The CNMC sets clear guidelines to ensure proper oversight of consumer consent in energy supplier switching

Administrative and Regulatory Law, Blog_eng, Energy, Legal News

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...

Eviction Proceedings for Non-Payment of rent

Blog, Legal News, Procedural and Litigation Law, Real Estate and Urban Planning Law

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

Blog_eng, Legal News, Procedural and Litigation Law, Real Estate and Urban Planning Law

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

Energy, Legal News

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 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.

Administrative and Regulatory Law, Internet and Telecommunications Law, Legal News

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.

Administrative and Regulatory Law, Company law, Real Estate and Urban Planning Law, Legal News

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...