Arbitration News-Hague Service Convention Does not Apply to Arbitration Documents (Article by Dr. A. Tsavdaridis, published in the Arbitration Newsletter of the ILO on August 22, 2013) Facts In 2008 a Chinese company entered into two agreements for the sale of around 60 tons of pistachio nuts to a Greek company. Although the Chinese company...Read More

Energy News – 3d Issue- electricity price in Greece Energy Markets EU: MoU regarding implementation of REMIT concluded between ACER and NRAs Electricity Greece: Reform of the electricity wholesale marketGreece: PPC privatisation – further stepsGreece: Developments in the electricity price in Greece In order to cut down the deficit incurred by Greece’s market operator LAGIE,...Read More

Energy News – 2nd Issue Some of them follow below ELECTRICITY Backloading of carbon permits approved by the European Parliament The European Parliament adopted on July 3 the amended proposal of the European Commission to withhold theauction of 900 million emissions permits in the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) for the period2013-2015 and reintroduce...Read More

Energy News – 1st Issue of June 2013 Some of them follow below ELECTRICITY Restructuring and privatization of PPC On May 15 the restructuring and privatization plan for the Public Power Corporation (PPC) was made public by theGreek Government. Three main steps are envisaged in this direction: a. separation of the operator of the electricitytransmission...Read More

     Rokas (Bucharest) internship programme I.K. Rokas & Partners – Constantinescu, Radu & Ionescu SPRL (RCRI), member of Rokas international network launches an internship programme, open to law students being in the 3rd or the 4th year.  Motivated and dynamic students with strong English knowledge, willing to make a career in business law, are welcome...Read More

Subsidiary Capital for MTPL a New Model for its Financing After the Law 4092-2012 By the sole article of Law 4147/1961, Greece has ratified the European Convention of Strasbourg on compulsory insurance againstcivil liability in respect of motor vehicles, MTPL Model, dated 20 April 1959. By the aforesaid ratification, the Convention has become an integral...Read More

Report on the Legal Framework of Electricity Generation from Wind Power in Serbia The scope of this report – provided by IKRP i partneri d.o.o. Beograd (member of Rokas international network) – is to present the legal regime framework related to the generation of electricity from wind power in the Republic of Serbia, some of...Read More

Arbitration News – Supreme Court Supports Validity of Award Upholding Amended Claim (Article by Dr. A. Tsavdaridis, published in the Arbitration Newsletter of the ILO on February 7, 2013) he Supreme Court recently held that amended claim or counterclaim ininternational arbitration is admissible, provided that a series of requirements –pertaining to the parties’ agreement, the...Read More

Report on the Legal Framework of the Insurance Sector in Albania The scope of this report – by Rokas (Tirana) – is to present the legal regime framework related to insurance in the Republic of Albania, some of them follow below REGULATION The insurance sector is governed by Law no. 9267, date 29.07.2004 “On the...Read More

Report on Legal Framework of the Insurance Sector in Ukraine The scope of this report – by Rokas (Kiev) – is to present the legal regime framework related to insurance in Ukraine, some of them follow below INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE COMPANIES, BRANCH OFFICES OF FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES AND DIRECT PROVISION OF INSURANCE SERVICES, WHEN APPLICABLE...Read More