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

22 DEC 2021

Energy

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 ...

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Legal Status - DECEMBER 2021

14 DEC 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 DEC 2021

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

Employment

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...

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Legal Status - NOVEMBER 2021

16 NOV 2021

Disputes: Know-how: regulation and legal defence

Education: Use of copyright-protected material in the education sector

Energy: Analysis of the result of the second renewable energy auction of October 2021

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New right of press publishers for online use of their publications

05 NOV 2021

IP/Media

This week Royal Decree 24/2021 has been published, transposing Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the digital single market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC. Among other provisions, it introduced in the Spanish law the exclusive right of publishers ...

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Royal Decree-Law 19/2021 with measures to boost residential building renovation is published

03 NOV 2021

Energy

On October 6, 2021, Royal Decree-Law 19/2021, of October 5, 2021, on urgent measures to boost building renovation activity in the context of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan was published in the Spanish Official State Gazette (BOE). This regulation includes urgent and necessary measures to solve important challenges in terms of renovation and improvement ...

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Royal Decree-Law 18/2021, of September 28, on urgent measures for the protection of employment, economic recovery and improvement of the labour market.

30 SEP 2021

Employment

The most relevant clarifications and provisions are as follows: I. Extension of the current ERTEs (temporary layoffs ) during October 2021. An extension of the current ERTEs model is established until October 31, 2021. II. New ERTEs as from November 1, 2021 conditioned to the submission of an application. • An extension of the ERTEs related to th...

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Legal Status - SEPTEMBER 2021

28 SEP 2021

Energy: The Ministry for Ecological Transition announces a new 3.300 MW wind and photovoltaic auction in October

Employment: Is the Equality Plan mandatory? Quantification of the number of employees and possible penalties

Media: Are users of online platforms solely responsible for the content they upload?

Corporate: Implementation of the Startups Law