Greece became a member of the European Electronic Commerce commonly known as "eCommerce Europe." The official accession ceremony of Greece to the organization as the 12th member will be held on March 13 in Brussels in the presence of the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy.

GRECA - the Greek e-commerce association, already representing over 115 e-tailers in Greece - and eCommerce Europe had begun discussions since the beginning of 2013 and yesterday, the two parties announced their agreement in Brussels. European developments in the sector of electronic commerce exceeded €3 billion in turnover in Greece for 2013. The 11 other European countries of the organization are: Austria, Belgium, France, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, and Finland.