The Court of Justice of the EU rules that limiting the number of licences for private-hire vehicles within the AMB is contrary to European Union Law

On 8 June 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published the long-awaited judgment in case C-50/21, Prestige and Limousine, concerning the local regulation of PHV services within the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) (Reglamento de ordenación de la actividad de transporte urbano discrecional de viajeros discrecional de viajeros con conductor de…

The Supreme Court has ruled that a judicial action cannot be rejected due to a lack of exhaustion of the previous administrative procedure when the contested act consisted of a presumed resolution by the Administration (Supreme Court Judgment nº. 280/2023, of March 7, 2023).

Through the Judgment dated March 7, 2023 (appeal 3069/2021), the Supreme Court (TS) has resolved a cassation appeal regarding the admissibility of a contentious-administrative recourse, even when the previous administrative procedure have not been exhausted, when the contested act consists of a presumed resolution by the Administration, and, therefore, the citizen did not have the…

The power of verification of a responsible declaration or previous communication is not subject to a time limit; it may be carried out during the entire period of exercise of the right or activity to which they refer.

In the judgment of 8 March 2023 (ECLI:ES:TS:2023: 884), the Supreme Court ruled on the appeal brought by the Barcelona City Council against the judgment of 14 September 2020 of the Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (appeal 163/19), which sought to determine whether the exercise of the powers of verification,…

Chambers and Partners recognizes Pareja i Advocats, Associats.

In the 2023 edition of the guide to Europe, the prestigious law directory Chambers and partners has once again distinguished Pareja i Associats, Advocats as one of the best law firms in Spain in the specialties of urban planning and public law. Chambers and Partners includes Pareja i Associats, Advocats in Band 2 (urban planning)…

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…