Question: last day for the company to file an appeal against the final judgment of the Multi-Member Court of First Instance of Heraklion (published 2 July 2026, served on the company on Thursday 16 July 2026, at the plaintiff's initiative). Greek Code of Civil Procedure (KPolD), as in force in October 2026.

Step 1 - The judgment can be appealed.
A final judgment of a first-instance court, here the Multi-Member Court of First Instance, can be appealed (Art. 511 KPolD). The appeal is filed with the registry of the court that issued the judgment (Art. 495 para 1 KPolD).

Step 2 - Which deadline applies.
The judgment was served. That triggers the short deadline: 30 days from service when the appellant resides or has its seat in Greece (Art. 518 para 1 KPolD). The company is seated in Heraklion, so the 30-day deadline applies, not the 60-day one for parties abroad. Service at the plaintiff's (winning party's) initiative starts the deadline for the company it was served on. The long deadline of two years from publication (Art. 518 para 2 KPolD) applies only when there is no service, so it does not apply here. The publication date (2 July 2026) therefore plays no part in the count.

Step 3 - Start of the count.
The day of service (Thursday 16 July 2026) is not counted. A deadline in days starts on the next day and ends at the end of its last day (Art. 144 para 1 KPolD). Day 1 = Friday 17 July 2026.

Step 4 - Days running in July.
17 to 31 July 2026 = 15 days run (days 1-15). 15 days remain.

Step 5 - Suspension in August.
Deadlines for filing appeals and other legal remedies are suspended from 1 to 31 August (Art. 147 para 2 KPolD, as amended by Law 4335/2015). No days run from 1 to 31 August 2026.

Step 6 - The count resumes in September.
The remaining 15 days run from 1 to 15 September 2026. Day 30 = Tuesday 15 September 2026.

Step 7 - Holiday check.
Tuesday 15 September 2026 is a working day and not a public holiday. The rule that moves a deadline ending on a holiday to the next working day (Art. 144 para 2 KPolD) therefore does not apply.

Conclusion: the last day for filing the appeal is Tuesday 15 September 2026, by the end of the registry's working hours that day, at the registry of the Multi-Member Court of First Instance of Heraklion (Art. 495 para 1 KPolD). As of October 2026 that deadline has already passed.

RESULT: deadline = 2026-09-15; rule = Art. 518 para 1 KPolD (with Art. 144 para 1 and Art. 147 para 2 KPolD)
