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

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

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

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

Environmental Pollution Liability and Insurance – The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Speech delivered by Dr. K. Noussia at the Max Planck Institute for Private Law, in terms of the “2010 Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs” Series; Hamburg 27 Oct. 2010) The financial impact of the April 20th, 2010 explosion and sinking of the “Deepwater Horizon”...Read More

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

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