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Administrative liability of the members of a listed company’s audit committee for serious errors or inaccuracies in the audited annual accounts
The Supreme Court’s judgment of 8 October 2020 confirms the administrative liability of Audit Committee members for the inaccuracy or lack of veracity of consolidated annual accounts that have been externally audited
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Amendment of the legal regime of the organisation and operation of the National Electricity System (Portugal)
The public consultation regarding the long-awaited draft Decree-Law that revokes the legal regulations applicable to the activities of generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and the organisation of electricity markets (the “Draft Decree-law”) is underway, and contributions may be submitted until 24 November 2021 through the Consultation – National Electricity System platform (consultalex.gov.pt).
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Tax measures contained in Royal Decree-law 7/2026 approving the Comprehensive Plan to Address the Crisis in the Middle East
The package of tax measures included in Royal Decree-law 7/2026, of 20 March, consists of various incentives in the field of direct taxation of individuals and companies to reduce dependence and promote energy savings and efficiency, electric mobility, and support for self-consumption and investment in renewables. Moreover, it includes a set of extraordinary and temporary measures applicable to energy taxation and indirect taxation aimed at reducing the tax burden on products particularly affected by rising prices. Lastly, certain changes are made to various local taxes.
2 days ago 
Saturnina Moreno
A complete U-turn on ‘technological strikebreaking’
The Constitutional Court reinstates established doctrine and rejects the possibility for employers to resort to non-routine technical (or human) resources during a strike, where such resources involve minimising, reducing or limiting the effects of the industrial action in keeping the company running.
3 days ago
Lourdes López
Royal Decree-law 7/2026: renewables acceleration areas and the environmental assessment of energy projects
In this paper we outline the changes introduced by Royal Decree-law 7/2026 to the environmental impact assessment procedure: first, through the creation and regulation of renewables acceleration areas (RAAs), wherein renewable energy projects will be exempt from environmental impact assessments, and, second, by modifying certain aspects of the environmental impact assessment for energy generation and storage projects, as well as for transmission and distribution facilities.
4 days ago
Blanca Lozano, Ander de Blas, Helena Villena
Royal Decree-law 7/2026: electricity grid access and connection measures
The measures related to grid access and connection respond to investor interest in large-scale decarbonization projects, data centres, electric mobility, and energy storage, and aim to reduce the current hoarding of demand-side access.
31 Mar, 2026
Energy Team
Changes to the administrative milestone system for renewable energy production projects introduced by Royal Decree-law 7/2026
Royal Decree-law 7/2026, of 20 March, approving the Comprehensive Plan to Address the Crisis in the Middle East – published in the Official Journal of Spain on 21 March – introduces significant changes to the regulation of the electricity sector. Although it needs to be ratified by Parliament, generally speaking it came into force on the day of its publication.
30 Mar, 2026
Energy Team
Limitation period of an insurer’s recourse claim against construction agents distinct from the insured under the Spanish Building (Unified Regulation) Act
Despite its logic and simplicity, Article 18 of the Building (Unified Regulation) Act continues to give rise to interpretative problems in higher court case law. It has not quite found its place alongside Article 1145 of the Civil Code and Article 43 of the Insurance Contracts Act.
27 Mar, 2026
Ángel Carrasco
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