Laws on the establishment and registration of Associations, Foundations and Federations
‘Law on Associations, Foundations and other related issues (L. 104(I)/2017).
NB. This is an unofficial translation of the Law and the text does not include the amendments of 2019 and 2020.
Amendment 2020, L. 118(I)/2020
The full text of the law including the amendments is available on CyLaw (Auto-translated from Greek).
Regulations: The approval of regulations of the new Law 104(I)/2017 and the Amendments of 2018 and 2019 were pending. The new regulations for Associations, Foundations and Federations (Forms, Fees and Other Special Provisions) Regulations 2020 (Auto-translated from Greek) were approved by the Council of Ministers and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic on 17/07/20.
Laws on Charitable Foundations, Charitable Purposes and special statuses
Charitable Foundations Law (Chapter 41) (Auto-translated from Greek)
Requirements for getting the Charity status approved (in Greek)
NB. Approved Charities are not established/recognised according to a specific law, but they are approved by the Minister of Finance based on certain criteria.
Other relevant laws
Fundraising Law
Laws that are repealed:
Associations and Foundations Laws of 1972 and 1997
Law on the Registration of Clubs (Chapter 112)
