Sotirios K. Kyvelos

Sotiris Kyvelos holds a PhD in Administrative Law from the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, is a lawyer before the Supreme Court of Greece, and serves as Legal Advisor to the Municipality of Kordelio–Evosmos. He is the author of the monographs “Administrative and Judicial Protection in the Conclusion of Public Contracts” (2nd ed., 2022), “Time Limits in Administrative Litigation” (2nd ed., 2020), and “The Administrative Appeal” (2nd ed., 2016).

He has contributed to collective works and research projects of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as a research associate, has delivered numerous presentations at conferences and workshops, and has published a significant number of articles and case notes in legal journals. He has taught at the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as an Assistant Professor and research associate, while since 2010 he has been teaching in a private educational institution preparing candidates (administrative law) for admission to the National School of Judges.

Since 2019, he has been the editor of the Administrative Law column in Armenopoulos, the legal journal published by the Bar Association of Thessaloniki.

• Administrative Law
• Administrative Procedure
• Composition-Applications of Public Law

• Administrative Law
• Administrative Procedure
• Administrative Economic Law

• The limits of the exercise of the right of ‘advertising’ of the lawyer and the corresponding disciplinary liability”, Armenopoulos. 5/2023, p. 714.
• “The evaluation of the results of the tender for public contracts”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law, 12/2022, p.1312.
• “Decisions of Council of State (plenary session) 799/2021, Council of State (plenary session) 803/2021: Jurisprudential developments regarding the civil liability of the State due to a harmful action of a body integrated in the judicial function”, Armenopoulos 4/2022, p. 658 et seq.
• “Decision of Council of State 2460/2021: The provision of article 70 par. 1 of the Code of Administrative Procedure regarding the filing of a second appeal when the first one was rejected for formal reasons is against the Constitution – Referral to the Plenary” (with. Anast. Mpekiaris), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law, 1/2022.
• Observations on the decision of Council of State 261/2020, Armenopoulos 10/2021.
• Observations on the decision of Council of State 291/2020, Armenopoulos 9/2021.
• “The privatization of thermal springs”, Environment and Law, 3/2021, p. 344.”The evaluation of the results of the tender for public contracts”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law, 1/2022.
• Observations on the decision of Council of State 33/202, Armenopoulos 7/2021.
• “Interpretation of Article 2 of Law 3900/2010 on the exceptional basis of the admissibility of the cassation against an appeal” (with Anast. Mpekiaris), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law, 5/2022, p. 477.
• “The stages of processing by the Administration of a request for documents and the judicial review of the relevant decision”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 5/2021, p. 443.
• Observations on the decision of Council of State (plenary session) 2208/2020, Environment and Law, 4/2020
• “The administrative enforcement against jointly liable persons for the payment of tax and social security debts and their legal protection after the decision of Council of State 498/2020”, Armenopoulos 10/2020, p. 1625-1633.
• “Legal protection of the administrators of legal entities for tax and social security debts, on the occasion of the decision of the Three-Member Administrative Court of Appeal of Thessaloniki 1534/2019”, Armenopoulos, 7/2019, p. 900 et seq.
• “The protection of monuments on the occasion of the decision of Council of State (Plenary Session) 2103/2019”, Environment and Law, 4/2019, p. 644 et seq.
• “The compliance of the Contracting Authority with the decisions of the Authority for the Authority for the Examination of Preliminary Appeals and the courts during the pre-contractual stage”, Administrative Trial 4/2019.
• “The application of the ne bis in idem principle in smuggling cases on the occasion of the decision of the Council of State 1771/2019” (with Anast. Mpekiaris), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 2019, p. 920 et seq.
• “Automatic termination of civil servants and officials due to irrevocable criminal conviction”, Applications of Administrative Law 2018, vol. II-III/2018.
• “Obligation of legal practitioners to accept means of payment by card” (with Aik. Iosifidou), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 12/2018, pp. 1165-1168.
• “Issues regarding the filing of a quasi-judicial appeal against tax acts”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 10/2018, pp. 917-919.
• “Conditions for the imposition of the seizure of a bank account by the State in the hands of a Bank ” (with Aik. Iosifidou), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 4-5/2018, pp. 429-432.
• “Modification of the authorization to found and operate an aquaculture unit” (individual opinion together with AUTH Professor Eug. Prevedourou), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 8-9/2017, p. 736.
