Jurídicos y Administrativos

💰 On July 15, 2024, the importance of a company's compliance policy for managing travel expenses is highlighted as essential to reduce legal and financial risks. Compliance ensures adherence to legal requirements from regulatory bodies, encompassing laws, regulations, quality standards, and ethical codes relevant to the sector. It aims to control external regulations, train staff, and prevent potential fines or sanctions. The policy affects various organizational areas, including taxation, labor management, internal management, and information security, particularly data protection regulations. The article underscores the need for compliance in fiscal, labor, internal governance, and cybersecurity, referencing standards such as the UNE 19-602 for tax compliance and ISO standards 19600 and 31000 for labor compliance and risk management. ZTravel by Zucchetti Spain is presented as an essential tool for managing corporate travel expenses, aiding compliance with legal and ethical obligations, including the Telework Law (Law 10/2021).

📌 Online travel agencies and GDS accuse Google of violating the EU Digital Markets Act due to preferences in search results. Eu Travel Tech claims Google's proposed solutions don't fully comply with regulations, potentially rendering them ineffective. Emmanuel Mounier, the entity's secretary-general, highlights Google Search's bias towards its own services in search results, impacting the diversity of choices for its 300-400 million monthly active users and dominating with a 90% market share. Mounier urges the European Commission to ensure Google's compliance and requests an immediate investigation if conditions don't change.

🚨 The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) criticized London Luton Airport's advertisement for claiming its expansion would have no environmental impact, despite not factoring in aircraft emissions. ASA, enforcing truth in advertising, demanded the immediate withdrawal of the ad for breaking the advertising code of conduct. The airport's campaign promised an immediate halt to expansion if environmental limits were breached, but ASA found the claim unsubstantiated. Previously, ASA has also challenged Air France and Lufthansa ads for ambiguous environmental claims.

🏖️ Imserso's tourism program is set to launch in just over two months with sales starting mid-September and initial departures in early October. The program offers 886,269 places with prices ranging from €124.68 for a four-day trip to provincial capitals to €435.95 for a ten-day trip to the Canary Islands, including transport. Single occupancy rooms incur extra charges of €22-€26 per night. Special menus for Christmas and New Year's turnouts have a €20 surcharge per gala meal. Reservations require a deposit not exceeding 20% of the total price, payable 45 days before the trip, or immediately if booking for travel in October or November within a 45-day window.

📌 Madrid and Barcelona target urgent regulation of tourist apartments to address housing access and preserve city cohabitation. Madrid's mayor José Luis Martínez Almeida reveals 30% of tourists stay in licensed tourist apartments, with new rules underway including moratorium, increased fines, and inspections. Barcelona's mayor Jaume Collboni plans to eliminate 10,101 tourist apartments by 2028, amid a 70% rent and 40% purchase price surge over the past decade.

🛡 Carlos Garrido, President of CEAV, highlights non-compliance with regulations could invalidate the corporate and MICE activities' exclusion. The ministerial order draft sent in November to Fernando Grande-Marlaska's department excluded such sectors. CEAV is considering legal action as the deadline approaches for the decree's enforcement on October 1, which poses compliance challenges due to resource limitations. CEAV also demands a moratorium and a meeting with the Ministries of Interior and Tourism to prevent negative impacts on thousands of SMEs.

🛩 Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) challenges airlines Ryanair, Easyjet, Volotea, Vueling, and Wizz Air over additional charges for carry-on luggage, seen as a passenger right. OCU, backed by Euroconsumers, pushes for refunds of charges ranging €6 to €75, citing European legislation mandating final service prices inclusive of all applicable fees. Legal action is considered if demands are not met. Airlines fined over €150M and seek to challenge the decisions, defending the legality of their pricing strategies.

📌 El Consell de Gobierno de la Comunidad Valenciana aprobó el nuevo "Decreto Ley de Simplificación", que se alinea con la Ley de Costas del Estado, estipulando que no se permitirá la construcción de hoteles a menos de 200 metros de la costa. El decreto, publicado en el DOGV, responde a las inquietudes de PSPV y Compromís sobre la protección del litoral y clarifica que los usos permitidos entre 100 y 200 metros de la costa serán de construcciones desmontables. El proyecto de Ley del Litoral, actualmente en trámite, también seguirá estas directrices, manteniendo la servidumbre de protección de la costa.

🛄 El Real Decreto 933/2021, efectivo desde el 1 de octubre, obliga a agencias de viajes en España a reportar datos de reservas a Interior, lo que genera inseguridad jurídica en el sector, indican FETAVE, ACAVe y UNAV. La normativa, sin aclaraciones suficientes, puede resultar en sanciones, colapsar medios administrativos de pymes y micropymes, y afectar la protección de datos de viajeros. El Ministerio del Interior confirmó el 4 de julio que no habrá más aplazamientos ni aclaraciones. FETAVE denunció ante la Comisión Europea la posible ilegalidad del Decreto, y ECTAA expresó su preocupación a la CE.

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