Entries by kpapastergiou

CJEU, C-233/23, Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Italy Srl v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato

Abuse of a dominant position under Article 102 TFEU in the context of a digital market. The refusal by an undertaking holding a dominant position, which has developed a digital platform, to grant access to that platform to a third-party undertaking that has developed an application—thereby preventing interoperability between the platform and the application—may constitute […]

Plenary of the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece 146/2025:Unconstitutionality of the incentive system of the New Building Regulation of Greece

The Council of State ruled that these provisions, in themselves, do not degrade the environment, as they are accompanied by counterbalances, such as the reduction of building coverage and the increase of public spaces. However, it deemed unconstitutional the ability of building authorities to issue permits deviating from the local urban planning framework. Furthermore, the […]

The draft law of the Ministry of Tourism entitled: “Establishment of specifications for short-term rental properties, environmental classification of accommodation, simplification of the procedure for the establishment of tourism businesses and specific provisions for the control and strengthening of the framework of tourism infrastructure” was put to public consultation. A major breakthrough for the housing problem that residents of the major cities of Greece encounter.

ECtHR Tsiolis v Greece (19.11.2024): the case law of the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece on the admissibility conditions for appeals violates the right of access to court.

ECtHR Tsiolis v Greece (19.11.2024): the case law of the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece on the admissibility conditions for appeals violates the right of access to court. The Supreme Administrative Court of Greece rejected his appeal for non-compliance with the admissibility requirements, considering that the issue of the compatibility of the contested provisions with […]

Single Member Court of Appeals of Thessaloniki 1320/2024: Income Taxation Code; Undistributed surplus of foreign exchange capital upon revocation of the operating license of a foreign shipping company established in Greece

Τhe list of categories of gross income subject to taxation stipulated by the Greek Income Taxation Code is exhaustive and not indicative, and it is not possible to apply them in a proportional or broad interpretation manner to categories of income other than those expressly mentioned.

CJEU C-264/23: Best price clauses in online accommodation booking platforms are not in principle contrary to EU competition law

In 2020 Booking.com brought an action before the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Amsterdam District Court, the Netherlands), which is the referring court in the present case, seeking a judgment that the best price clauses which it uses do not infringe Article 101 TFEU and that the defendants in the main proceedings have not suffered damage as a […]

Supreme Administrative Court of Greece 791/2023: Journalistic broadcasts. Impermissible transmission of original documents of criminal proceedings (extracts of forensic and toxicological reports).

Balancing the public interest in informing the public with the public interest in preserving the secrecy of the criminal proceedings; in the present case, it was not necessary in order to inform the public to reproduce and present extensively extracts from documents and reports of the criminal proceedings (forensic and toxicological reports), accompanied by relevant […]

CJEU of 11.7.24, C-554/21, C-622/21 and C-727/21: Independence of judges and effective judicial protection in areas governed by Union law

Following a petition by the Visoki trgovački sud, Croatian Court of Appeal for Commercial Disputes, in Financijska agencija v HANN-INVEST d.o.o. (C 554/21), MINERAL-SEKULINE d.o.o. (C 622/21) and UDRUGA KHL MEDVEŠČAK ZAGREB (C 727/21), concerning the interpretation of Article 19(1)(b) TEU and Article 47 TFEU, the CJEU has held that Article 19(b) TEU must be […]