Step 1 - Which remedy and which period. A final judgment of the Multi-Member Court of First Instance (ordinary procedure) is appealable (Art. 511 and Art. 513 par. 1 CCP). Under Art. 518 par. 1 CCP (as in force since L. 4335/2015) the appeal is filed within 30 days of service of the judgment, when it has been served at the initiative of a party. The period is 60 days only if the appellant lives or resides abroad or has an unknown residence (Art. 518 par. 1). The company is seated in Heraklion, so 30 days applies. The two-year period from publication (Art. 518 par. 2) applies only to a judgment that has not been served, so it does not apply here. The 2 July 2026 publication date therefore does not start the 30 days; the service date does.

Step 2 - Start of the period. The judgment was served on Thursday 16 July 2026. The day of service is not counted; counting starts on the following day, 17 July 2026 (Art. 144 par. 1 CCP, together with Art. 240 and Art. 241 of the Civil Code, which Art. 144 par. 1 CCP makes applicable).

Step 3 - Counting 30 days. 17 July is day 1, 31 July is day 15, and 15 August is day 30. So the 30th day, and the nominal expiry, is 15 August 2026. A period counted in days expires at the end of its last day (Art. 241 Civil Code and Art. 147 CCP). The period is not suspended or extended by the judicial vacation: since the 2015 reform the CCP no longer suspends remedy periods during the vacation of 1 July to 15 September.

Step 4 - Check the last day. 15 August 2026 is a Saturday (16 July was a Thursday, so 13 August is a Thursday and 15 August is a Saturday). It is also the public holiday of the Dormition of the Theotokos. Under Art. 144 par. 3 CCP (as amended by L. 4335/2015) and Art. 242 of the Civil Code, a period that ends on a public holiday, Sunday or Saturday is extended to the next working day. Sunday 16 August is also not a working day. The next working day is Monday 17 August 2026.

Conclusion: the last day for filing the appeal is Monday 17 August 2026 (nominal expiry 15 August 2026, a Saturday and a holiday, moved to the next working day).

RESULT: deadline = 2026-08-17; rule = Art. 518 par. 1 CCP (30 days from service), counted under Art. 144 par. 1 CCP with Art. 240-241 Civil Code, and extended to the next working day by Art. 144 par. 3 CCP
