Europass Curriculum Vitae

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1 Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information Surname(s) / First name(s) Address(es) Telephone(s) Fax(es) Nationality ZIMIANITIS Dimitrios Athens Greece dzimiani@gmail.com Greek Mobile: Date of birth Gender Male Desired employment / Occupational field Work experience October 2015 onwards Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor s Office by the Athens Court of Appeal Criminal law enforcement, administration of criminal Court Units at the Public Prosecutor s Offic at the Athens Court of First Instance according to the duties attributed to the post of the Substitute Head of the Prosecutor s Office (term of office until ). October 2014 onwards Substitute Head of the Athens Public Prosecutor s Office at the Court of First Instance (2 years term of office) Administration of Judicial Units of the Prosecutor s Office with a staff numbering 130 prosecuto and 400 public servants, judicial duties. February 2014 onwards Member of the OLAF Supervisory Committee Supervision of the Office s performance according as provided by Regulation No 883/2013/EU European Commission May 2008-October 2015 Member of the Judiciary (Public Prosecutor), Public Prosecutor s Office at the Court of First Instance)

2 Criminal law enforcement (criminal prosecution, participation to criminal trials, supervision of th execution of criminal sanctions, legal remedies), administration of criminal Court Units Public Prosecutor s Office at the Athens Court of First Instance (Proin Sxoli Evelpidon, 12252, Athens) Education and training - Criminal Justice System June 2002-may 2008 Justice and Home Affairs Counselor attached to the Permanent Representation of Greece to th European Union -Participating, either as representative or as a counselor, to the EU Council and the Commissio legislative working groups dealing with Third Pillar issues at different levels (cooperation on criminal justice, substantive criminal law etc, multidisciplinary working group on organized crime CATS, COREPER II, JHA Council). -preparing and supporting the Committee of Article 36 (CATS), the Permanent Representatives group (COREPER II) meetings on Justice and Home Affairs agendas, and also of the Justice and Home Affairs Council meetings -participating at multilevel meetings during the Greek Presidency of the Council (first semester 2003) and chairing relevant Justice and Home Affairs Counselors working group at the same period. Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU (19-21 rue J. de Lalaing, 1040, Brussels) Legal Attaché by he Permanent Representative of Greece to the EU November 1999-june 2002 Member of the Judiciary (Deputy Public Prosecutor) Criminal law enforcement (criminal prosecution, participation to criminal trials, supervision of th execution of criminal sanctions, legal remedies) Public Prosecutor s Office at the Athens Court of First Instance Criminal Justice System March june 1998 Lawyer Legal Consultant in civil and criminal law cases, appearing before the Courts of First Instance and the Courts of Appeal Athens barrister Association (Akademias 60, 10679, Athens) Independent worker March 1993-september 1994 Trainee Lawyer Drawing up legal documents, preparing civil and criminal law cases at the pre-trial stage, appearing before the Courts of First Instance under the supervision of a lawyer P. Papatsikis (lawyer), H. Trikoupi 7 A, 10678, Athens Employee June 1998-october 1999

3 -Theoretical education of one year [comprising : (a) theoretical courses on a wide range of law branches, as civil, criminal, commercial, administrative, constitutional, human rights and international law, (b) issuing of draft decrees, (c) attending seminars on a variety of justice related topics, such as philosophy and sociology of law, judicial psychology, political science, criminology, (d) attending courses on foreign languages, use of computers etc.]. -vocational and practical training of 6 months, organized on the basis of attending trials at the Court of First Instance, issuing draft decrees on model cases under the supervision of member of the judiciary of distinguished expertise National School of Judges (Terma Foinika, PO 22, 55102, Thessaloniki) February 1995-june 1998 Diploma in Sociology -principles of sociology, methodology of social sciences, criminology, political economy, politica sociology, statistics, psychology, crime prevention, methodology and techniques of sociologica research, social anthropology, substantive and procedural criminal law, sociology of law, sociology of mass media, political science, victimology etc. Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences, Athens September 1986-january Diploma in law -Civil law, Substantive and Procedural Criminal Law, Administrative Law, Commercial Law, European Union Law, Criminology, Sociology of Law, Political Science, International Law, International Criminal Law, Comparative Law etc. Law School, University of Athens July 2004 onwards Working on a Ph.D, having as a thesis title the principle of mutual recognition of criminal decisions in the European Union. Acquis, problems and perspectives Law School, University of Athens September 1995-june 1997 Master s Degree in Criminology -particular issues of substantive and procedural criminal law, human rights protection, wide range of specialized issues of Criminology, international criminal law, philosophy of Law etc. Law School, University of Athens December 1993-july 1995 Master s Degree in Criminal Law -wide range of particular issues of substantive and procedural criminal law, Criminology, juveni delinquency prevention, international human rights law etc. Law School, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki Personal skills and competences Mother tongue(s) Greek

