On 14/3/2023, ZK Law Firm Partner, Mina Zoulovits, delivered an online seminar on “๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐-๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ (๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ)”. The seminar focused on the latest changes brought to the Greek legal framework following the introduction of various European Directives and Regulations. ZK Associate, Zoe Syrmakezi, joined the floor to present the new rules on the liability of intermediaries introduced by the Digital Services Act.
The seminar aimed at familiarizing attendees with the most topical legislative changes in the ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ, the ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ/๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ and the ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ and online intermediary service providers. We focused on consumer protection, following the adoption of the New Deal for Consumers Directives (2019/770/EU, 2019/771/EU, 2019/2161/EU) and also elaborated on the protection of recipients and business users, following the adoption of the Digital Services Act (DSA, Regulation 2022/2065/EU) and the Platform to Business Regulation (2019/1150/EU).
In the course of this 5-hour seminar, we covered the new legal framework on:
โ the sale of goods, according to the Greek Civil Code, including the sale of goods with digitalย elements
โ the sale of digital content and services, according to Law 4967/2022
โ distant sales and consumer protection through e-shops andย marketplaces, according to Laws 2251/1994 and 4933/2022
โ liability of online intermediaries according to the DSA, including that ofย #onlineย platforms and platforms for distant sales
โย obligations of intermediary service providers towards business users, according to theย P2Bย regulation
We would like to thankย Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation – Centre for European Constitutional Lawย for hosting us.
