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Administrative Court of First Instance of Athens 519/2026

A. Desyllas, The protection of Olympic Symbols: Commentary on the Administrative Court of First Instance of Athens decision 4036/2025, Sports & the Law 1/2026 This commentary appears in the sports law journal Sports & the Law, published by Nomiki Bibliothiki (Sports & the Law 1/2026) 1. Introduction 2. The current legal framework regarding the protection of Olympic Symbols 3. The rationale behind the decision under review 4. Concluding remarks

Joint Ministerial Decision 2193/28.1.2026 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 2599/11.5.2026) Determination of the amount of administrative fines imposed on individuals or legal entities, sports clubs, professional athletes’ departments, or sports public limited liability companies due to the commission of specific acts under paragraphs 2-4 and pursuant to the application of paragraph 8 of Article 1 of Law 4326/2015 (A’ 49)

The presentation took place at the event 'Intellectual Property and Sports: Ready, Set, Innovate', organized by the Intellectual Property Organization in April 2026

The presentation was delivered at the 8th Sports Science Conference "Physical education and sports: From theory to creative practice," organized by the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science of Athens in April 2026. Introduction Legal framework Legal clarifications Application in sports Case law findings Remarks

Ministerial Decision 29708/30.10.2025 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 6079/13.11.2025) Determination of specific responsibilities, additional qualifications, and other matters concerning the performance of duties by the athletes' safety and welfare officer under Article 23C of Law 2725/1999 (A’ 121), as added by Article 8 of Law 5176/2025 (A’ 17) Article 1 Definition - Core Mission - Objective - Role Article 2 Scope of Application - Administrative Support - Liaison with Sports Federation Article 3 Employment Relationship with a Sports Federation - Duration Article 4 Responsibilities Article 5 Obligations - Responsibilities - Manner of Exercising Authority Article 6 Criteria for Term Renewal - Maintenance of Register for athletes' safety and welfare officer Article 7 Legal setbacks Article 8 Training Article 9 Selection - Qualification - Documentation Article 10 Effective date

Ministerial Decision 31115/12.11.2025 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 6126/17.11.2025) Amendment of the decision 4993/25.02.2025 of the Deputy Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports, ‘Determination for the year 2025 of the information and requirements' regarding: (a) the application for registration of a sports club with state recognition with the 'Electronic Registry of Amateur Sports Clubs' for the year 2025 under Article 142 of Law 4714/2020 (A’ 148), in conjunction with Article 18 of Law 5085/2024 (A’ 17), b) updating the information of sports clubs already registered in the electronic registry, as well as c) reviewing the application for registration and/or updating (B’ 1009), as amended by the relevant decisions 10576/30.04.2025 (B’ 2189) and 22508/29.08.2025 (B’ 4683) Article 4 Timeframe for submission, review, and evaluation of entries in the electronic registry

Ministerial Decision 33031/28.11.2025 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 6410/28.11.2025) Amendment of the decision 4993/25.02.2025 of the Deputy Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports, ‘Determination for the year 2025 of the information and requirements' regarding: (a) the application for registration of a sports club with state recognition with the 'Electronic Registry of Amateur Sports Clubs' for the year 2025 under Article 142 of Law 4714/2020 (A’ 148), in conjunction with Article 18 of Law 5085/2024 (A’ 17), b) updating the information of sports clubs already registered in the electronic registry, as well as c) reviewing the application for registration and/or updating (B’ 1009), as amended by the decisions 10576/30.04.2025 (B’ 2189), 22508/29.08.2025 (B’ 4683) and 31115/12.11.2025 (B’ 6126) Article 4 Timeframe for submission, review, and evaluation of entries in the electronic registry

Article 105 of Law 5264/2025 (Official Government Gazette Α΄ 239/19.12.2025) State-funding of sports facilities operated by private and public legal entities supervised by the General Secretariat of Sports, used by the national teams of all recognized sports federations for their training

Article 106 of Law 5264/2025 (Official Government Gazette Α΄ 239/19.12.2025) Extension of tax-exempt funding for sports entities and subsidies for the Special Committees under Article 53 of Law 2725/1999, derived from the taxation of betting - Amendment of paragraph 2 of Article 16 of Law 4787/2021

Ministerial Decision 34993/16.12.2025 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 6954/22.12.2025)   Amendment of the Decision 363353/27.12.2023 of the Deputy Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports, titled 'Evaluation System for Sports Federations ‘CHILON’ (B’ 7512) Article 1 Purpose of the evaluation system for sports federations ‘CHILON’ Article 2 Evaluation method Article 3 Linking evaluation to state funding Article 4 Timeframe

Ministerial Decision 35374/18.12.2025 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 7158/30.12.2025) Amendment of the decision of the Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports, ref. no. 165090/14.04.2021, 'Determination of the necessary supporting documents for the granting of state recognition to a club for the sport it promotes' (B’ 1670), as amended by the decision 171052/25.11.2021 (B’ 5689)

Joint Ministerial Decision 36160/31.12.2025 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 7208/31.12.2025) Amendment of the Decision No. 35413/20-12-2024, 'Establishment of detailed rules for the implementation of Article 56B concerning the operating licenses for sports facilities under Law 2725/1999 - Replacement of Joint Ministerial Decision 408113/21902/2725/603/4.10.2017 (B’ 3568) (B’ 7100)

Ministerial Decision 36126/30.12.2025 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 7377/31.12.2025) Rules on the Procedure of the Permanent Committee for Combating Violence (DEAB) Article 1 Purposes - work Article 2 Means Article 3 Composition - seat - operating issues Article 4 President - vice President and remaining members of DEAB Article 5 Special observer body of DEAB Article 6 Observer's work Article 7 Observer's report Article 8 Observer's reports' review Article 9 Establishment of subcommittees and procurement of necessary services for the operation of DEAB Article 10 Effective date

Joint Ministerial Decision 2150/27.1.2026 (Official Government Gazette Β΄ 527/3.2.2026)   Establishment of the framework, terms, conditions, and allocation criteria for the state funding provided for in Article 116 (1A) of Law 5219/2025 (A’ 130) to eligible sports teams and the Special Committees referred to in Article 53 of Law 2725/1999 (A’ 121), as well as to the supervised private-law legal entities and public-law legal entities under the General Secretariat of Sports to which the sports facilities belong, used by the national teams of all recognized sports federations for their training Article 1 Subject - Purpose Article 2 Definitions Article 3 Documentation for the registration of sports public limited liability companies and professional athletes' departments with the special Registry of the General Secretariat of Sports Article 4 State funding requirements and criteria Article 5 Distributed amount - Special Organizing Committees Article 6 Distributed amount - private and public legal entities supervised by the General Secretariat of Sports Article 7 Distributed amount - professional sports Article 8 Distributed amount - amateur sports - national teams Article 9 Payment procedure of the state funding Article 10 Documentation for the payment of the state funding Article 11 Overpayments - retroactivity and offsetting of payments Article 12 Remaining provisions