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AmChamGR Co-Signs Joint Statement AmChamGR and the Greek DRG Institute are: to train
on Transatlantic Cooperation member companies of AmChamGR’s Medical Devic-
Joining its voice with the voices of 24 other American es and Diagnostics Committee and Pharmaceutical
Chambers and business and trade associations in Eu- Committee Health Committees’ Member Companies
rope ahead of the EU-US summit of June 15, 2021, the in the ins and outs of the Greek DRG System and its
American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce co-signed revisions; to promote the Greek DRG System through
a joint statement calling on EU and US leaders to use the Chamber’s prestigious HealthWorld conference;
the summit to map out a positive, proactive agenda and to produce special reports and studies to calcu-
for further transatlantic cooperation. late and predict the cost of use of the existing versus
Find out more at amcham.gr/amchamgr-news/am- new technology using international DRG methodology.
chamgr-co-signs-eu-u-s-summit-joint-statement/
Find out more at amcham.gr/amchamgr-news/a-mem-
orandum-of-understanding-was-signed-between-the-
GR-RNM Energy Cooperation Agreement amchamgr-and-the-hellenic-drg-institute-ke-te-k-n-y/
On September 10, 2021, in the context of the Southeast
Europe Energy Forum (SEEF) 2021, which was orga-
nized by AmChamGR and the Hellenic Association for Extended MDCA Between the US and Greece
Energy Economics (HAEE) and held in Thessaloniki, The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce salut-
Greece’s Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator ed the signing of the extended Mutual Defense Coop-
(DESFA) and North Macedonia’s Joint Stock Company eration Agreement between the US and Greece that
for performing energy activities National Energy Re- was signed on October 14, 2021, in Washington DC,
sources Skopje in state ownership (NER JSC Skopje) underlining, along with the latest round of the Strategic
signed a cooperation agreement for the development Dialogue, the exceptional level of the bilateral relations
and construction of the Greece-North Macedonia Gas between the two countries. At the time of the signing,
Interconnector. The agreement, which established an AmChamGR delegation was in Washington on the
the cooperation principles, respective commitments occasion of organizing the Hellenic Pavilion at the
and key milestones for the project’s development, was AUSA defense and security exhibition, which followed
signed by Maria Rita Galli, CEO of DESFA, and Bajram the successful US Pavilion at the DEFEA exhibition in
Rexhepi, Executive Director of NER JSC Skopje, in the Athens in July 2021 — activities that demonstrate the
presence of Greek Minister of Environment and Ener- level of the Chamber’s involvement in strengthening
gy Kostas Skrekas, General Secretary for Energy and the partnerships between US and Greek business in
Mineral Resources Alexandra Sdoukou, and United the defense and security sector.
States Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey R. Pyatt.
Find out more at amcham.gr/amchamgr-news/am-
Find out more at amcham.gr/amchamgr-news/ cham-greece-salutes-the-signing-of-the-extended-
desfa-and-ner-jsc-skopje-sign-a-cooperation-agree- mdca-between-us-and-greece/
ment-for-the-development-and-construction-of-the-
greece-north-macedonia-gas-interconnector-durin-
g-the-5th-southeast-energy-forum/ Digital Markets Act and Digital Services – Act
Closed Meeting
AmChamGR organized a closed meeting on Novem-
MOU with the Greek DRG Institute (KETEKNY) ber 12, 2021, to discuss the regulatory framework that
An important synergy was forged on September 17, will be established by the European Commission’s
2021, with the signing of a MoU between the Amer- Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.
ican-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and the Greek
DRG Institute (KE.TE.K.N.Y.) to develop a mutually ben- Find out more at amcham.gr/amchamgr-news/
eficial framework of activities. The MoU was signed by a-closed-discussion-regarding-the-upcoming-reg-
Nikolaos Bakatselos, President of AmChamGR, and Dr. ulatory-framework-on-digital-services-act-and-dig-
Charalampos Platis, CEO of the Hellenic DRG Institute. ital-markets-act-by-the-european-commis-
The primary objectives of the partnership between sion-was-held-on-november-12/