GREECE Law and Practice Contributed by: Ilias Anagnostopoulos and Alexandros Tsagkalidis, Anagnostopoulos
Anagnostopoulos 6, Patriarchou Ioakeim,
106 74, Athens, Greece.
Tel: +30 210 7292010 Fax: +30 210 7292015 Email: contact@iag.gr Web: www.iag.gr
1. Legal Framework 1.1 International Conventions Greece has ratified all major anti-bribery and anti-corruption international conventions: • the UN Convention Against Corruption (Law 3666/2008); • the Council of Europe Criminal Law Conven - tion on Corruption and Additional Protocol (Law 3560/2007); • the Council of Europe Civil Law Convention on Corruption (Law 2957/2001); • the EU Convention on the Protection of the European Communities’ Financial Interests (Law 2803/2000); • the EU Convention Against Corruption Involv - ing Officials of the European Communities or Officials of Member States of the European Union (Official Journal C195 of 25 June 1997) (Law 2802/2000); and • the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Convention on Combat - ing Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (Law 2656/1998).
1.2 National Legislation The main anti-bribery and anti-corruption provi - sions of Greek legislation are to be found in the Greek Criminal Code (GCC) (Articles 159–159A and 235–238) as well as in the anti-money laun - dering legislation (Law 4557/2018). 1.3 Guidelines for the Interpretation and Enforcement of National Legislation Although not binding, the case law of the Greek Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) may be used as a means of interpreting the Greek criminal pro - visions. Moreover, several enforcement agen - cies and regulatory bodies have issued guide - lines over the years in respect of anti-corruption regulation, best practices, signs of irregularity of transactions, etc. In addition to the guidelines issued by regulatory bodies (eg, the Bank of Greece, the Hellenic Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), the Capital Market Commission), business associations in sensitive industries (eg, health - care) are proposing guidelines to their mem - bers, recommending best practices, evaluating market statistics, sharing experience from other jurisdictions, etc.
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