Institutional law – issues of European Union

  • Obligations of an EU Agency towards a former member of the temporary staff of that Agency under EU Staff Regulations and obligation of said Agency to implement the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in its workplace (prohibition of incidents of harassment and discrimination based on race) – (2020)
  • Privileges and immunities of staff employed in an Agency of the EU according to the provisions of its Seat Agreement (2019)
  • Extra-contractual liability of an EU agency in its cooperation with national authorities of member states (2018)
  • Contractual and extra-contractual liability of an EU agency and its staff (2017)
  • Prevention and management of risks of conflict of interest in the framework of an EU agency (2017)
  • Relocation of the seat of an EU agency (2016)
  • Legal opinion on the Convention defining the Statute of the European schools (2012)
  • Compatibility with EU law of a special contribution imposed on EU employees (2009)

Competition and Internal Market

  • Compatibility with competition law of a company’s promotional strategy (2017)
  • Examination of a potential violation of competition law with regard to a Settlement Agreement between the State and a private company (2017)
  • Restrictions in the exercise of the profession of a bailiff (2015)
  • Compatibility with competition law of an exclusivity clause (2011)
  • Interpretation of the terms “direct and special participation in the exercise of public power” – notaries (2010)
  • Gambling, Lotteries and Bets in European Union Law (2006)
  • Vertical Agreements in Car Distribution and Competition Law Provisions (2005)
  • Road Assistance Insurance (Competition law, disclosure of documents) – (2004)

State Aid

  • Assessment of the mechanism of automatic offset of pharmaceutical expenditure (clawback) with research and development costs etc. in light of EU law on state aid (2021)
  • Compatibility with EU law on state aid of provisions of a draft contract between the Hellenic Republic and a Greek mining company regarding the latter’s taxing obligations and rights (2020)
  • Legality of the increase of the share capital of a public undertaking and exercise of public power (2018)
  • Compatibility of an agreement of debt settlement in the light of EU law on state aid (2017)
  • Binding nature of an agreement between undertakings in the light of EU law on state aid (2013)
  • Financing of Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) in the light of EU law on state aid (2013)
  • Legality of the increase of the share capital of a public undertaking in the light of EU law on state aid (2011)
  • Recovery of State Aids (2005)

EU grants

  • Right of a legal entity which participates as partner in a project funded by the EU to dispose funds from this grant exclusively for the particular project or for other business purposes (2019)

Financial Institutions Capital Market

  • Conditions for the provision of cross-border services of financial institutions and the consequences of their absence (2019)
  • Compatibility with EU law of clauses included in household loans concluded in swiss francs (2017)
  • Compatibility with EU law of a national legal provision in relation to DTA/DTC (2016)
  • Examination of decrees of the Cyprian government on CPB in the light of EU law (2015)
  • Procedural Privileges of Banks in the light of European Law (issues: competition, state aids, freedom of establishment and services) – (2005)

Corporate Law

  • Legal nature of a construction contract for a private project and aspects of tax law and social security law (2018)
  • Suspension of an e-shop and hosting agreement (2018)
  • Compatibility with EU law on privatization of public enterprise (2016)
  • Decision by Associations of Undertakings – Infringement of Competition Law (2006)
  • Corporate Mergers – Abuse of Right (2004)

