ENERGY COMMUNITIES
Although it is a relatively new concept in our society and still largely unknown to the general public, energy communities have been envisaged for several years in European Union regulations, specifically in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of...
The CNMC sets clear guidelines to ensure proper oversight of consumer consent in energy supplier switching
The National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) published its report IS/DE/020/23 on May 14, 2025, titled “Supervisory Report on Consumer Consent in Energy Supplier Switching.” This report highlights the need to apply uniform and strict criteria to ensure...
Reform of the Legal Regime Governing Tourist Apartments and Short-Term Rentals: Amendment of the Horizontal Property Act and Creation of the Single Rental Registry
The year 2025 has marked a decisive regulatory shift in the legal framework applicable to tourist and short-term rentals in Spain. With the entry into force of two key legal instruments — Organic Law 1/2025 of 2 January on measures concerning the efficiency of the...
Eviction Proceedings for Non-Payment of rent
Eviction proceedings for non-payment of rent are the judicial mechanism established to allow the landlord to recover possession of a property when the tenant fails to fulfil their payment obligation. As a prior requirement, it is mandatory to attempt an out-of-court...
Amendment to Article 795 of the Criminal Procedure Act: fast trial in cases of illegal occupation of property
Organic Law 1/2025, of 2 January, has amended Article 795.1.2º of the Criminal Procedure Act, incorporating the offences of trespassing (Article 202 of the Criminal Code) and unlawful occupation of property (Article 245.2 of the Criminal Code) into the list of...
The CNMC promotes the establishment of objective criteria to assess the quality of commercial partners of electricity retailers
On 9 January 2025, the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) published the “Supervisory Report on the Sales Forces of Electricity and Gas Retailers” (Case No. IS/DE/034/24) (hereinafter, the “Report”). The Report provides an in-depth analysis of the...
CNMC Resolution of 23 November 2023, on the new criteria applicable to the authorisation of fixed numbering sub-assignments. NUM/DTSA/3186/23.
On 23 November 2023, a resolution on the new criteria applicable to the authorisation of numbering sub-assignments (Expte: NUM/DTSA/3186/23.) (hereinafter, the ‘Resolution’) was published on the website of the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (the...
Report of the CNMC on the supervision of the effective consent of the consumer to the change of energy provider of January 11, 2024
A CNMC (energy regulator) Report the on supervision of the effective consent of the consumer to the change of energy provider of January 11, 2024, has recently been published. The report is the result of an analyze carried out by the CNMC with the aim of verifying...
CNMC’s resolution in the sanctioning procedure against EÓLICA DE SIERRA MINISTRA, S.L.U., for failure to send information to CNMC pursuant to Circular 5/2009, of 16 July, on accounting and economic and financial information on companies engaged in electricity, natural gas and manufactured gas activities SNC/DE/150/22 (20 April 2023)
Accordingly, to Circular 5/2009 EÓLICA DE SIERRA MINISTRA, S.L.U. is obliged to report information to the CNMC. In view of the lack of the remission of such information by EÓLICA DE SIERRA MINISTRA S,.L., e-mails were sent to the company, pointing out the failure to...
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