Athina Kontogianni
Lecturer, Greek Civil Law
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School of Law
Department of Law
Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution | Department |
PhD Civil Law | 2005 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Law |
MA | 1999 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Law |
BA Law | 1997 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Law |
Period of employment | Employer | Location | Position | |
From | To | |||
2015 | today | National Commission of Human Rights which is an independent advisory body to the Greek Prime Minister | Athens | Acting member |
2009 | 2012 | Hellenic Parliament | Athens | Research Fellow |
Year | Title | Other authors | Journal and Publisher / Conference | Vol./Year | Pages |
2006 | “Contributory negligence in Greek Civil Law”, ed. Ant., N. | Sakkoulas (Athens – Komotini) | 376 | ||
1999 | “The legal operation of the assignment under the factoring contract” in Business & Company Law | Business and Company Law | 1999 | 376-383 | |
2000 | “Directive 1999/44/EC on the sale of consumer goods and the provision of guarantees”, in Critical Review of Law Theory & Practice | Scientific Journal of Critical Review of Legal Theory and Practice | 2000 | 145-191 | |
2003 | “Common principles of European private Law on contributory negligence of the injured party. A comparative overview of the concept, conditions and legal consequences of contributory negligence using the example of Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, France and England”, in “Common Principles of European Private Law“, Schulze/Ajani (Hrsg.), Baden – Baden | Schulze/Ajani | Collective Tome «Common Principles of European Private Law», Schulze/Ajani (Hrsg.), Baden – Baden. | 2003 | 145-177 |
2018 | Online Dispute Resolution of consumer disputes after Directive 2013/11/EE and Regulation 524/2013, in Business & Company Law | Business and Company Law | 2018 | 450-461 |
Date | Topic | International / Local | Location* | Role in Exhibition |
2014 | Annual Report of the Independent Authority “Hellenic Consumers Ombudsman” | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
2015 | Annual Report of the Independent Authority “Hellenic Consumers Ombudsman” | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
2016 | Annual Report of the Independent Authority “Hellenic Consumers Ombudsman” | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
2017 | Annual Report of the Independent Authority “Hellenic Consumers Ombudsman” | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
2018 | Annual Report of the Independent Authority “Hellenic Consumers Ombudsman” | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
2014 | Annual Report of the European Consumer Centre Greece | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
2015 | Annual Report of the European Consumer Centre Greece | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
2016 | Annual Report of the European Consumer Centre Greece | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
2017 | Annual Report of the European Consumer Centre Greece | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
2018 | Annual Report of the European Consumer Centre Greece | Greece | Athens | Coordination-Supervision |
Date | Title | Funded by | Project Role* |
1999-2000 | Member of the European Commission Programme for the Consolidation of Civil Law and the Formulation of a Common European Civil Code. | European Commission | Researcher (Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany) |
2001-2005 | Assistant to a research programme on European Civil Law and Consumer Protection under the auspices of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Special Funding and Research Account of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Researcher (Athens) |
2014-2019 | European Program for the Consumer Protection 2014-2010 | European Commission | Program Leader / Director (Athens and regular meetings in Brussels) |
September 2018-2019 | Conflict Resolution with Equitative Algorithms (C.R.E.A.) | European Commission | Researcher (Athens) |
Period | Organization | Title of Position or Service | Key Activities |
2009-2010 | Association of Prefectural Authorities | Legal Advisor | Legal support for the organization and operation of the second level Local Government in Greece |
1999-2000 | Ministry of Justice of the Hellenic Republic | Member of the legislative committee on Family Law reform | Assisted Reproduction Issues |
2016 | Ministry of Economy and Development of the Hellenic Republic | Member of the legislative committee for the reform of Consumer Protection Law | Recommendation on key changes in Greek Consumer Protection legislation and legal drafting of a number of new law provisions |
2015-2019 | National Commission on Human Rights | Replacement member | Providing opinion on human rights protection issues |
2009-today | Hellenic Parliament | Research Fellow to the Scientific Council | Legal drafting and reporting on draft laws, in particular on Civil Law |
2015-2019 | National Consumer and Market Council | Replacement member | Proposals and opinions on all aspects of market functioning and development |
2019-today | Advisory Board of the Greek National Organization of Medicines | Member | Public health protection concerning medicines, cosmetics, food supplements, animal medicines and alimentation, biodical products and medical devices. |
2021-today | Supervisory Board of the Greek National Authority of Medical Assisted Reproduction | Member | Supervision of Fertility and Assisted Reproduction Clinics and control the safe functioning of the different related clinics and organizations, proposal of the relevant scientific, legal and moral framework. |
Date | Title | Awarded by: |
1998-2000 | Scholar awardee of the State Scholarship Foundation | State Scholarship Foundation |
1999-2000 | Scholar awardee of the European Commission - Program for the Consolidation of Civil Law and the Formulation of a Common European Civil Code | European Commission |
2019 | Elected rapporteur for Greece before the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection on the European Commission Proposal “New Agreement for Consumers” | European Parliament – IMCO |
Date | Title | Key Activities: |
2004-2009 | Research Fellow to the Minister of Interior - Hellenic Republic | Legal support to the Minister on matters of public administration and local government issues |
2000-2001 | Executive Research Staff at the Office of the Minister of Justice-Hellenic Republic | Legal Support to the Minister on Civil Law reformation |
2003-2005 | Scientific collaborator in teaching B (research) direction of the Postgraduate Program of Studies in the A Division of Private Law of the University of Athens School of Law | Teaching European Civil Law, with an emphasis on Consumer Protection Law |
2012-2014 | Executive Advisor to the Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection | Legal Support to the Minister on Public Administration, Asylum and Refugees |
2018-today | Member of the Committee of the “Hellenic Association for European Law” | Promoting research activity in the field of European Law (the notion of responsibility in the European Civil Law) and publication of the quarterly journal "European Law" (Law Library) |
2005-today | Member of the Association of Greek Civil Law | Critical approach and research of ccurrent issues related to Civil Law |