International Network of Law Firms
Gavels Abogados has joined the international network of French-speaking lawyers Alta Juris International, which will allow us to continue to assist our clients in operations in French-speaking markets, as well as to assist French-speaking companies in operations in...
Extraordinary Limitation on the Annual Rent Update of Residential Lease Agreements
The Government has approved a series of measures to address the economic and social consequences of the war in Ukraine, with the aim of mitigating the current situation of rising prices affecting our country. All the measures adopted are included in Royal Decree-Law...
The IDAE (Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving), which is part of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, has created the Self-consumption Office.
The Self-consumption Office has been created (https://www.idae.es/tecnologias/energias-renovables/oficina-de-autoconsumo). According to the IDAE website, the Self-consumption Office is "a space for information and advice within IDAE, aimed at supporting consumers...
Judgment 144/2022 Supreme Court. Civil Chamber. Consequences of an Incorrect Risk Declaration by the Insured.
The Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court issued a Judgment dated 22 February 2022, in proceedings initiated by a claim filed by the insured party against an insurance company, seeking compensation for the lack of coverage for losses that occurred during the term of an...
Ordinary expenses in residential lease agreements
We are going to address a truly complex issue that often leads to various discussions in the field of urban residential leases: the question of who is responsible for covering the cost of repairs in rented dwellings. As established in Article 21.4 of Law 29/1994 of 24...
Implied Authorization by the Owners’ Association for the Enclosure of a Terrace
Judgment 909/2021 of the Supreme Court, Civil Chamber, Section One, dated 22 December 2021, orders a property owner to reinstate the partition walls of the terrace with the dwelling, which had been demolished after incorporating the terrace into her property, due to...
Postponement of the Third Auction for the Award of the Renewable Energy Economic Regime
The Draft Resolution of the Secretary of State for Energy, calling for the third auction for the award of the renewable energy economic regime pursuant to the provisions of Order TED/1161/2020, of 4 December, set out an auction calendar under which the auction was...
CNMC Resolution Responding to Inquiries Regarding Royal Decree-Law 23/2021, on Urgent Energy Measures for Consumer Protection and the Introduction of Transparency in Wholesale and Retail Electricity and Natural Gas Markets
The CNMC (National Commission on Markets and Competition) published on 17 February 2022 the following interpretative criteria regarding the consumer protection measures established in Royal Decree-Law 23/2021, on urgent energy measures for consumer protection and the...
The CNMC Approves a New Operating Procedure Introducing an Automatic Power Reduction System
On 25 January 2022, the Official State Gazette (BOE) published the Resolution of 13 January 2022 of the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC), approving the electricity system operating procedure “P.O. 3.11 Automatic Power Reduction System for...
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