• “Clarifications on the meaning of the ‘jurisdictional’ (administrative) duties that are allowed to be conferred to judges (according to the art. 89 para. 2 of the Constitution), with reference to the 1237/2017 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 2017, p. 430-433.
• “Thoughts on the issuance of a tax bill for the suspended part of the (tax) debt, under the regime before the Fiscal Procedure Code”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 2017, p. 62 et seq.
• “Issues regarding the legal protection against the challenge of regulatory acts concerning the determination of objective value (with reference to the 2335/2016 Judgement of the Council of State in 7-member session)”,
• Advocate 2016, v. 118, p. 30 et seq.
  ”Mutatis mutandis application of the article 34 para. 1 final passage of Law 1968/1991 in substantive disputes», Administrative Trial 3/2016, p. 384 et seq.
• ”Thoughts on the judicial control of regulatory acts for the restructuring of administrative services with reference to 827/3026 Judgement of the Council of State in 7-member session”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 7/2016, p. 700-701.
• ”Latest developments regarding the reformatio in peius in quasi-judicial administrative appeal with reference to the 236/2016 Judgement of the Council of State” (together with AUTH associate professor Eug. Prevedourou), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 2/2016, p. 156-162.
• ”The immediate suspending result of an action brought by official with reference to the 3369/2015 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 12/2015, p. 1213-1217.
• ”The rule of the ‘identical subject of the quasi-judicial administrative appeal and the judicial proceedings’ and the need for prior ‘hearing’ of the person proceeding with the quasi-judicial administrative appeal by the appeals body (with reference to 98/2015 Judgement of the Council of State)”, Administrative Trial 5/2015, p. 641-645.
• Observations on the 3158/2015 Judgement of the Administrative Appeals Court of Athens, Administrative Trial 5/2015, p. 736.
• ”Thoughts on the imposition of ‘surcharges’ for the suspended part of the debt with reference to the 1538/2015 Judgement of the Council of State in 7-member Session”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 5/2015, p. 421.
• ”Latest developments regarding the enforcement of a judgement against the State with reference to the 819/2015 Judgement of the Council of State (in 7-member Session), Administrative Trial 3/2015, p. 363.
• ”The new arrangements of Law 4325/2015 in the disciplinary law of public servants”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 5/2015, p. 461.
• ”Annulment of regulatory acts due to unconstitutionality of the empowering provision. The content of the Administration’s compliance: 1251/2015 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session” (together with AUTH Associate Professor Eug. Prevedourou), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 4/2015, p. 360-366.
• ”Thoughts regarding the possibility of the Administration to ‘correct’ a posteriori an illegal administrative action after the arrangements of Law 4274/2014 (with reference to the 4003/2014 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session)” (together with AUTH Associate Professor Eug. Prevedourou), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 12/2014, p. 1072-1078.
• Note on the 3174/2014 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session (unconstitutionality of the extension of limitation period), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 12/2014, p. 1034-1035.
• ”Latest developments regarding the limitation of the Administration’s obligation to comply with an annulment decision (with reference to the 2151/2014 Judgement of the Council of State in 7-member Session)” (together with AUTH Associate Professor Eug. Prevedourou), Administrative Trial 6/2014, p. 1476 et seq.
• ”Wide discretion of the Administration regarding the imposition of limitations in individual freedoms. The example of provision of article 30 para. 5 sub-paragraph 5 of Law 3296/2004 in the 3316/2014 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session”, Sinigoros 2014, v.105, p. 32-34.
• “Practical issues emerging from the lack of the issuance date of an administrative action. With reference to the 2282/2014 Judgement of the Council of State (in 7-member Session)”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 8-9/2014, p. 775-776.
• “Private-Law Bodies of the Public Sector and civil liability, according to the articles 105 and 106 of the Introductory Law to the Civil Code with reference to the 657/2014 Judgement of the Supreme Court (A1 Division)”, Administrative Trial 4/2014, p. 937-941.
• “Latest developments and concerns regarding the garnishee order to a third party with reference to the 2080/2014 Judgement of the Council of State in 7-member Session”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 6/2014, p. 565-568.
• “The provision of a ‘mandatory time limit for application’ as a necessary element of the quasi-judicial administrative appeal” (together with the AUTH Associate Professor Eug. Prevedourou), Administrative Trial 3/2014, p. 649-657.
