The business operating license or else named “notification” is required, according to the existing provisions, for starting a variety of businesses. The office takes care of issuing operating licenses for:
- Stores of health interest
- Clinics – Dental Clinics – Pharmacies – Diagnostic Laboratories
- Study Centers – Long learning Education Centers
- Nurseries & Kindergartens
- Laboratories & small industries
- Gyms
- Beauty institutes – Hairdressers
Many businesses, especially those that sell or process food must have a license. This is due to special rules that are required to be followed by such businesses.
So, all the health interest stores (supermarkets, mini markets, bakeries, groceries, fast food, cafes, bars, hairdressers, butchers, fishmongers, restaurants) receive an operating license (notification) from the relevant Municipality bureau.
The “notification” is a relatively new process which greatly reduces the opening time of a store since the entrepreneur with his application states that his store meets all the specifications and is subject to future control.