The Spanish Supreme Court (TS) found the State, as legislator, to be financially liable in relation to the imposition of an administrative penalty in application of a legal provision that was subsequently found to be contrary to European Union law (Supreme Court decision of March 10, 2021)
The Catalan Government (Generalitat) imposed a fine of 20,001 Euros for infringement of the State Law on the Regulation of Retail Trade (LOCM) on a company belonging to the MEDIA MARKT group. Specifically, it was considered that the infringement provided for in Article 65.c) LOCM in relation to Article 14 of the same law, relating…