Public Procurement

  • Compliance with decision delivered by ECJ which acknowledges a breach of EU law on public procurement (2019)
  • Nature of the contractual relationship between an institution of higher education and online search and social networking platforms for the promotion of the former’s programmes (2018)
  • Procurement procedure for the award of legal services of a company in the defence sector (2018)
  • Award procedures to be followed by a natural gas supplier (2017)
  • Exclusive rights attributed to a contracting entity in the special sectors and public procurement procedures (2016)
  • Procurement procedure for the award of legal services under Law 4281/2014 (2015)
  • Competences of EAADHSY in relation to the negotiated procedure (2013)
  • Concept of supplementary and unforeseen works within the meaning of presidential decree no. 59/2007 (2013)
  • Compatibility with EU law of compensatory benefits in the defence sector (2011)
  • Compatibility with EU law with regard to the addition of a subcontractor following the signing of a contract (2011)
  • Revision of a draft contract before the Hellenic Court of Auditors (2011)
  • Compatibility with EU law of a contract notice in relation to the use of financial and technical capacity of third parties (2011)
  • Conflict of interests and award procedures in the special sectors (2010)
  • Concession contract of port installations and EU public procurement law (2009)
  • Public Procurement in Energy Law (2008)
  • Participation of financial operators by using the technical capabilities of other entities under Article 54 (6) of Directive 2004/17/EC (2007)
  • Replacement of supplier/subcontractor during the execution of a public works contract (2007)
  • Interpretation of Article 40 (3) (c) of Directive 2004/17/EC and negotiated procedure (2006)
  • Amendments of Public Procurement Contracts after their conclusion (2005)
  • Public Procurement and European Union Provisions of Public Order (in collaboration with Professor K. Kerameus) – (2003)

Energy

  • Examination of the compatibility of a gas pricing method with EU competition law (2021)
  • Compliance with EU law for the establishment of a fully liberalised internal market of the activities of Greek electricity suppliers’ acting as representatives of the Transmission System Operator and of the Operator of Electricity System (2019)
  • Examination of the legality of a gas pricing method in the light of national and EU law (2018)
  • Examination of barriers to the supply and import of natural gas (2017)
  • Interpretation of the terms “consumption site” in the natural gas sector (2015)
  • Services of General Economic Interest in the electricity sector (2012)
  • Obligation to supply services of general interest in the internal electricity market (2011)
  • Interpretation of international public order in relation to an arbitration judgment in the natural gas sector (2011)

Transports

  • Compatibility with EU law of the tax treatment (VAT) of an undertaking in the transport sector (2011)
  • Financing of the Flight Coordination Authority (2009)

Consumer protection

  • Examination of the compatibility of the guarantee policy of a company in the light of national and EU law (2014)

Employment and Social Security

  • Discrimination on the basis of the age of retirement (2009)
  • Compatibility of imposing the special levy on income of Article 18 of Law 3758/2009 with EU law, regarding the European Parliament employees and the EU employees in general (2009)
  • Comment on the case C-559/07 of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the national political and military pension systems and comparative study with regard to other member states regulation (2009)
  • Collective redundancies and European Union Law (2006)
  • Safeguard of pension rights of Bank employees (2005)

Common Agricultural Policy

  • Procedure and conditions for the supply of food to the homeless in the EU, financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (2013)
  • Compatibility with EU law of a draft law in relation to the production and trade of agricultural products (2011)
  • Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Issues – Regulations 1782/2003 and 864/2004 (2007)

Audits, Compliance & Regulatory

  • Audit procedures and procedural rights of the person under investigation in the framework of a World Bank investigation (2017)

Access to documents

  • Access to documents in light of regulation 1049/2001 and interpretation of the terms “investigation”, “internal use”, “overriding public interest” and “judicial procedures” (2016)

EU Staff Cases

  • Obligations of an EU Agency towards a former member of the temporary staff of that Agency under EU Staff Regulations and obligation of said Agency to implement the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in its workplace (prohibition of incidents of harassment and discrimination based on race) – (2020)
  • Extra-contractual liability of an EU agency in its cooperation with national authorities of member states (2018)
  • Contractual and extra-contractual liability of an EU agency and its staff (2017)
  • Prevention and management of risks of conflict of interest in the framework of an EU agency (2017)
  • Legal opinion on the Convention defining the Statute of the European schools (2012)
  • Compatibility with EU law of a special contribution imposed on EU employees (2009)

Taxation

  • Compatibility with EU law on state aid of provisions of a draft contract between the Hellenic Republic and a Greek mining company regarding the latter’s taxing obligations and rights (2020)
  • Right of deductibility of the VAT and adjustment of deductions of the tax at issue (2019)
  • Legal nature of a construction contract for a private project and aspects of tax law and social security law (2018)
  • Compatibility with EU law of the tax treatment (VAT) of an undertaking in the transport sector (2011)
  • Compatibility with EU law of a special contribution imposed on EU employees (2009)