IVF clinics in Greece: how to check that a clinic is licensed

When you search for ‘fertility clinic Greece’, you’ll come across dozens of websites, agencies and comparison sites. Some are reputable, others far less so. Before comparing prices or success rates, there’s a simple, public and free check you can carry out.

The National Authority for Medically Assisted Reproduction

In Greece, medically assisted reproduction is regulated by the National Authority for Medically Assisted Reproduction (Εθνική Αρχή Ιατρικώς Υποβοηθούμενης Αναπαραγωγής, ΕΑΙΥΑ), established by Law 3305/2005. It issues licences, monitors clinics, maintains the donor register and authorises certain procedures, such as treatments for women aged between 50 and 54 (see the age limit in Greece).

Three types of facility must be licensed:

• assisted reproduction units (ΜΙΥΑ), which carry out IVF, ICSI, inseminations and embryo transfers;
• cryopreservation banks, which store gametes and embryos;
• pre-implantation genetic testing clinics, which analyse embryos (see PGT-A in Greece).

The public register

The Authority publishes the list of licensed facilities on its website, eaiya.gov.gr. In its April 2026 version, it included 38 assisted reproduction units across the country, nearly a quarter of which were in Thessaloniki, as well as seven cryopreservation banks and five pre-implantation diagnostic clinics. The list is in Greek: search for the clinic’s trading name, but also its registered company name, which may be different.

If a clinic does not appear on the list, it cannot carry out IVF in Greece. A facility that ‘works with’ a licensed clinic is not itself licensed: ask which laboratory will actually be handling your eggs and embryos.

What a licence guarantees, and what it does not

A licence guarantees a framework: a medical director, a compliant embryology laboratory, reporting to the Authority, and compliance with the law on donation and consent. It does not guarantee that the clinic is right for you, nor that its success rates are good. To find this out, ask the questions set out in choosing an IVF clinic abroad and prepare for your first consultation.

What about agencies and coordinators?

Let’s be transparent, as this is my profession. Agencies and patient coordinators are not licensed by the Authority: they do not carry out any medical procedures. A reputable coordinator will tell you which clinics they work with, how they are paid, and will let you check the clinic’s licence yourself. Be wary of anyone who refuses to name the clinic before you have paid.

Warning signs

• A clinic that cannot be found in the register, or whose name changes from one page to the next.
• Success rates without a denominator: ‘80 per cent success rate’ without specifying per transfer, per egg retrieval, or for which age group (see how to interpret success rates).
• A ‘baby guarantee’ or a promise of a refund without written conditions.
• The promise of being able to choose a donor from a photograph: Greek law entrusts the matching process to the clinic.
• Surrogacy offered to a patient living abroad: since Law 5197/2025, it is restricted to people resident in Greece (see surrogacy in Greece).
• A request for payment in cash or into a personal account, without an invoice.
• No written quote, or a quote lacking details of medication, freezing and storage.

My approach

I only work with licensed clinics that I know, and I always provide their names from the very first conversation, so that you can check them yourself in the register. If you already have a clinic in mind, send me its name: I will tell you what I know about it, even if I am not familiar with it.

Frequently asked questions

Triada Baloukoudis
Independent IVF patient coordinator in Thessaloniki, with 24 years of experience supporting patients travelling from abroad. More · Contact · Facebook