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In [[Greece]], the '''Chamber of Accounts''' (or '''Court of Accounts''' or '''Court of Auditors''' or '''Audit Court''', French: Cour des Comptes , [[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Ελεγκτικό Συνέδριο'') is, at the same time, an administrative organ (one of the three Big Bodies of the greek Public Administration) and a Supreme Administrative Court with a special jursdiction (while the jurisdiction of the [[Council of State (Greece)| Council of State]] is general. Hence, its role is double-natured.

The ''Chamber of Accounts'' has a(n):
* advisory (consultative),
* auditing and
* judicial
competence.

==History==

The ''Chamber of Accounts'' was created in 1833, just after the independence of Greece and it operates continuously since then. <br>
The French [[Cour des Comptes]] constituted its model. <br>
It is seated in a modern building in the centre of [[Athens]].

==Organisation==

The ''Chamber of Accounts'' comprises of:
* the President,
* 5 Vice-presidents,
* 20 Councillors,
* 40 Assistant Judges and
* 50 Reporting Judges.
They all have the status of a judge, according to the [[Constitution of Greece|Constitution]]. In the posts of the Reporting Judges are appointed only graduates of the National School of Judges. The President and the Vice-presidents of the ''Chamber'' are chosen among its members by the [[Cabinet of Greece|Cabinet]]

==Competence==

As we have, already, mentioned, the ''Chamber'' has an advisory, auditing and judiciary competence.

===Advisory (consultative) competence===

The advisory (consultative) competence of the ''Chamber'' is exerted by:
* Consultory responses, attached to all bills, which regulate the bestowal of pensions by the State. This competence of the Chamber may be expanded to more issues with a legislative provision.
* Consultory responses on various issues, when demanded by the ministers.

===Auditing competence===

This competence of the ''Chamber'' includes:
* The submission by the Chamber to the [[Hellenic Parliament|Parliament]] of the annual Report about the Balance of the State.
* The audit of any expenditure of the State or of the public entities.
* The supervision of all the civil servants, who are liable to render accounts.
* The observation of the public revenues.
* The audit and the control of the legality of the procedure of all public procurements and works, whose the value surpasses a certain amount of money.

===Jurisdiction===

The ''Chamber'' operates as a Supreme Administrative Court, whose the judicial decisions are final and irrevocable, when it judges in a Plenary Session the following cases:
* Disputes about the audit of the civil servants, who are liable to render accounts.
* Litigation arising from acts bestowing pensions, except for the pensions of the judges, according to a provision of the [[Constitution of Greece|Constitution]], reviewed in the constitutional amendment of [[2001]],
* Disputes about the liability of all the civil servants for any damage they caused to the State or to any public entity by fraud or gross negligence.

====Proceedure====

The litigant or the competent minister may exert in the ''Chamber'' the following legal remedies:
* ''appeal'' against personal administrative acts, including acts of auditing groups of the ''Chamber''.
* ''writ of error'' against decisions of the Dempartments of the ''Chamber'', judged by the Plenary Session.
* ''writ of revision'', exerted for certain specific reasons and judged by the Plenary Session.

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 The litigant or the competent minister may exert in the ''Chamber'' the following legal remedies:
 * ''appeal'' against personal administrative acts, including acts of auditing groups of the ''Chamber''.
-* ''writ of error'' against decisions of the Dempartments of the ''Chamber'', judged by the Plenary Session.
+* ''writ of error'' against decisions of the Departments of the ''Chamber'', judged by the Plenary Session.
 * ''writ of revision'', exerted for certain specific reasons and judged by the Plenary Session.

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 The ''Chamber of Accounts'' was created in 1833, just after the independence of Greece and it operates continuously since then. <br>
-The French [[Cour des Comptes]] constituted its model. <br>
+The French Cour des Comptes constituted its model. <br>
 It is seated in a modern building in the centre of [[Athens]].

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