Greek Electricity Market At Risk As a part of its obligations deriving from the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commission (EC), and the European Central Bank (ECB) in May 2010 and in order for financial support to be provided, Greece committed itself to adopt measures via a Presidential Decree and a...Read More

CDS & Indemnity Insurance From a legal point of view the private insurance contract in particular in indemnity insurances, and the contract of Credit Default Swaps (CDS) have a common essential characteristic: “the transfer of risk” from one person to another in return of a consideration. (Speech delivered by Prof. Dr. I. Rokas at the...Read More

On 22/23 April 2010 the Institute for Energy and Regulatory Law Berlin (Institut für Energie- und Regulierungsrecht Berlin, ENREG, www.enreg.eu) and the European Energy Forum (Europäisches Energie Forum, EUREF) organized an International Conference on energy law at the Gasometer Berlin, in the centre of an old decommissioned gasholder. Coordinator of the Conference was the Professor...Read More

Environment Law 2010 (Article in the 7th edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Environment Law 2010; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London – www.iclg.co.uk) Under article 24 of the Greek Constitution (Environmental Law) the protection of the natural environment is an obligation of the Greek State and a right of every Greek...Read More

(Article published in the newspaper “Kathimerini” on March 28, 2010) The European Union (EU) adopted the Directive 2009/28 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable energy sources (RES) in order to facilitate the use of RES for the production of electricity. The Directive has to be implemented in national law until 5/12/2010....Read More

Increase of Electricity Prices in the Liberalization Era The short- and long term consequences of the electricity market liberalization are not yet known to the consumers. The methodology of the determination of the tariffs for electricity consumption and the consumers’ rights to defend themselves in case of electricity price increases remain uncertain also. However, the...Read More