GREEK LAW DIGEST

15 Forewords ............................................................... 7 GREECE GENERAL INFORMATION ........................ 22 USEFUL INSIGHTS OF THE GREEK ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ................................. 25 VISA & RESIDENCE PERMITS ............................... 43 JUDICIAL SYSTEM PROCEDURE BEFORE CIVIL COURTS EGNA E.G. Navridis & Associates Law Firm ...........50 PROCEDURE BEFORE CRIMINAL COURTS Anagnostopoulos .....................................................57 PROCEDURES BEFORE EUROPEAN COURTS Christianos & Partners Law Firm ............................65 ΤHE ACTIVATION OF THE “PRELIMINARY REFERENCE PROCEDURE” BEFORE THE GREEK COURTS Manolis Perakis ........................................................71 INTERIM REMEDIES & PRECAUTIONARY MEAS- URES UNDER GREEK CIVIL PROCEDURAL LAW Giannouzi & Associates Law Offices ......................76 EVIDENCE IN THE GREEK CIVIL CRIMINAL & ADMINISTRATIVE LAW C. Papacostopoulos & Associates Law Firm, Member of KPMG network .....................................83 ENFORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm ..............91 ORDER FOR PAYMENT EGNA E.G. Navridis & Associates Law Firm .........100 EXTRADITION, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION & CROSS-BORDER CRIME Androulakis & Associates Law Office ..................105 BUSINESS & CORPORATE CRIME Androulakis & Associates Law Office ..................112 ARBITRATION & ADR ARBITRATION IN GREECE DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL Gregoriou & Associates Law Firm .......................120 ADMISSIBILITY & PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION G. C. Economou & Associates ...............................128 ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS & FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS IN GREECE Meidanis, Seremetakis & Associates Law Firm ...134 MEDIATION IN GREECE Meidanis, Seremetakis & Associates Law Firm ...140 ADR METHODS IN THE GREEK LEGAL SYSTEM EODID Athens Mediation & Arbitration Organization ..........................................................145 ASPECTS OF GREEK CIVIL LAW DIVORCE PotamitisVekris Law Firm ......................................150 SURROGACY PROCEEDINGS IN GREECE after the implementation of Law 4272/2014 NOMOS Law Firm ..................................................155 PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY & CUSTODY Giannouzi & Associates Law Offices ....................160 WILLS & ESTATES DISPUTES A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm ............165 CITIZENS & THE STATE POLICE & CITIZENS/RIGHTS & OBLIGATIONS C. Papacostopoulos & Associates Law Firm, Member of KPMG network ...................................172 THE GREEK GOLDEN VISA PROGRAM: RESIDENCE PERMIT BY INVESTMENT (LAW 4251/2014) Alexandropoulou Law Firm ...................................178 CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL SOCIETE ANONYME - COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES: GENERAL PROVISIONS, ADMINISTRATION & GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION Kyriakides Georgopoulos (KG) Law Firm .............184 Contents