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Joinder and the legal standing of co-owners of a property to take legal action

10 MÄR 2022

Streitigkeiten

The Supreme Court handed down judgement no. 105/2022 on 8 February 2022, in which it analyses the case of a claim for termination of a purchase contract due to non-payment of the deferred price, with a debate on standing to sue given that the claim was filed by only one of the two ...

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Order TED/1247/2021 on the variable distribution of collective self-consumption

08 FEB 2022

Energie

The Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge approved Ministerial Order TED/1247/2021, of November 15, which amends Annex I of Royal Decree 244/2019, of April 5, which regulates the administrative, technical and economic conditions of self-consumption of electricity for the implementation of variable sharing coefficients in collective self-consumption. The aforementioned Order allows the ...

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European Court of Justice against the tax form 720

04 FEB 2022

Steuerlich

The 720 tax form has been a nightmare for tax residents in Spain, typically for those foreigners living in Spain holding assets and rights abroad. Despite such tax form was only informative and no payment was due, the effects on the Personal Income Tax, the Wealth Tax and the sanctions applicable ...

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Misappropriation crime: unfair administration.

01 FEB 2022

Streitigkeiten

The Supreme Court recently issued sentence nº 1006/2021 dated December 17, 2021, which analyzes the crime of unfair administration, a subtype of misappropriation. In this specific case, the condemned party took money for personal gain from assets property of a Real Betis Balompié football player and from a company whose administrator and sole sh...

Rechtlicher Newsletter

Legal Status - JANUARY 2022

21 JAN 2022

Compliance: Transparency in breach reporting in companies

Disputes: Corporate action for liability of the administrators

Energy: Approval of the PERTE for Renewable Energies, Hydrogen and Energy Storage, expected to mobilize 16,300 million euros and generate 280,000 jobs

Employment: Negotiation of the Equality Plan in companies without employees' legal representatives: Is it possible to set up an Ad Hoc employee committee?

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Royal Decree-Law 23/2021, of October 26: Urgent measures for the protection of electricity and gas consumers

22 DEZ 2021

Energie

In response to the energy crisis affecting the European Union and, particularly, the Spanish State, the Spanish Government urgently approved Royal Decree-Law 23/2021, of October 26, on urgent energy measures for the protection of consumers and the introduction of transparency in the wholesale and retail electricity and natural gas markets. The following ...

Rechtlicher Newsletter

Legal Status - DECEMBER 2021

14 DEZ 2021

Corporate / Commercial: New warranty periods for the sale and purchase of goods, digital content and services

Real Estate: The application of the Rebus sic stantibus clause has been enacted after almost two years since the start of COVID-19

International: Mexico becomes the leading Latin American investor in Spain

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The Draft General Audiovisual Communication Law is a step closer to approval

02 DEZ 2021

IP/Medien

The Draft General Audiovisual Communication Law is on its way to the lower house of parliament (Congreso de los Diputados) for approval. The law updates the current regulations in a sector in which players such as content distribution platforms have emerged. If the law is passed with its current wording, ...

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Are companies obliged to test for covid-19 in case of contact with a positive test result?

26 NOV 2021

Arbeit

The question regarding the obligation to perform Covid-19 tests on company employees is controversial, but even more so if the employee has been in contact with a positive test result. As is well known, a large number of legal regulations related to the management of the health crisis situation caused ...

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Data Protection Webinar with Madrid Chamber of Commerce

24 NOV 2021

Florencia Arrébola, an associate at Bartolome & Briones, and Raquel García Aguilar, legal director of GFT Group Spain, presented the webinar "Does your software comply with the requirements of the RGPD?” , held together with the Madrid Chamber of Commerce. The key concepts for compliance with data protection regu...