Law 4144/2013 (GG 88 A'/18.4.2013)  

“Fight against delinquency in Social Insurance System, in labour market and 
other dispositions falling under the competence of the 
Ministry of Labour, Social Insurance and Welfare”

Article 79
Regulatory issues of the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation

1. All applications submitted to the Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI) for granting any type of industrial property title and certificate may be filed via internet, pursuant to the applicable legislation in force and namely in accordance with the Law no.  1733/1987 (A' 171), the Presidential Decrees no. 77/1988 (A' 33), no. 16/1991 (A' 6), no. 45/1991 (A' 24), no. 415/1995 (A'24), no. 259/1997 (A' 185), and no. 46/2012 (A' 950). Regarding certification of electronic signatures, the provisions of the Presidential Decree no. 150/2001 (A' 125) on electronic signature certification shall apply mutatis mutandis.

2. Electronic filing shall not be permitted for inventions of Law no. 4325/1963 (A' 156)

3. All terms, conditions, procedures, technical requirements and any matter related to the implementation of paragraph 1 shall be laid down by Order of the Minister of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks.   

4.  The Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation is supervised by the General Secretariat for Industry, which comes under the auspices of the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. Any general of specific provision contrary to the present section is hereby repealed.