4 Other language(s) Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production english B2 C1 B2 B2 B2 french B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 (*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Social skills and competences -team work : -As a member of OLAF Supervisory Committee (SC), having taken office as fro February 2014, I participate to at least 10 plenary meetings per year, over agendas focused o reinforcing OLAF S independence and monitoring of the investigative functions of the Offic according to Regulation No 883/2012. As a rapporteur to a number of the Committee s Opinion I collaborate and work occasionally with a team of SC Secretariat members and Commission officials. My task also implies participation to inter-institutional actions (presentation to Counc EP or Commission formats of the activities of the SC on an annual basis, participation to th annual exchange of views with the Institutions meeting as provided in article 16 of Regulatio 883/2013 etc). - During my 6 years attachment to the Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU, as a JHA Counselor ( ), I participated in an almost daily basis, to the various working groups dealing with cooperation in criminal matters, convened by Council or the Commission, and have, therefore, improved high skills of communicating, mediating and reaching agreement on legislative, criminal law, texts. -experience in EU Human Rights policy : During the six years of my attachment to th Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU, as a JHA Counselor, I have attained a hig degree of experience on human rights protection matters, the EU policies and legislativ priorities thereof [admist others, I have attended, as member of the greek delegation, th meetings of the EU Council working groups, which : (a) delivered the Council Regulation (EC No 168/2007 on the FRA and (b) examined the Framerork-Decisions on combating racism an xenophobia and on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings], as well as on the functio of the EU institutions. -intercultural skills : (a) Acting as a member of the (5 members) OLAF Supervisory Committee since February 201 I work under a multinational schema in view of achieving a common understanding and drawin a uniform strategy in order to better monitor the Office s investigative function. (b) During my attachment to the Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU, I hav experienced daily work in an EU institutions environment (different formats of EU Coun working groups, European Commission workshops and working groups etc) and I have, particular during the Greek Presidency of the Council (first semester of 2003), chaired th Justice and Home Affairs Counselors working group.

5 Organisational skills and competences -My duties as a Public Prosecutor involve the administration of criminal justice system issue (making part of the day-to-day function of a judicial service of a large scale) and a high degree responsibilities and relevant competences -I present, on an annual basis, to the students of the National School of Judges, the acquis the field of the European area of Justice, Liberty and Security. -During my six years attachment to the permanent Representation of Greece to the EU, I hav participated, as a main speaker, in several seminars and conferences on Third Pillar and oth issues of criminal nature (Eurojust, European arrest warrant, judicial cooperation in crimin matters, money laundering, criminal protection of free competition), [e.g. (1) Seminars on th European Arrest Warrant and the Eurojust Unit, held in Athens in 2003, during the Gree Presidency of the Council of the European Union, (2) Seminars on the Eurojust Unit and o the police and judicial co-operation in Criminal Matters in the EU (Thessaloniki 2002, 2005), ( Seminar on the Judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, organized by the Institute Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), under the GROTIUS Programme on the training of EU Cou officials in the recent developments in the EU procedural law (London, 2003), (5) in Twinnin Programmes in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2006) and (6) Albania (2006), (7) TAIEX organize programmes in Cyprus (2007)]. -I have to day participated, as a main speaker, in several seminars and conferences on a varie of criminal justice oriented issues [e.g. (1) domestic violence (Kavala 2009), (2) prelimina criminal investigation (Athens 2011), (3) plea bargaining (Athens 2013), (4) the new Draft Criminal Procedure Code (Pyrgos 2014), -As chairman of the Council of the European Union Working Group on Cooperation in Crimin Matters (COPEN), during the Greek Presidency of the Council) (first semester of 2014), I ha the responsibility and schedule of the all relevant legislative work on the Draft Regulation on th establishment of the European Public Prosecutor s Office (EPPO). - As a member of the OLAF Supervisory Committee (SC), being a Rapporteur on sever Opinions issued annually, I schedule, overview and administer the work of the SC Secretari and collaborate with a number of officials thereof. -As a Substitute Head of the Athens Public Prosecutor s Office at the Court of First Instance share the responsibility of administering a judicial service of a remarkable climax (130 pub prosecutors and over 400 public servants of assisting duties). This task implies managerial ski of a high quality and moreover the ability to serve efficiently the interest of Justice. Computer skills and competences Competent with Microsoft Office programmes (word processing, power point), , internet.

