Resolution of the CNMC of 26 January 2023 on the disciplinary proceedings initiated against Comercializadora Eléctrica del Sureste, S.L. for failure to comply with the obligation to provide the guarantees required to the Electricity System Operator. SNC/DE/062/22.
Following a complaint by RED ELÉCTRICA DE ESPAÑA, S.A. (in its capacity as system operator) against COMERCIALIZADORA ELÉCTRICA DEL SURESTE, S.L., disciplinary proceedings were initiated in October 2022, declaring it proven that COMERCIALIZADORA ELÉCTRICA DEL SURESTE,...
CNMC Resolution of 24 November 2022: Disciplinary proceedings initiated against Alfa Medios Publicitarios, S.L. for failure to comply with the conditions determining the allocation and granting of the 11810 public numbering resource. SNC/DTSA/166/21.
Following a complaint by a natural person concerning the use of a 118AB number for a service other than telephone information on subscriber numbers, the DTSA (Directorate for Telecommunications and Audiovisual of the CNMC) carried out an inspection and initiated...
According to the CJEU, arrangement fees on mortgage loans may be subject to an analysis of unfairness.
Buying a property nowadays usually requires taking out a mortgage loan. These bank loans include an arrangement fee, which is a percentage that generally ranges between 0.5 and 1% of the amount of the loan itself, which the banks add to the amount of the mortgage for...
The CNMC imposes new measures on Endesa, Naturgy, Iberdrola and Holaluz to avoid erroneous company changes in the electricity sector.
A ‘CUPS crossover’ is a problem for the electricity consumer that means that the consumer who requests a change of electricity company is erroneously assigned the CUPS of another user, and consequently, the consumer would be billed for the consumption of someone...
The CNMC initiates proceedings against ENDESA for possible irregularities in the contracting of customers
The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) is once again putting the spotlight on ENDESA, this time due to an alleged breach of contracting requirements and customer empowerment. The infringement considered by the CNMC is related to article 66.4 of Law...
New General Telecommunications Law
On 29 June last, Law 11/2022, of 28 June, General Telecommunications Law was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). The purpose of this law is to transpose Directive 2018/1972, of 11 December 2018, establishing the European Electronic Communications Code, as...
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...
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