21 Jul 2026
6/10
European Regulations
Effective: 08/07/2026
The European Union activates emergency funds to assist Spain for the forest fires of August 2025, along with Romania and Cyprus for their respective natural disasters.
Public administrations and citizens in Spanish areas affected by fires in August 2025
18 Jul 2026
6/10
Effective: 18/07/2026
The State, the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Innofab Foundation agree to build an advanced semiconductor research laboratory. The InnoFAB project includes a cleanroom financed with Next Generation EU funds.
Technology sector, semiconductor researchers, microelectronics companies and involved administrations
17 Jul 2026
6/10
Corporate & Business
Effective: 17/07/2026
The Balearic Islands create a preferential procedure for strategic private projects and simplify administrative bureaucracy. It seeks to diversify its economy beyond tourism and attract investment in technology, health a...
Investing companies, private developers and public administrations in the Balearic Islands
16 Jul 2026
6/10
Social Security
Effective: 23/06/2026
Congress has validated the decree of extraordinary measures to strengthen the care system for dependent persons approved in June 2026.
Dependent persons, caregivers, families and social services entities
16 Jul 2026
6/10
Real Estate
A property owner cannot obtain a short-term tourist rental registration number if registered after April 3, 2025 without permission from their homeowners association.
Owners of short-term tourist dwellings registered after April 3, 2025
16 Jul 2026
6/10
Real Estate
Short-term tourist rental registration is suspended when the bylaws of the property owners' association expressly prohibit use as lodging. The General Directorate confirms that such registered prohibition is binding.
Property owners in communities with statutory prohibition of tourist rental
16 Jul 2026
6/10
Real Estate
The General Directorate confirms that short-term tourist apartments registered after April 3, 2025 require express authorization from the homeowners association to obtain the unique rental registration number.
Owners of tourist housing in homeowners associations registered after April 2025
16 Jul 2026
6/10
Real Estate
If the bylaws of a property owners' association prohibit commercial uses, you cannot obtain the registration number for tourist rental. To be able to rent, you must first modify the bylaws.
Property owners in communities with exclusive residential use bylaws
16 Jul 2026
6/10
Real Estate
The registration of a tourist apartment in Marbella is denied because the community of owners bylaws prohibit this use since 1974. The resolution confirms the registrar's qualification.
Property owners in communities with bylaws that restrict tourist rental
16 Jul 2026
6/10
Real Estate
Effective: 16/07/2026
A property owner cannot obtain the registration number for tourist rental if the bylaws of their community prohibit such use. The registered bylaw prohibition prevails and can only be removed by modifying said bylaws.
Property owners in communities with bylaws that prohibit tourist rental