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Data Protection Day
On 26 April 2006, the Council of Europe decided to launch a Data Protection Day to be celebrated each year on 28 January, the date on which the Council of Europe’s data protection convention, known as “Convention 108”, was opened for signature.
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Subsidy for the conversion of part-time to full-time employment contracts
Incentives are given through the newly introduced Law 4997/2022, to employers for the conversion of part-time employment contracts to full-time employment contracts. The key points are the following…
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Planning Your Whistleblower Program: 6 Questions To Ask
Law 4990/2022 transposed EU Directive 2019/1937 into Greek law for the protection of persons reporting breaches of EU law, introducing provisions for the protection of whistleblowers from reprisals, the obligation to appoint an Officer responsible for receiving and handling the reports, and…
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Online Establishment of a Sole Proprietorship
From January 13, 2023, the commencement of an individual business will now be able to be carried out through a special electronic application, accessible through the Unified Digital Portal of the Public Administration …
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Back-to-Back financing arrangements retroactively terminated
The Commissioner of Taxation issued Circular 1/2023, which states that the provisions relating to “back-to-back” financing arrangements are retroactively terminated as of 31 December 2021. Based on the above, the application of the simplification measures on the intra-group “back-to-back”…
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R&D Incentives Reference Guide
Activities related to research, development, and innovation (R&D&I) are crucial for enterprises. A large proportion of corporations is engaged in research, development, and innovation (R&D&I) activities since an innovative approach is inevitable for long-term success. However, most of them are unfamiliar with the concept of R&D…
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Central Register of Beneficial Owners: Not in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
With Law 4557/2018 “Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering from Criminal Activities and the Financing of Terrorism” (the “Law”) which entered into force on 30.07.2018 as is known, the European Directive 2015/849 was incorporated into the Greek legal order, which provided for the introduction…
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Protection of Persons who Report Violations of EU Law
On December 16th, 2019, EU Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of whistleblowers (“persons who report breaches of Union Law”) entered into force. Two years later, the deadline for member states, including Greece, to incorporate the European Directive on the protection of whistleblowers expired.
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The M&A market in Europe: 2022 and expectations
In 2021, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market in Europe exceeded all expectations, setting a record that will be hard to beat.The circumstances were indeed favorable: after a pandemic in which the economy suffered an unexpected halt, factors such as economic growth due
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DAC 7: New reporting/information obligations for digital platform operators
According to the law, non-cooperative states are those that are not member states of the European Union, their situation, regarding the transparency and exchange of information in tax matters, has been examined by the Organization for Economic Co-operation …
