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Originally Posted by LisaK  Do you have an opinion as to whether such legislation will spread to the rest of Spain in due course? |
Hi Lisa,
The drive to promoting the protection of consumers is here to stay. These are fundamental elements enshrined in the Spanish Constitution and also promoted by the European Commission. So, being a little bit repetitive, my opion is that the laws relating to consumer protection requirements are here to stay.
Some people are surprised to learn that, indeed, some of these are directives from the European Commission on minimum requirements for consumer protection. For example, Ley 44/2006 in Spain is a direct response to a scolding from the European Commission, indicating that Spain had to provide stronger protection on consumer issues as relating to abusive contractual clauses. One of the most pertinent to our discussion includes, for example, the protection of a consumer in a property purchase from the application of "abusive contract clauses", such as relating to supporting the costs that, by law, would normally be paid by the vendor.
Just some thoughts,
Miguel
