8th AIDA Europe Conference Rokas (Athens) actively participated in the 8th AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances/International Insurance Law Association Europe) Europe Conference, titled “Landfall of theTech Storm”, which took place October 3 – 4, 2019 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. In particular, Alkistis Christofilou, Partner of Rokas (Athens), moderated the...Read More

Energy News – 65th Issue-Approval of the Updated Natural Gas Emergency Plan EU and EnCMarketƒCompliance with EU Law in 2018 ReportƒCommission Moves against MS for not Respecting EU Energy RulesƒTwo Reasoned Requests of the EnC Secretariat to the Ministerial CouncilElectricityƒACER no01/2019 RecommendationƒACER Methodology for Redispatching and Countertradingm in SEE RegionƒMoU on the Establishment of a...Read More

Schedule for competitive procedures in 2019 and 2020 (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner and Nikoleta Nikolaou – Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on August 5, 2019) Competitive procedure amendments In April 2019 the minister of environment and energy amended the competitive procedures for determining operating state...Read More

Brexit: Why Greece needs to introduce legislative measures (Article by Dr. Georgia Koutsoukou, published in the newspaper “Kathimerini” on August 5, 2019) The draft Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union was endorsed by the UK Government and the European Council on 25 November 2018. However, it has been voted...Read More

Energy News – 64th Issue-Legislative Acts Enacting the EU Clean Energy Package EU and EnCMarketƒLegislative Acts Enacting the EU Clean Energy PackageƒNational Energy Plans, Commission Comments, Increase of RES TargetsƒEnergy Charter Treaty ModernisationElectricityƒThe new Electricity Directive (EU) 2019/944 AdoptedƒThe New Electricity Market Regulation AdoptedƒEU Regulation on Risk-Preparedness of the Electricity SectorƒEU Regulation 2016/631 into Force...Read More

The book “The ‘Dematerialized’ Insurance’, Distance selling and Cyber Risks from an International Perspective”, by Professors P. Marano, I. Rokas, P. Kochenburger – Editors, is among the most downloaded eBooks in Springer’s respective 2018 Collection The book “The ‘Dematerialized’ Insurance”, Distance selling and Cyber Risks from an International Perspective”, edited by Professors P. Marano, I....Read More

Book-entry securities reform in Greece: National Law no 4569/2018 and CSDR (Article by Dr Christina Tarnanidou (Athens University of Economics and Business), Partner of Rokas Law Firm, published in Financial Regulation International, Volume 22, Issue 2, March 2019) Download: Book-entry securities reform in Greece_National Law no 4569_2018 and CSDRRead More

Participation of Rokas (Belgrade) energy expert Mr. Vuk Stankovic, at the RENEXPO International trade fair Energy, Waste & Water on 24 – 25 April 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia Rokas (Belgrade) energy expert and Vice president of the Serbian Energy Law Association Mr. Vuk Stankovic, successfully participated at the RENEXPO International trade fair Energy, Waste &...Read More

Energy News – 63d Issue-New Guidance on Environmental Protection in Oil and Gas Extraction EU and EnCMarketƒEU: Commission Adopts Recommendations on Cyber Security SectorƒEU: CEER Conclusions’ Paper on New Services and DSO InvolvementElectricityƒEnC: Policy Guidelines on Competition and Liquidity of Wholesale Electricity MarketƒEU: EEX Introduces New Products in Power, Freight and Emissions DerivativesOil & GasƒEU:...Read More

“Distribution of Insurance-Based Investment Products – the EU Regulation and the Liabilities”, by Professors P. Marano & I. Rokas – Editors, has been published by Springer Nature. The book examines a topic at the intersection of two heavily regulated sectors:  insurance and investment services. The first part of the book approaches the new standards applicable...Read More