Erotic Sauna in Athens, Greece

Greece regulates prostitution under Law 2734/1999. A person may sell sexual services only with a certificate (age 18+, unmarried, widowed or divorced, no infectious disease, no listed convictions) and a personal municipal licence for specific premises, and must undergo a medical check every 15 days. The 1999 law made unlicensed work and renting premises to uncertified persons crimes, but a 2010 law reduced all its breaches to fines and the 2019 Penal Code abolished that class of offence; unlicensed premises are closed and sealed. Buying is not an offence, except knowingly having sex with a trafficking victim (Penal Code art. 323A(6)). Procuring and profiting from another person's prostitution are crimes under art. 349 of the 2019 Penal Code. A review of Law 2734/1999 was announced in the 2021–2025 gender-equality action plan; no bill was found by October 2026. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/greece/, reviewed 2026-11-03, CC BY 4.0.