Customs Service of Greece

The Customs Service has been confirmed to exist since the time of classical Athens of the Golden Age of Pericles, and also during the Byzantine period with the Κομμέρκιονas, an institution for the collection of duties and the control of products.^[1] Customs Service was initially organized in 1818, in Ottoman Greece, according to the French model, under the Ministry of Finance of the Ottoman Empire (Hazîne-i Âmire). On July 28, 1823, the first customs law was issued. The customs of Kardamyli and Limeni are mentioned as the first customs that operated. On April 25, 1830, the first register was issued, which, among other things, provided for the maintenance of a book for the detailed recording of incoming goods from abroad.^[2] The first customs office was established on March 25, 1833 in Syros and two years later in Piraeus, Hydra, Patras and Nafplio.^{[citation needed]}

Customs officers perform their official duties in uniform. Customs officers are pre-investigators and in the performance of their control and prosecution duties are entitled to bear arms.^[3]

Since 2017, Customs Service is under the Independent Authority of Public Revenue (previously General Secretariat of Public Revenue of the Ministry of Finance).^{[citation needed]}