by the citizen to fulfill the subsidy conditions, as stated and when submitting his application. The declaration of attendance is

        • submitted on the third month of each quarter (month of attendance):
          • until the issuance of the decision regarding the application, the third month is calculated from the date of submission of the application
          • after the issuance of the approving decision and the third month is calculated
          • from the start date of the subsidy from the issuance of the approval decision, the months of presence, as calculated during the application, cease to be valid.
          • the months of presence are reflected in the application, in the approving decision and in the Greek Public Employment Service's e-services.. The months of presence are reflected on the online services, which incorporate any changes that may arise with the issuance of an approving decision.
        • This is done by all insured persons, whether their subsidy has been approved or is pending
        • it is linked to the Ordinary payment of the citizen's allowances:
          • if the presence is declared, the right to collect the allowance corresponding to the month of attendance and the two following monthly allowances is reserved
          • If the presence is not declared, the allowance corresponding to the month of presence will be forfeited and for the payment of the next two monthly allowances the next declaration of attendance will be pending.
          • If the presence is not declared for two consecutive months, the allowance is interrupted.
        • It no longer constitutes an obligation, when a rejection decision is issued
        • and the application process is extremely simple. Insured persons come to the the Greek Public Employment Services, declare that they have met the subsidy conditions and sign the relevant document. The first in-person declaration of attendance is made at the Service, to which the insured person is sibject while the rest at any KPA2 Service.

        However, while the extraordinary restrictive measures of the coronavirus still apply, the declaration of attendance is made through the Greek Public Employment Service's e-services without prejudice of reading the text of the solemn statement. If the month of presence has passed, its electronic declaration is not possible.

         

  • Duration, amount and payment of subsidy
      • The payment duration of the subsidy depends on the total number of insurance years (continuous or interrupted) in the e-EFKA - ETAA Sectors (TSMEDE, TSAY, Attorneys' Insurance Fund) as follows:

         

        INSURANCE PERIOD

        (FULL YEAR)

        TIME AID PAYMENT PERIOD

        (IN MONTHS)

        3 to 4

        3

        5 to 6

        4

        7 to 8

        5

        9 to 10

        6

        11 to 12

        7

        13 to 14

        8

        over 14

        9

        The amount of the subsidy is fixed at €479.00 per month and is adjusted with the basic monthly amount of the Ordinary unemployment subsidy. There is no provision for an increase depending on the number of protected members of the beneficiary's family, nor the payment of corresponding Christmas/New Year's and Easter gifts, nor the payment of insurance contributions to the competent insurance institution throughout the payment of the subsidy.

        Especially in case of eligibility for the subsidy based on the condition 1 b) (income criterion), if the beneficiary exercises (as he has the right to) a professional activity during the receipt of the subsidy then an amount of monthly subsidy is paid equal to the difference between the monthly allowance (€479.00) and the net income resulting from the exercise of professional activity during the previous calendar month. If the above check results in the payment of subsidies that are not entitled to, they are offset with subsidies that will be paid in the following month or months, and if these are not sufficient, they are sought as unduly paid.

        The inclusion of the insured person in the subsidy starts from the date of submission of the relevant timely application and the right to collect the first two monthly subsidies is reserved. The monthly allowances are paid "in full", i.e. from the day after expiration, if declarations of presence are submitted on time, to the credit of the individual accounts of the insured persons in which they appear as the first beneficiaries, on the last working day of each week, on cnodition that it has been completed each time the subsidy month.

        At this point, the following are highlighted:

        • the beneficiary of the aid based on the condition under 1 b) (income criterion) or due to the simultaneous interruption of two or more professions for which he/she belongs to two or more of the former Sectors of the ETAA (t. Sector TSMEDE, TSAU, Legal Insurance) is entitled to a aid and with a responsible declaration chooses the former Department from which he will receive it
        • especially the insured person of the former EBRD who is entitled to the aid based on the condition under 1 b) (income criterion), while at the same time covered by the insurance of the former OAEE or the former ETAP - SME as a self-employed person and interrupts the professional activity for the which is covered by the insurance of the above former insurance bodies, is entitled to receive an aid, compulsorily from the Insured Branch of the former ETAAA
        • the insured who is simultaneously covered by the insurance of the former ETAA and the former OAEE or the former ETAP - SME and at the same time interrupts the parallel professional activity for which he is covered by the insurance of the above former insurance bodies, is entitled to receive an aid and with declaration chooses the Branch of the Special Account from which it will be received
        • therefore, taking into account the aforementioned in the above cases for the calculation of the critical years of insurance, it is emphasized that only the insurance periods carried out by the party concerned in the former ETAA sector are taken into account (TSMEDE, TSAY, Attorneys' Insurance Fund) from the Special Account from which he is entitled to receive the subsidy.

        To receive the subsidy more than once, the required legal conditions are examined each time. The insurance period calculated for the payment of the subsidy is not taken into account for its re-issuance.

         

  • Beneficiaries' obligations - Suspension, Continuation and Interruption of the subsidy
      • The beneficiaries of the subsidy are obliged to inform the competent Service of the Manpower Employment Organization for any change that occurs in their condition during payment of the subsidy

        The payment of the subsidy is suspended for the following reasons:

        • commencement of salaried work or starting self-employment at home or abroad, unless the aid is granted on the basis of the condition 1 b)
        • inclusion in the compulsory or optional insurance of the e-EFKA or another main national or foreign insurance body
        • expiration of the residence or work permit, in a time prior to the subsidy, when it comes to third-country nationals
        • temporary incapacity for work due to illness
        • receiving a temporary disability pension
        • administrative detention or imprisonment
        • military service
        • internship
        • going abroad for more than twenty (20) sporadic or consecutive days during a year or for more than twenty (20) consecutive days during two consecutive years
        • training (subject to conditions), if they have chosen to be registered in the Greek Public Employment Service registers as unemployed.

        After the suspension reason is lifted, the subsidy continues when the beneficiaries submit a relevant application to the competent Service before the expiration of two years from the issuance of the initial subsidy decision. The subsidy is paid from the date of submission of the application.

        The subsidy is interrupted due to:

        • non-reporting of presence in two consecutive time periods determined
        • the retirement subsidy decision by the e-EFKA or by any main national or foreign insurance body or if submitted application for retirement to the above bodies (except for the cases of retirement or submitting an application for retirement due to death)  
        • parallel employment and subsidy
        • death
        • permanent incapacity for work

        In case of interruption it is not possible to continue it. A new subsidy is possible if the subsidy conditions are met again after the interruption. subsidies that may have been paid after the interruption date are qualified as unduly paid.

        For the above-mentioned persons insured, the issuance of an unemployment card is not a condition for submitting the application to receive the subsidy in question and therefore they are not subject to the obligations arising from it (e.g. interruption of the subsidy due to non-renewal of the unemployment card). However, it is only optional to issue an unemployment card, as long as the relevant conditions are met. It goes without saying that those who apply for this subsidy based on the condition under 1 b) (income criterion) cannot be holders of an unemployment card, as long as they have not interrupted their profession.

  • Legal Framework
        • Art. 44 par. 2 Law 3986/11 (Official Gazette 152/A'/01.07.2011)
        • art. 50 Law 4144/13 (Official Gazette 88/A'/18.04.2013)
        • art. 50 par. 1 - 3 Law 4488/17 (Official Gazette 137/A'/13.09.2017)
        • Official Gazette 10043/43602/D18.2952 (Official Gazette 3496/B'/21.08.18)
        • Official Gazette 10043/24986/ 952 (Official Gazette 2943/B'/17.07.20)