6 Additional information A. Substitute Head of the Athens Public Prosecutor s Office at the Court of First Instance ( onwards, 2 years term of office) B. Member of the Supervisory Committee of OLAF/European Commission ( onwards) C. Replacement member of the Supervisory Committee of OLAF/European Commissio (Decision of of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, OJ 26, ) D. National Contact Point for Hate Crimes to OSCE ( ) E. Porte-parole of the Public Prosecutor s Office at the Athens Court of First Instance (2012 onwards) F. General Secretary of the Greek Public Prosecutors Association (2012 onwards). G. Publications and editions, comprising : (i) Articles on issues related with cooperation in criminal matters in the European Union an notes in Greek Law Journals [e.g. (a) «Ποινική Δικαιοσύνη» ( Criminal Justice ), Issues 1998 ( extradition of Union citizens in vie of the decision of the ECJ on the case C-348/96 ), 1999, 2002, 2003 ( The Green Book of th European Commission on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings in the EU ), ( European Fundamental Rights Agency ), 2006 ( Green Book of the Europea Commission on the presumption of innocence, Framework-Decision on the europea supervision order in pre-trial proceedings in the European Union ), 2007 ( Framework-Decisio on the recognition and supervision of suspended and alternative sanctions in the EU, Directiv on the protection of the environment through criminal law, Institutional changes in th European Area of Justice, Liberty and Security in view of the Reform Treaty ), 2008 ( Decision of the Council on the reinforcing Eurojust and the European Judicial Network ), 200 («Framework-Decision on the management of conflicts of juristiction»), 2010 («The Stochol Programme : Perspectives and policies of the European LJS area for the period » 2013 ( The new institutional architecture of the European Criminal Area: The perspective setting up a European Public Prosecutor s Office ), ( The new Preliminary examination criminal cases ), (b) «Ελληνική Επιθεώρηση Ευρωπαϊκού Δικαίου» ( Greek Review of European Law ), Issue 1999 ( questions on the implementation of the ECHR and the UN International Covenant on Ci and Political Rights by the greek courts ), 2001 ( compensation of persons unjustly convicted view of the recent decisions of the European Court of Human Rights ), 2002 ( the right of acces to the court of appeal and the court of cassation in view of certain decisions of the greek court cassation and the European Court of Human Rights ), 2003 ( evolutions in the protection fundamental rights in the European Area of Liberty, Security and Justice, through th deliberations of the Convention on a European Constitutional Treaty ), 2007 ( issues of crimin interest in the field of the protection of free competition ), (c) «Ελληνική Δικαιοσύνη» ( Greek Justice ), Issues 1999 ( The Recommendation (87)18 Council of Europe on the Criminal Justice System ), 2003 ( the introduction of manageri methods in the Criminal Justice System and the reinforcement of non carceral sanction according to the recent Council of Europe Recommendations ), (d) «Ποινικά Χρονικά» ( Poinika Chronika ), Issues 2003 ( the contribution of the judicial un Eurojust to the creation of a European area of protection for human rights ), 2006 ( disfunction of the cooperation in criminal matters in the European Union ), 2008 ( the contribution of the EJ to the creation of the European Area of Justice, Liberty and Security ), 2010 («New tendencie of intensive cooperation in the European JLS area under the Lisbon Treaty» ) (e) «Δίκαιο Επιχειρήσεων και Εταιριών» (Company Law), Issue 1999, (f) «Νομικό Βήμα» ( Nomiko Vima ), Issue 2000, (g) «Υπεράσπιση» ( Defence ), Issue 1999 ( home leave as a measure of alleviating th unpropitious consequences of incarceration ), (h) «Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου» ( Human Rights ), Issue 2004 ( the implementation of th

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