The Spanish legislator cannot ignore the growing influence of start-ups and digital companies in both the national and global economic context. For this reason, in order to promote the creation of this type of company in Spain, the Draft Law for the promotion of the start-up ecosystem is currently being processed in Parliament.
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In the actual socio-political context in Europe, different measures are being promoted to enable all member states to bear the migratory burden caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. To this end, a legal instrument that is very useful in such cases is being used: international protection on humanitarian grounds.
Since January 2022, Germany has been one of the pioneering countries in protecting consumer rights online. In particular, four laws have been implemented, covering consumer contracts and the sale and purchase of digital products, the provision of digital content and services, and the modernisation of consumer information.
Since 14 January 2022, the Draft Organic Law amending Organic Law 6/1985, of 1 July 1985, on the Judiciary, in relation to Commercial Courts, has been in the amendment phase.
On 21 December the Court of Justice of the European Union decided in joined cases C-146/20, C-188/20, C-196/20 and C-270/20 Azurair and others, in case C-263/20 Airhelp and in case C-395/20 Corendon Airlines. The judgments clarify the rights of the airline customers.
On Wednesday 15 December, Law 16/2021, of 14 December, which amends Law 12/2013, of 2 August, on measures to improve the functioning of the food supply chain, was published in the Official State Gazette.
On 2 November last, Royal Decree-Law 24/2021, of 2 November, approved the transposition of various European Union directives, in particular, Directive (EU) 2019/789 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions by broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of radio and television programmes and Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market.
he draft Housing Law has recently been approved, which establishes a mechanism – at the disposal of the Autonomous Communities and City Councils – to be able to reduce the price of rents.
On 15 September 2021, the Supreme Court published an order declaring the inadmissibility of the appeals (extraordinary appeal for procedural infringement and cassation) filed by BANCO SANTANDER against the judgment of 8 March 2019 handed down by the Provincial Court of Zamora which upheld the judgment of Benavente Court of First Instance No. 1. In the first instance judgment, the plaintiff’s claim was upheld, declaring the nullity of the contract for the purchase and sale of shares in BANCO POPULAR (now BANCO SANTANDER) on the occasion of the capital increase carried out by the plaintiff in 2016.
The draft law amending the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act -Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz- (here in after LkSG) has recently been published.