State funding of sports entities from the taxation of betting

Joint Ministerial Decision 2150/27.1.2026 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 527/3.2.2026)

Establishment of the framework, terms, conditions, and allocation criteria for the state funding provided for in Article 116 (1A) of Law 5219/2025 (A’ 130) to eligible sports teams and the Special Committees referred to in Article 53 of Law 2725/1999 (A’ 121), as well as to the supervised private-law legal entities and public-law legal entities under the General Secretariat of Sports to which the sports facilities belong, used by the national teams of all recognized sports federations for their training

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Subject - Purpose

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Definitions

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Documentation for the registration of sports public limited liability companies and professional athletes' departments with the special Registry of the General Secretariat of Sports

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State funding requirements and criteria

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Distributed amount - Special Organizing Committees

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Distributed amount - private and public legal entities supervised by the General Secretariat of Sports

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Distributed amount - professional sports

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Distributed amount - amateur sports - national teams

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Payment procedure of the state funding

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Documentation for the payment of the state funding

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Overpayments - retroactivity and offsetting of payments

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Remaining provisions