(Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on January 15, 2018) Download:Energy Exchange operations expected in 2018Read More

Energy News – 56th Issue ENERGY MARKETSEnC: Latest decisions of the Energy Community SecretariatOn 14 December 2017, during the 15th Ministerial Council of the Energy Community, the Contracting Parties (CPs) adopted the Recommendation 2018/1/MC-EnC on the development of integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) (“Recommendation”) that were proposed by the European Commission. The aim...Read More

Energy News – 55th Issue ENERGY MARKETSGreece: Public Consultation on the Draft Law on Energy ExchangeOn 1 December 2017, the Ministry of Energy and Environment launched a public consultation regarding the Draft Energy Exchange Law. The Draft Law regulates the establishment of the Energy Exchange which will operate the Day-ahead and the Intraday Electricity Markets,...Read More

Energy News – 54th Issue ENERGY MARKETSENC: Annual Implementation Report for the period 2016 –2017 On 15 October 2017, the Energy Community Secretariat (EnC Secretariat) published its Annual Implementation Report for 2016 – 2017 (“Report”). The Report which covers the period from 1 September 2016 until 1 September 2017, provides analysis of the progress achieved...Read More

In May 2017, a company of the Yannis & Tina Daskalantonakis Group, acquired the management of the well known Park Inn Hotel in Sofia, succeeding Rezidor of the Radisson Group. The new management’s legal representation in the negotiation and signing of the management agreement was undertaken by Rokas’ Athens and Sofia law firms.Read More

Download: New international hydrocarbons offshore tenders launched for Crete and Ionian SeaRead More

Energy News – 53d Issue ENERGY MARKETSEU/ ACER – CEER: 2016 Annual Market Monitoring Reports: On 6 October 2017, the ACER-CEER jointlypublished the 2016 Wholesale Market Monitoring Reports. The Annual Reports on the Results of Monitoring the Internal Electricity and Natural Gas Markets consist of four volumes: Gas Wholesale Market Volume; Electricity Wholesale Market Volume;...Read More

Our partner, Dr. Christina Tarnanidou, Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at Athens University of Economics and Business, has concluded successfully under her Presidency in the Statutory Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Hellenic Republic, the Draft Law for the implementation of the Regulation (EU) 909/2014 “on improving securities settlement in the European Union...Read More

Energy News – 52nd Issue ENERGY MARKETSEnC: Implementation of the EU acquis on VAT On 28 August 2017, the Energy Community (EnC) Secretariat published a study analysing the need for implementation of EU acquis on value-added-tax (VAT) in the EnC’s Contracting Parties (CP). The key findings of the Study support the harmonization of CPs legislation...Read More

Energy News – 51st Issue OIL & GASEU: Court of Justice Judgement for the Poland Case T 883/16 On 21 July 2017, the press release no. 83/17 was published regarding the judgement of the ECJ for the Case T 883/16 by which the President of the General Court rejected the applications of Poland for a...Read More