Head of the Department: Arvaniti Smaragdi
Phone: +30 210 3643304, +30 210 3619241
Fax: +30 210 3668578, +30 210 3624643
E-mail: excom@acci.gr
The Department of International Relations is responsible for the following:
1. The monitoring, recording, study and response to any issue related to the European Union, such as:
* The institutional or statutory changes (in conjunction with existing conditions in Greece)
* The commercial policies of the Community.
* The legal-economic state of affairs (especially when affecting the production, manufacturing or distribution of goods)
* The newspapers and publications of the E.U. (especially those which publish Regulations, Directives, etc)
2. Liaising with E.U. institutions, the Eurochamber, international organizations such as the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the African, Caribbean & Pacific States (ACP), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), etc, and the monitoring of activities by these organizations.
3. The collaboration with foreign branch offices of the ACCI for subjects of common interest.
4. The monitoring of the foreign financial press.
5. The planning for the organization of conventions, one-day-meetings, seminars, lectures & educational programs (for company personnel, market research, budgeting, advertisement, standardization, sales, management, etc)
6. The supply of information relating to submitted proposals for ACCI participation in Community Programs, or relating to the progress of proposals which have already been approved.