STEP-BY-STEP COUNT (Greek Code of Civil Procedure, as in force October 2026)

Step 1 - Which time limit applies. The appeal (έφεση) is against a final judgment of the Multi-Member Court of First Instance (ordinary procedure). Art. 518 par. 1 CCP sets the time limit at 30 days from the service of the judgment (60 days if the party resides abroad or at an unknown address). The company is seated in Heraklion, Crete, so the 30-day limit applies.

Step 2 - Which starting event. The judgment was served on the company on Thursday 16 July 2026, at the initiative of the opposing party. Under Art. 518 par. 1 CCP the limit runs from this service. The three-year long-stop limit from publication (2 July 2026) in Art. 518 par. 2 CCP applies only if the judgment is NOT served, so it is irrelevant here. The publication date does not start the 30 days.

Step 3 - How days are counted. Art. 144 par. 1 CCP applies the Civil Code rules on computation (Art. 240-241 Civil Code): the day of the triggering event (the service) is not counted (dies a quo non computatur, Art. 241 Civil Code), and a time limit in days starts running on the following day, 17 July 2026 = day 1. Art. 241 Civil Code also provides that a limit counted in days ends at the end of the last day.
Day 1 = 17 July; 31 July = day 15; 1 August = day 16; 15 August = day 30.
The raw end date is therefore Saturday 15 August 2026 (16 July is a Thursday; 30 days later is a Saturday).

Step 4 - Judicial vacation. Since Law 4335/2015 the time limits for appeals are no longer suspended or extended during the judicial vacation (the former suspension rule of Art. 147 CCP no longer applies), so the period 17 July - 15 August runs without interruption.

Step 5 - Last day falling on a Saturday / public holiday. 15 August is the public holiday of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary and also a Saturday. Under Art. 144 par. 1 CCP in conjunction with Art. 242 par. 2 Civil Code, if the last day of a time limit is a Sunday, a public holiday or a Saturday, the limit ends on the next working day. The next working day after Saturday 15 August 2026 is Monday 17 August 2026.

Conclusion: the last day to file the appeal is Monday 17 August 2026.

RESULT: deadline = 2026-08-17; rule = Art. 518 par. 1 CCP (30 days from service) with Art. 144 par. 1 CCP and Arts. 240-242 Civil Code (day of service excluded; end on Saturday/holiday moves to next working day, Art. 242 par. 2 Civil Code)
