Business in Greece. Investments in the Balkans

1. Introduction to the Hellenic Republic (EU)
2. Economy of Greece: The largest merchant marine in the world
3. Doing Business in Athens
4. Greek International Trade
5. Transport and Logistics
   1. Pan-European Transport Corridor IX (Finland-Greece)
6. Investment in Greece
7. Access to the Greek Market
8. Business Plan for Greece

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The educational aims of the Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Greece” are:

1. To analyze the Greek Economy, Logistics and Foreign Trade
2. To conduct research on business opportunities in the Greek Market
3. To research the trade relations of Greece with the student's country
4. To learn about Greek free trade agreements as a member of the European Union
5. To develop a business plan for the Greek Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Greece” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Languages: + Grecia Grece Grécia.

1. Subject Credits “Doing Business in Greece”: 1

Greek Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. Greece and the European Economic Area / Orthodox Economic Area
2. European Union
   1. As a member of EU, Greece is a beneficiary of EU Trade Agreements
   2. European Single Market
   3. The European Union Services Directive
   4. European Digital Single Market
   5. Economic and Monetary Union
   6. European Customs Union
3. Adriatic-Ionian Initiative
4. Black Sea Economic Cooperation
5. Regional Cooperation Council

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
4. Rotterdam Rules
5. CMR Convention
6. COTIF Convention
7. BIC
8. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
9. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
   1. Convention for Safe Containers
   2. Istanbul Convention
10. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
    1. TIR Convention
    Customs Convention on Containers - not a member
11. International Chamber of Commerce
12. International Chamber of Shipping
13. CIM / CIT Rules

European Trade and Economic Organizations of Greece

1. The European Union
2. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
3. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

1. United Nations
2. OECD
   1. OECD anti-corruption measures
3. World Bank
4. World Trade Organization (WTO)
5. International Monetary Fund
6. Asia-Europe Meeting

The Hellenic Republic (Europe).

1. Capital of Greece: Athens
2. Other important cities: Thessaloniki, Piraeus, Patras, Heraklion and Lárisa
3. Official Language of Greece: Greek
4. Area of Greece: 131,957 km²
5. Greek Population: 11 million people
6. Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic
7. Borders of Greece: Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey

Religion in Greece: Orthodoxy (Christianity)

Greece belongs to the Orthodox Economic Area (European Economic Area).

1. Greece became independent from the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in 1830
2. Greece, through the Roman empire, was the chrysalis of Western Civilization

Economy of Greece.

1. Greece is an advanced high-income Economy (WB)
2. The Hellenic Republic has suffered a deep economic crisis since 2008, although everything seems to indicate that slowly begins to overcome its crisis
3. Currency of Greece: Euro
4. Greece is a member of EU since 1981
5. Greece receives about 15.5 million tourists a year
6. Headquarters of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop): Thessaloniki

Greek Foreign Trade.

1. Greece is the main actor in the Balkans, with strong investments in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia. Many of these Investments are made into the banking sector
2. Top Greek exports are petroleum, aluminum, electrical equipment, pharmaceutical products, plastics, vegetables, fruits
3. Top Greek exports destinations are Italy, Germany, Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria
4. Main Greek imports are petroleum, electrical equipment, pharmaceutical products, machinery
5. Top suppliers of Greece: Germany, Italy, Iraq, China
6. As a member of EU, Greece is a beneficiary of EU trade agreements with South Africa, Mexico, MERCOSUR, Chile, Colombia...