Jurídicos y Administrativos

📄 Green Software partners with Cober Legal to ensure client data protection compliance, avoiding practices that could lead to fines as demonstrated by the AEPD sanctioning a hotel under file PS/00078/2021 for data minimization principle violation with a penalty reduced to €15,000 after correction. The OCR technology provided by Delta Informática helps businesses extract only necessary ID data, ensuring legal compliance and improved trust.

🏛 South Korea enforces measures against tourism overcrowding in Bukchon Hanok, Seoul, declaring it the first "special management zone" starting October. Policies include banning tourist buses in certain areas, color-coded zones—red, orange, yellow—to manage visitor density, and resident-only access from 10:00 to 17:00. Violators face fines, aiming for sustainable management and balance between tourism and cultural heritage preservation.

🛳 The Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE) ruled against Booking.com's 'parity clauses,' finding them unnecessary for the company's commercial objectives. Spain's National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) fined Booking €413 million for unfair commercial practices and restricting competition, as Booking held a market share close to 90% in some years. The ruling aims to enhance competition and aid smaller or emerging booking platforms.

🇪🇸 Vice President and Minister of Labour Yolanda Díaz criticizes Spain's leading industry, tourism, which accounts for nearly 13% of Spain's GDP and provides employment to almost three million people. Her party, Sumar, questions the consistency of using public funds for tourism promotion, suggesting the Spanish government should abandon such initiatives. The government responds by emphasizing the aim to balance tourist flows and targets areas yet to recover 2019's international tourist numbers. Earlier, Díaz proposed a plan to limit tourism activities, including measures against flights, cruises, and vehicle rentals, which was rejected in Congress.

📅 La Comunidad Valenciana lanzó Viaja +65 el 23 de septiembre, mismo día del inicio de ventas de Imserso. Presupuesto de 1.1 millones de euros para turismo en temporada baja, de 14 de octubre al 20 de diciembre, con expectativa de 50,000 pernoctaciones y beneficio para 7,000-8,000 personas. Inscripciones abiertas desde el 24 de septiembre en agencias y hoteles locales.

💰 Travel agencies, represented by Fetave, UNAV, and ACAVE, express concerns over the lack of information from Imserso regarding the current season of the social tourism program. They highlight unresolved issues from the previous season, the need for clear measures to prevent recurring problems, and the impact of the newly enforced RD 933/2021 on travel reservation processes. Agencies urge for urgent responses before the new season begins, aiming to secure quality experiences for pensioners.

💸 On September 18, 2024, various types of invoices in Spain are discussed, including the ordinary invoice which is mandatory for commercial operations and the use of simplified invoices (tickets) by hospitality businesses for amounts up to €400. Rectifying invoices correct errors, recapitulative ones consolidate operations within a month, and proforma invoices lack fiscal value, serving only for informational purposes. Electronic invoices have legal value and certain standards must be met; their use is already mandatory for many companies in B2B transactions and will soon be required for SMEs and freelancers. The article also highlights the importance of using ERP software for efficient digital invoice management.

🛈 Business organizations are racing to halt the implementation of Spain's new traveler registration law, set for October 1. Travel and hotel associations such as Ceav, Unav, Acave, Fetave, Cehat, Hosbec, Ashotel, and Fehm, alongside entities like Mesa del Turismo and CEOE, are urging the Ministry of the Interior for suspension. The decree, Real Decreto 933/2021, mandates sensitive data collection, sparking concerns over EU data protection compatibility and administrative burdens threatening numerous SMEs.

✈ Ryanair plans growth by 2025, threatening to shift aircraft to countries with lower airport fees. In Spain, Aena's 0.54% fee increase for 2025 could impede Ryanair's goal to grow from 58 million to over 77 million passengers in ten years. The airline demands CNMC intervention to freeze fees until 2026. Meanwhile, Ryanair faces similar issues in Greece and Germany, reducing Berlin traffic due to high costs. Contrarily, Italy's Calabria tax cut led to Ryanair adding four planes and 15 new routes, and Sweden's aviation charge review may attract significant investment over six years.

🚌 Flixbus' VP for Western Europe, Pablo Pastega, accuses the Spanish Ministry of Transport, led by Óscar Puente, of systematically breaching European regulations by ignoring requests for internal cabotage (transporting passengers within Spain on international routes). This prevents Flixbus from operating routes like Badajoz to Toledo, limiting its operations in Spain to international journeys only, despite its rapid low-cost model expansion across Europe.