The opposition Partido Popular will present motions in the next plenary sessions of all town councils, deputations, councils, general assemblies and councils to demand the immediate withdrawal of the new register of travellers, which the PP calls ‘Big Brother Tourism’. On Monday, December 2, the application of Royal Decree 933/2021 came into force, which establishes the obligations of documentary registration and information of natural or legal persons who exercise activities of accommodation and rental of motor vehicles and which provides for fines of up to 30,000 euros for non-compliers.
Now, the PP will take the repeal of this regulation in the plenary sessions during the remainder of December and next January, while calling for the development of ‘consensual’ with the sector and the various operators of a new legislation to ensure competitiveness, as highlighted in a statement by the party.
The motion denounces the ‘legal uncertainty’ caused by this new legislation, as well as ‘the disproportionate administrative burden it entails, the competitive disadvantage for Spain, the inadequacy of the technology designed and the violation of the right to privacy of tourists and users’. A ‘Tourist Big Brother’ that ‘severely hampers one of the most important sectors for the Spanish economy, the tourism sector’.
The PP indicates that the Government has approved RDL 933/2021 ‘against the opinion and interests of the sector and deceiving its representatives’ and denounces that it has not taken into account the repeated warnings from the sector about the risks for travellers and for Spain’s international reputation.
The PP understands that this law causes, textually, a strong legal uncertainty and ignores the operational complexity of collecting so much data load, even before the provision of the service, which in fact makes it almost impossible to comply with. This situation causes a competitive disadvantage with respect to the European market, as obligations are imposed on companies that the national laws of other European states do not impose.
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James WalkerI don't subscribe to conspiracy theory websites, so no, I don't know which one is trendy today. The fake pandemic used to be a trendy one, but since that one hadn't a speck of evidence, it lost its appeal. But you seem to be abreast of the latest pop conspiracy theories. What do you reckon will be the next pop-con?
@Morgan. Nobody said they faked the whole thing. Still pretty raw subject for you? I see you are still one off those delusional ones that won't wake up to the scam of supposed experts proven wrong time and time again. A so called vaccine that didn't work? But has caused harm to so many. But will let that one go under the rug? Merry Christmas to everyone.
James WalkerIdiot.
James WalkerWhat I'm still trying to figure out is how "they" faked the whole thing, with participation of millions of secret operatives posing as ordinary citizens, even faking their deaths, sworn to secrecy for the remainder of their lives, and without leaving even a trace of evidence of this secret conspiracy. Blimey, they're incredibly good at it. Unbelievably good. Trump can only hope to pull off something like that without leaving a trace of evidence. But you know, he gets away with a lot of stuff.
@Charles nobody is held accountable anymore. Just who has been held accountable for all the lies told through COVID and the poison gene therapy?
Good! I wish you success.
If the new system is scrapped as is being proposed then, being in the tech industry myself, I know that a lot of money is going down the drain and would have to be written off. Taxpayers' money. The country can ill afford such losses and people need to be held to account. Both the Government buyers of the software and the contractors who wrote the software (and clearly haven't made it sufficiently user-friendly) are culpable of creating this mess. It's simply not good enough to sweep this under the mat.