Piraeus to Become an Alternative Maritime Arbitration Centre (Article by Dr. A. Tsavdaridis, published in the newspaper “Naftemporiki” on June 5, 2012) IN THE CONTEXT of efforts to develop Piraeus as an international maritime centerproviding high quality services to shipping, exclusively by private initiative, the PiraeusAssociation for Maritime Arbitration Centre (PAMA) was founded in 2005....Read More

Rokas (Sofia) News Consumer Loans Disputes Rokas (Sofia),  has managed for a first time in Bulgaria (two previous decisions to the adversary effect under similar claims have received lots of publicity) to achieve a first-instance decision providing that under certain, set out clearly and in advance conditions, a unilateral increase of the interest rate under...Read More

Recent Developments in International Commercial Arbitration Dr. Antonios Tsavdaridis delivered a presentation titled “Recent developments in International Commercial Arbitration” in the colloquium hosted by the Economic Chamber of FYR of Macedonia on 23th of May jointly with Rokas Skopje. It was an excellent organization which met great success. For the presentation file, please Download:Read More

Opinion: Abuse of Dominant Position by Energy Transmission Systems Operators (Article published in the newspaper “Kathimerini” on February 11, 2012) Major developments and many structural changes take place for energy companies andmainly for the transmission systems owners and operators (TSOs). The networksconstitute the basic requirement for the existence of competition, since their users, i.e.electricity and...Read More

Opinion: Deregulation of the Wholesale Electricity Market (Article published in the newspaper “Kathimerini” on June 25, 2011, by Dr. Markela Stamati, LL.M., Senior Associate) The delay in the process of liberalisation of the Greek electricity market for over a decadehas an adverse effect on the development of trade between domestic or foreign producersand suppliers causing...Read More

Legal Aspects of Doing business in Montenegro 2011 (Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Montenegro, Second Edition – Juris Publishing, 2011 – Montenegro Chapter by IKRP Rokas & Partners and D. Radinovic Law Firm) Montenegro is a relatively new Mediterranean country, which declaredindependence from the state union with the Republic of Serbia on 3 June...Read More

Romania – considered amendment of the Emergency Government Ordinance no 113/2009 Rokas (Bucharest) The firm is currently handling the authorisation as “Payment Institution” with NBR, of a major player in consumer lending market in Romania, while the applicable legal provisions are under discussions for further amendment. According to the legal provisions issued in this respect, the...Read More

Exchange of Electricity Capacity from Lignite-Fired Power Plants The Greek Government has notified a proposal to the European Commission for electricity capacity exchange between lignite-fired power plants of PPC and foreign electricity generation companies with the aim to enhance competition on the national electricity market. According to a former Decision of the European Commission against...Read More

Important Amendments To The Romanian Law On Trade Marks Since 09.05.2010 Law 84/1998 regarding Romanian Law trade marks has been amended and the new version has entered into force. The new provisions are different from the previous applicable legal provisions in respect to the examination procedure of the requests for registration of a trade mark....Read More

Crucial Bancassurance Issues in Romania The modality of selling insurance products in conjunction with and as collateral of banking loans i.e. the enunciation of bancassurance activity in Romania entails the following elements/aspects and legal instruments (in force): • Insurance Law no. 32/2000 as further amended; • Insurance Supervision Commission (ISC)* Order no. 10/2007 approving the...Read More