Legal tip 295. Touristic apartments in Andalucia
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 9:56 AM
Some important features highlighted by the recent Decree dated april 2010 on touristic apartments in Andalucia:
- This Decree is filling a gap existing since 1999 , when a National Law on Tousim asked Regions ( Comunidades Autónomas) to develop the required regional decrees on the matter. It was just about time, specially due to the density of the tourism activity in Andalucia.
- Principle of One company: The Decree pays special attention to the legal need for the existence of just one company in charge of the touristic management of the complex. This is a field where owners and touristic companies find lost of discrepancies, specially if property owners where not fully informed on this feature by the developer and were not aware of the touristic character of their units. We have some clients in this situation.
- The Decree regulates quality standards and classification of apartments accordingly. It also pays attention tro environmental sustainability.
- Conditions of the management companies are also regulated
-Importantly, mainly due to the increasing presence of international companies in our region, the Decree expressly makes a reminder of freedoms of members of European Union countries to develop these commercial activities ( as tourist management companies) in our region.
Grazalema, Cadiz by elarequi61 at Flickr.com