The latest reform of the Law on public sector contracts regulates a summary procedure to enable contracting authorities and competition authorities to detect collusive practices in public procurement procedures.

The General State Budget Law for the year 2023, which has recently come into force, has introduced a modification in Law 9/2017, of 8 November, on Public Sector Contracts (LCSP) that regulates the procedure by which, in public procurement procedures, the contracting body has to transfer to the competition authorities any well-founded indication of collusive…

The European Union adopts a new Regulation establishing a temporary framework to implement and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, while Spain speeds up the approval of new self-consumption and renewable projects that are competence of the central administration.

On 22 December, the European Council approved the final text of Regulation € 2022/2577 establishing a temporary framework aimed at accelerating the deployment of renewable energy by streamlining the authorisation procedures for renewable energy projects. This regulation has been adopted together with other temporary measures aimed at improving the security of short-term energy supply in…

According to Advocate General’s conclusions on Case C-50/21, the limitation of the number of hire vehicles licences in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona violates freedom of establishment.

Both taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) carry out local private transport services and, in Spain, in the recent years, PHVs have found their way into intra-urban transport, in addition to the inter-urban transport activity they already performed. As a result, the traditional taxi model, protected from competition thanks to the State intervention, is being…

Girona City Council initially approves a specific modification of the General Plan to regulate and limit the implementation of tourist accommodation and home-sharing

On 14 November 2022, Girona City Council’s Plenary initially approved the proposed “Specific modification of the General Plan for the regulation of tourist accommodation”, which will be subject to public information until 19 December, during which time allegations may be submitted. This proposed modification of the General Plan aims to regulate and limit the implementation…

Good practices in the processing of minor contracts for local entities

In the context of the Municipios y Competencia initiative, of the National Commission of Markets and Competence (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia or CNMC by its initials in Spanish) in collaboration with the autonomic competence authorities, the Basque Council of Competence (BCC) has studied the use of minor contracts, specifically, by local…

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The latest reform of the Law on public sector contracts regulates a summary procedure to enable contracting authorities and competition authorities to detect collusive practices in public procurement procedures.

The European Union adopts a new Regulation establishing a temporary framework to implement and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, while Spain speeds up the approval of new self-consumption and renewable projects that are competence of the central administration.

According to Advocate General’s conclusions on Case C-50/21, the limitation of the number of hire vehicles licences in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona violates freedom of establishment.

Girona City Council initially approves a specific modification of the General Plan to regulate and limit the implementation of tourist accommodation and home-sharing

Good practices in the processing of minor contracts for local entities

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