Legislation for businesses (August 16 to September 15)

Spain

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food

• Resolution of August 12, 2022, of the General Secretariat for Fisheries, amending the Resolution of March 2, 2022, establishing additional provisions for the management of the mackerel (Scomber scombrus) fishery in zones 8c and 9a for vessels of the fleet using fishing gear other than trawls and purse seines with their home port in the province of Pontevedra. Official State Gazette (BOE) Number: 200 Publication Date: August 20, 2022

Ministry of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes, and Democratic Memory

• Royal Decree 695/2022 of Aug. 23 (Measures to monitor animal welfare in slaughterhouses through the installation of video surveillance systems). Official State Gazette Number: 203 Publication Date: August 24, 2022

• Royal Decree 750/2022 of Sep. 13 (Amendment of Royal Decree 920/2017, roadworthiness testing of vehicles). Official State Gazette Number: 221 Publication Date: September 14, 2022

Ministry of Finance and Civil Service

• Order HFP/823/2022, of August 24, approving Form 345, Information Return. Pension plans, pension funds, and alternative schemes. Mutual social welfare societies (Mutualidades de Previsión Social), insured retirement plans (Planes de Previsión Asegurados), individual systematic savings plans (Planes Individuales de Ahorro Sistemático), occupational social welfare plans (Planes de Previsión Social Empresarial), and long-term care insurance. Annual return on participants, contributions, and employer contributions, and establishing the conditions and procedure for its filing, and amending Order HAP/1608/2014, of September 4, approving Form 187, Information Return. Shares and units representing the capital or assets of collective investment undertakings (Instituciones de Inversión Colectiva) and annual summary of withholdings and payments on account of Personal Income Tax (IRPF), Corporate Income Tax (IS), and Non-Resident Income Tax (IRNR) in respect of income or capital gains obtained as a result of transfers or redemptions of those shares and units and of subscription rights. Official State Gazette Number: 207 Publication Date: August 29, 2022

• Royal Decree 712/2022, of August 30, approving the Regulations on the Tax on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases. Official State Gazette Number: 209 Publication Date: August 31, 2022

• Order HFP/826/2022, of August 30, approving Form 587 “Tax on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases. Self-assessment return” and Form A23 “Tax on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases. Refund request,” determining the form and procedure for filing them, and regulating registration in the territorial register (Registro territorial) and the keeping of inventory accounts. Official State Gazette Number: 209 Publication Date: August 31, 2022

Spanish Parliament (Cortes Generales)

• Resolution of August 25, 2022, of the Congress of Deputies, ordering the publication of the Agreement on the ratification by Parliament (convalidación) of Royal Decree-Law 13/2022, of July 26, establishing a new contribution system for self-employed workers and improving protection for cessation of activity. Official State Gazette Number: 208 Publication Date: August 30, 2022

Head of State (Jefatura del Estado)

• Law 17/2022 of Sep. 5 (Amendment of Law 14/2011, Science, Technology, and Innovation). Official State Gazette Number: 214 Publication Date: September 6, 2022

• Law 16/2022, of September 5, reforming the consolidated text of the Insolvency Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/2020, of May 5, to transpose Directive (EU) 2019/1023 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 20, 2019, on preventive restructuring frameworks, on discharge of debt and disqualifications, and on measures to increase the efficiency of procedures concerning restructuring, insolvency, and discharge of debt, and amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to certain aspects of company law (Directive on restructuring and insolvency). Official State Gazette Number: 214 Publication Date: September 6, 2022

• Organic Law 10/2022 of Sep. 6 (Comprehensive guarantee of sexual freedom). Official State Gazette Number: 215 Publication Date: September 7, 2022

• Royal Decree 16/2022 of Sep. 6 (Improvement of the working and Social Security conditions of domestic workers). Official State Gazette Number: 216 Publication Date: September 8, 2022

• Organic Law 11/2022 of Sep. 13 (Amendment of the Criminal Code regarding recklessness in driving motor vehicles or mopeds). Official State Gazette Number: 221 Publication Date: September 14, 2022

Community of Madrid

Regional Ministry of Environment, Housing, and Agriculture

• Resolution of August 18, 2022, of the Directorate General for Agriculture, Livestock, and Food, establishing health measures to prevent the spread of avian influenza in the Community of Madrid. Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid Number: 199 Publication Date: August 22, 2022