The Temporary Admission (TA) Customs regime (also known as temporary importation or TI) has long been taken advantage of by non-EU flagged yachts entering the Customs Territory of the Union (CTU). The TA regime allows yachts to enjoy total relief from import duties and be exempt from VAT on imports in Spain and other EU [...]
The dispute in the main proceeding and the question referred for a preliminary ruling Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi (“Elite Taxi”), a professional taxi drivers’ association in Barcelona, brought an action before the Commercial Court No 3 of Barcelona, against Uber Systems Spain SL (“Uber”), a subsidiary of Uber Technologies Inc, seeking a declaration from that [...]
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In its 10th edition, the prestigious American publication The Best Lawyers in Spain named ALBORS GALIANO PORTALES “Spain Law Firm of the Year” in Transportation Law for 2018, a recognition that the publication grants based on the quality of the work delivered by the Firm, together with other colleagues’ evaluations and our lawyers’ track record of [...]
The traditional Christmas cocktail held by ALBORS GALIANO PORTALES will take place at the Ritz Hotel in Madrid on 14th December at 8 pm. In the course of the celebration, the ALBORS GALIANO PORTALES Award will be given to the best academic record of the International Maritime Law Course organized by the Spanish Maritime Institute.
The SMC (Spanish Maritime Cluster) celebrated yesterday, 28th of September, a Seminar under the title “Connecting ports, vessels and people” on occasion of the commemoration of the World Maritime Day. Our partner Javier Galiano attended this Seminar. Several important figures of the maritime sector, amongst which the President of the SMC, Alejandro Aznar, the Infrastructure, [...]
Vigo held this Tuesday, 12th of September, the delivery of the training ship “Bima Suci” to the Indonesian Navy, build by the shipyard Construcciones Navales Paulino Freire, which is considered the most technologically advanced of its kind. The Firm has advised the shipyard regarding the construction and finance contract of the vessel.
The International Maritime Committee took place on the 7th and 8th of September in Genoa together with the Conference jointly organised with the Associazione Italiana Di Diritto Marittimo). Eduardo Albors full member of the CMI and President of the Spanish Maritime Law Association (SMLA), Javier Portales, member of the board of the SMLA, and Jaime [...]
The second edition of the course in nautical charter organised by the Spanish Maritime Institute (SMI) will take place in Palma in October, and will have amongst its lecturers Eduardo Albors, Miguel Angel Serra and Carlos Sanlorenzo. The participation of the Firm in this course, for another year, responds to our expertise in the Yachting [...]
The Judgment published the 13th of July (it can be accessed in this link), the Eighth Chamber of the ECJ, addressing a preliminary ruling presented by the Danish Supreme Court, understand that jurisdiction clauses in marine insurance contracts as defined in article 14 of the Regulation no. 44/2001[1] are not enforceable against third parties exercising [...]
