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A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation On 21 December 2023, Royal Decree 1130/2023 came into force. It included a new article (Article 16 bis) on Royal Decree 1023/2015, introducing a mandatory arbitration proceeding for disputes arising from authorizations granted by newspaper publishers and news agencies to information society service providers, as foreseen in Article 129 bis.3.d) of the Spanish Intellectual Property Law. This proceeding must be held before the First Section of the Intellectual Property Commission…

SPAIN Carmen Alonso and Enrique Silvente A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1       Approval of Royal Decree-Law 3/2020, dated 4 February, that adopts urgent measures for the transposition into Spanish Law of various European Union directives in the field of public procurement in certain sectors: private insurance; pension plans and funds; taxation and tax disputes. Royal Decree-Law 3/2020, includes an amendment to the Law on Spanish Public Sector Contracts No. 9/2017, dated 8 November. In particular, article…

In its judgment of 18 January 2016[1], the Svea Court of Appeal overturned the Stockholm District Court’s judgment and approved the Russian Federation’s plea for negative declaratory relief. Contrary to the Stockholm District Court, the Svea Court of Appeal found that the arbitral tribunal lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate the claim made by Spanish investors against the Russian Federation originating from the alleged expropriation of the Spanish investor’s investments in Yukos Oil Company. The Svea Court…