• “Thoughts on the ‘competence’ of the administrative body deciding upon a quasi-judicial administrative appeal with reference to the 5076/2012 Judgement of the Administrative Court of First Instance of Athens», Administrative Trial 3/2014, σ. 768-771.
• Observations on the 366/2014 Judgement of the Council of State, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 3-4/2014, p. 292-294.
• “Opinion on matters of ‘general interest’ by the administrative formation of the Assembly of the Supreme Courts – Thoughts with reference to the 9/2013 Notice of the Council of State (in Plenary Session and in Council)” (together with the AUTH Associate Professor Eug. Prevedourou) Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 1/2014, p. 31-35.
• “Corrective interventions by the judge with a contra legem interpretation of procedural provisions. [With reference to the article 36 para. 5 of Law 4129/2013 and the 4922/2013
• Judgement of the Court of Auditors’ (VI Division)]”, (together with the AUTH Associate Professor Eug. Prevedourou), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 12/2013, p. 1142-1147.
• Observations on the 2515/2013 Judgement of the Council of State, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 12/2013, p. 1086-1088.
• “Time limits for the access to professional activity with reference to the 3516/2013 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 11/2013, p. 973-977.
• “The Council of State in Plenary Session case-law shift regarding the Law’s 3886/2010 suspension measures application fee [from the 136/2013 Judgement of the Council of State’s Suspensions Committee in Plenary Session to the 475/2013 Judgement of the Council of State’s Suspensions Committee in Plenary Session]”, (together with the AUTH Associate Professor Eug. Prevedourou), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 10/2013, p. 895-902.
• “The “application” of justified trust in the field of urban planning law with reference to the 4846/2012 Judgement of the Council of State”, Law and Environment, 2/2013, p. 352-353.
• “Who can execute a services provision contract with 1 euro per month as a functional/administrative cost? Has the backdoor of corruption been opened? Concerns with reference to the 328/2013 Judgement of the Council of State’s Suspensions Committee», Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 8-9/2013, p. 759.
• “Tendency towards the shrinking of the obligation to inform on the quasi-judicial administrative appeal available to the applicant. From the 2892/1993 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session to the 876/2013 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 3-4/2013, p. 255.
• “First impressions on the recently established quasi-judicial administrative appeals in tax cases”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 3-4/2013, p. 357.
• “The issue of the administrative cost for the formation of an economic offer on behalf of a participant in a public competition for services provision, under the light of safeguarding the substantive legality and the equality of the contestants”, (together with the AUTH Professor Kon. Finokaliotis), Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 12/2012, p. 954-960
• “‘Labour reserve’ and ‘Pre-retirement suspension’ with reference to the 301/2011 Processing Notice of the Council of State”, Public and Civil Servant Law Journal 3/2011, p. 476-483.
• “Specialized issues on the ‘application’ of quasi-judicial administrative appeal in the Greek legal framework”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Law 4-5/2012, p. 312-324.
• “Age limits and time limits through the Council of State case-law. Comment on the 851/2011 Judgement of the Council of State”, Public and Civil Servant Law Journal 2/2011, p. 259-264.
• “Thoughts regarding the judicial control of the legislator’s choices regarding the legal status of the senior civil servants”, Public and Civil Servant Law Journal 1/2011, p. 21-26.
• “Obligation to apply for administrative appeal before seeking judicial protection. Some thoughts with reference to the recent developments in Germany and France. Is there a tendency of the French and German legislators to converge or to differentiate?”, Theory and Practice of Administrative Procedure 3/2011, p. 248.
• Book review of Conseil d’Etat’s work, “Les recours administratifs préalables obligatoire”, p. 233, ed. La documentation française, Paris, 2008, Revue Hellenique des Droits de l’ Homme 2010, v. 45, p. 283-288.
• “Difference between non-existent and invalid action. Concerns with reference to the 1102/09 Judgement of the Council of State”, Review of the Social Security Law 2010, p. 8-11.
• Observations on the 57/2008 Judgement of the Administrative Appeals Court of Thessaloniki, Public Contracts and Social Reinforcements 2008, p. 91-93.
• Observations on the 3470/2007 Judgement of the Council of State in Plenary Session, Public Contracts and Social Reinforcements 2008, p. 93-94.
• “The EU’s rule on withholding ‘telecommunication’ data opposed to basic rights within the Greek law. Protection of the telecommunication services users”, Armenopoulos Scientific Annals 2007, p. 75-83.
• Comment on the 778/2007 Judgement of the Council of State, Armenopoulos, 2007, p. 915-917.