Recent Regulations that Benefit SMEs  

• Royal Decree-Law 8/2011, dated 1 July, on measures to support mortgage borrowers, public expenditure control and cancellation of debts owed by companies and the self-employed contracted by the local authorities, promotion of business activity and promotion of rehabilitation and administrative simplification
• Sustainable Economy
• Promoting Investment and Employment Creation
• Measures to Combat Payment Delinquency
• Small Business Act (SBA)
• Ley 38/2011, de 10 de octubre, de reforma de la Ley 22/2003, de 9 de julio, Concursal
• Ley 37/2011, de 10 de octubre, de medidas de agilización procesal

In the Pipeline

• The Council of Ministers, on 8 April, 2011, approved the submission to Parliament of the Draft Law on Mediation in Civil and Commercial Matters. It is currently in Congress waiting for assessment by the Commission of Justice in the expansion phase of amendments to the Articles.