(Financial Regulation briefing – February 2017 / Download: Financial Regulation briefing) For the majority of European citizens, the acquisition of residential immovable property represents the most important purchase in their life, while at the same time the European mortgage credit market constitutes an essential part of the European economy. For those reasons, the European Commission...Read More

Recent developments in natural gas sector (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides and Stavroula Antoniou, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on February 6, 2017) Introduction Unlike in most other EU countries, natural gas became part of the Greek market only recently following the launch of organised commercial import of natural...Read More

Energy News – 45th Issue-Recent Developments on RES Sector Energy Markets EU: Second Report on the State of Energy Union Electricity EU: ENTSO-E Recommendations on Cooperation with Third-Country TSOs Oil & Gas EnC: CESEC Action Plan 2.0 First Monitoring Report Competition-State Aid EU: The Court Rejected Italian RES Measure in Case Portovesme Renewables Ukraine: Recent...Read More

Capital Markets & Financial Regulation News – Regulation on anti-market abuse January 2017 Newsflash Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and Greek Law 4443/2016 on anti-market abuse The EU law on anti-market abuse, as set out by the Directive 2003/6/EC (the so-called MAD), has been replaced by Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (the so-called MAR) and the Directive 2014/57/EU (the...Read More

Rokas (Belgrade) successfully represented a client in the process of awarding of EUR 3.4 million government investment incentives Textile company from Bangladesh, Pretty Group signed a government investment agreement on the allocation of EUR 3.4 million worth of incentives for launching a production textile facility in Sombor, which will create 1,100 jobs. The signing was...Read More

Energy News – 44th Issue-Regulation of the Second Electricity Term Products (NOME) Auction ELECTRICITY Greece: Regulation of the Second Electricity Term Products (NOME) Auction Greece: Electricity Distribution Network Code AdoptedEU/CEER: Guidelines on Electricity Distribution Network TariffsBulgaria: World Bank Report on Recovery and Liberalization of Bulgarian Power SectorCroatia: CROPEX PublishedAmendments to the Rules of Trading –Introducing...Read More

Workshop, on the topic of the UK Insurance Law Reforms On 14/12/2016 in Athens, Greece (Electra Palace Hotel) a workshop, was jointly organised and held by the University of Exeter Law School, UK (academic partner) and Rokas Law Firm (non-academic partner) on the topic of the UK Insurance Law Reforms. The workshop is a continuation...Read More

Energy News – 43rd Issue-Press Release on Sale of DESFA Energy Markets EU: Winter Package on Governance of the Energy Unionother news:ŒEU/Ukraine: New Agreement on Strategic Energy PartnershipŒEU: Commission’s Report on Energy Prices and Costs across EuropeŒEU: Public Consultation of CEER on Energy LossesŒEU: MoU on Energy Cooperation between the EU and the EBRDŒSerbia: EMS...Read More

New support scheme for RES and CHP producers (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides and Stefania Chatzichristofi, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on November 14, 2016) Introduction In August 2016 Law 4414/2016 (under the title New Support Scheme for Power Plants Using Renewable Energy Sources and Co-generation of Electricity and...Read More

Arbitration News – Supreme Court rules on scope of arbitration agreements (Article by Dr. A. Tsavdaridis, published in the Arbitration & ADR Newsletter of the ILO on November 10, 2016) An arbitration agreement which covers future disputes or differences arising out of the initial agreement also covers future disputes or differences arising out of subsequent...Read More