A four-day training seminar for Judicial and Prosecutorial Officials on enforcement of European Competition Law has been successfully completed on Friday October 2, 2015.
The “Training Seminar for National Judges in Greece on Enforcement of EU Competition Law” organized by the European Public Law Organization ( EPLO) was held from September 29 to October 2, 2015, in Athens. The event was organised in close cooperation with the Hellenic Competition Commission and the Association of Greek Judges and Prosecutors.
The Seminar provided in depth and practical training to 53 Greek judges and prosecutors on the key issues involved in the enforcement of EU Competition Law in Greece, including merger control, state aid rules, public and private enforcement, and sector specific issues. The judges and prosecutors participating to the Seminar belonged to the Hellenic Council of State, the Administrative Court of Appeal of Athens, and the Civil Courts of Athens and the provinces.
The Seminar is part of the 14-month project “Training of National Judges in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Greece on Enforcement of EU Competition Law”, funded by the European Commission - Directorate-General for Competition, and implemented by EPLO in partnership with the Human Resource Development and Innovation Center, the Center for Continuing Education at the Law Faculty of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, the Institute of Studies in Competition Law and Policy (IMEDIPA), the Hellenic Competition Commission and the Association of Greek Judges and Prosecutors
All participants were granted a certificate of attendance.
