The European Commission has revised its rules for the assessment of co-operation agreements between competitors, so called horizontal co-operation agreements. The new rules, which consist of the Horizontal Guidelines and…

A draft of the proposed text of the new Law, which will replace altogether the existing Law 703/1997 and its modifications, has been made available to the public. The draft…

Law 3898/2010, in force as of 16-12-2010, implements Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and…

By decision No.495/VI/2010 of 15 July 2010, the HCC found that Carrefour Marinopoulos SA violated articles 1 and 2a Law 703/77 and 101 EU Treaty. According to the HCC, specific…

Under the latest tax reform, in particular the provisions of Law 3842/23-4-2010, the exemption from VAT on legal services is abolished with effect as of July 1st. This change affects…

A new block exemption Regulation (EU No 330/2010) and Guidelines for vertical agreements came into force on 1 June 2010, following expiry of the previous Regulation 2790/1999. Main changes in…

Greece’s Council of State and the Supreme Court of Civil and Penal law (Areios Pagos) both had examined whether the measure of detention for public debts runs afoul the Constitution,…

By decision 468/VI/2009, the Hellenic Competition Commission defined the contents of the notification of concentrations under article 4a L.703/77 (concentrations notified within a month from implementation) and issued the relevant…

Law 3784/2009, published in the Government’s Gazette on 7 August 2009 (in force as of 30 days from publication), has amended a number of provisions of law 703/1977 on free…

By decision No.560/2009 (regular procedure) the multi-member CFI of Patra found in favour of the plaintiff -a software company, granting it exclusive ownership of IP rights over a computer software…