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What a compliant invoice must show in Greece.

The fields, the party identifiers, the exact statutory wording for each tax treatment and the EUR rule — each cited to the statute or the tax authority, not a summary of one.

Tax figure in EUR Legal format EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) PDF counts as the invoice

What the invoice must show

The content Greece's rules put on the face of the document, beyond the parties, line items and totals every invoice carries.

Document title
Τιμολόγιο Invoice
Tax shown in
EUR
Payment terms
Due date or payment terms required

How each party is identified

The registration numbers and their formats the Greece rules expect on the invoice.

Seller
ΑΦΜ VAT number · EL + 9 digits · always
Seller
Δ.Ο.Υ. tax office · always
Seller
Αρ. Γ.Ε.ΜΗ. general commercial registry number · 12 digits · companies
Buyer
ΑΦΜ buyer VAT number · EL + 9 digits · when registered for the tax

The exact wording, by tax treatment

When no tax is charged, the invoice has to say why — in the words the law names. Each is linked to the statute or tax authority it was read from.

Αντίστροφη επιβάρυνση — άρθρο 45 Κώδικα ΦΠΑ (ν. 5144/2024· πρώην άρθρο 39α)Reverse charge
Intra-Community supplystatute ↗
Απαλλαγή ΦΠΑ — ενδοκοινοτική παράδοση, άρθρο 33 Κώδικα ΦΠΑ (ν. 5144/2024)VAT exempt intra-Community supply
Απαλλαγή ΦΠΑ — εξαγωγή, άρθρο 29 Κώδικα ΦΠΑ (ν. 5144/2024)VAT exempt export
Απαλλαγή ΦΠΑ — άρθρο 27 Κώδικα ΦΠΑ (ν. 5144/2024)VAT exempt
Out of scopestatute ↗
Εκτός πεδίου ΦΠΑ Ελλάδας — τόπος παροχής στο εξωτερικό (άρθρο 14 Κώδικα ΦΠΑ)Not taxable in Greece
Foreign seller (import)statute ↗
Χωρίς ελληνικό ΦΠΑ — παράδοση από τρίτη χώρα· ο ΦΠΑ εισαγωγής καταβάλλεται από τον εισαγωγέα (άρθρο 10 Κώδικα ΦΠΑ)VAT not charged — supply outside the scope of Greek VAT; import VAT is accounted for on importation by the importer (Art. 2(1)(d), 30, 70 and 201, Directive 2006/112/EC).
The client's step: Domestic invoices are transmitted to myDATA and carry the MARK the platform returns — the client's step.

Άρθρο 9 ν. 4308/2014 (ΕΛΠ) — περιεχόμενο τιμολογίου· απαλλαγές και αντίστροφη επιβάρυνση κατά τον νέο Κώδικα ΦΠΑ ν. 5144/2024 (ΦΕΚ Α΄162/11.10.2024, αντικατέστησε τον ν. 2859/2000).

The format, and who sends it

A plain PDF still counts as the invoice in Greece; a structured e-invoice is accepted where the buyer asks for it.

Legal format(s)
EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) · PDF invoice
Transmission
A clearance platform or accredited channel — the seller's own step (see above)

Don't just look these rules up. Generate them.

Invoice by Juros-AI builds the Greece e-invoice — EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) — and checks it against the official schema on your own machine before anything is sent. Invoice by Juros-AI reads any invoice into clean data and is adding compliant invoice creation — the same rules on this page, built into the engine, run entirely on your own hardware. No cloud, nothing uploaded, no figure invented.

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Every generated invoice is validated on your machine against the official artefacts — the OASIS UBL/CII schemas, the CEN EN 16931 schematron, Peppol BIS 3.0, KoSIT XRechnung, FatturaPA, KSeF FA(3) and the Peppol PINT packages. This page is a reference for build scoping; it is not legal or tax advice.

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