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Given the complex nature of this type of transactions, is it appropriate the Spanish regulations and case-law issued in relation to sales and leases (individually considered) being applied? Or is it fair them being qualified in certain aspects? From a public law standpoint, is it legally feasible the Spanish authorities being engaged in this kind of transactions in relation e.g. to office buildings occupied by regional or national ministries? How legal restrictions over public indebtedness, and EU State aid control regulations, impact on the deal? This paper addresses those and other practical issues, identifies certain legal clues to be considered when structuring and implementing this kind of transactions and tables some proposals which, if accepted by the Courts, would entail a contribution to the legal certainty of the players involved and, at the end of the day, to the legal consolidation of those transactions in Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of Law 18/2011 (5th July), governing the use of IT by the Justice Administration, is to regulate the introduction of the E-Justice Administration, which will allow professionals and citizens to maintain contact with the Administration in a safe and flexible fashion both online and via other electronic means. The coming into force of this legislation represents a great advance in the project to modernize Justice Administrations, begun several years ago at national and European levels. To be successful, Administrations require the availability of adequate technological resources and to make a major effort to move past their paper-based traditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The consequences of the implementation of the EU Directive on services in the internal market within the scope the Spanish retail trade regulations by means of the amendment of Law 7/1996 («LOCM»), are twofold. The first is the removal, as a general rule, of the requirement to obtain a prior authorisation to set up commercial establishments and the specification of the circumstances under which a competent authority may exceptionally require an authorisation pursuant to the principle of proportionality. The second is the introduction of a new type of sales («outlet sales») for legal purposes, which aims to draw a clear line between the regulations governing these sales and sales of damaged or obsolete goods («saldos»). After outlining the main features and context of the amendment of the Spanish Retail Trade Law, the paper focuses on the policy reasons behind the two relevant developments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]