Economic Modernisation

Categories of Economic modernisation

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Basics for modernising economy

The so-called Plan E contemplates structural reforms to create a more modern productive system, increasing the growth potential of Spanish economy, improving productivity at work and also improving the competitiveness of Spanish companies in the world.

In order to attain this, the Government will implement actions in key sectors such as: transport, energy, telecommunications and public administration.

The measures implemented are aimed at enhancing investments in infrastructures, education and innovation and also at favouring competence and the internationalisation of our companies.

The model put forward by the Government of Spain is developed in the National Reform Programme, which observes the goals contemplated in the Lisbon Strategy for the EU and focuses on growth and employment, social cohesion and sustainable development.

The Plan E includes an ambitious agenda of reforms for the modernisation of economy. Specific measures intended to improve productivity in essential sectors such as the transport sector, the energy sector, the telecommunications sector, the service sector and the administration. Because working for the recovery of productivity is the only way to resume long-lasting growth. These measures are complementary to those included in the National Reforms’ Programme, which is aimed at applying the European Lisbon Strategy for growth and employment in Spain.

The Government will try to achieve a consensus about the reforms included in this Axis during a meeting with other political parties.

Action Plan to reduce administrative charges

This Plan is aimed at reducing the administrative charges paid by self-employed workers and companies to the Crown by 30%. Thus, the resources that companies have traditionally devoted to activities that do not have much to do with production may be now used to carry out strictly production-related activities, and it will also reduce the [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Reducing administrative charges and improving regulation
Company creation plan: Plan Empresa 24 horas

The Government will implement the necessary regulatory reforms so as to make it possible for interested parties to create a company in 24 hours. At present, this takes between 14 to 19 days.
Beneficiaries
Entrepreneurs, as they will have the chance to implement their projects faster. Society as a whole will benefit from the economic activity [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Reducing administrative charges and improving regulation
Reform of the model of preventive legal certainty

The control system exerted by notaries public and registrars will be revised in order to prevent duplicity and overlapping, for this generates unnecessary costs both for citizens and companies. Besides, the Crown’s mechanisms to supervise and control notaries public and registrars will also be strengthened. Finally, the information systems of the Land Registry and other [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Reducing administrative charges and improving regulation
Revision of norms on sector regulators

The norms concerning sector regulatory organisms in the area of network industries (telecommunications, energy, transport, postal services) will be revised in order to improve their independence and their governance and in order to establish their functions.
Beneficiaries
Society in general and, in particular, companies and customers demanding the regulating activities, for they will benefit from an improvement [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Reducing administrative charges and improving regulation
Reform of the Bid Law in order to make it more agile and efficient

Partial reform of the legal frame in order to guarantee a more agile, less costly bidding procedure, as well as to guarantee a greater efficiency of the existing bidding procedure as far as results are concerned and to encourage companies and applicants to enter bids, eliminating unnecessary procedures, reducing costs and restructuring the bidding management [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Reducing administrative charges and improving regulation
Bill draft on the free access to and exercise of service activities. Transposition of the Services Directive

The Bill Draft on the free access to and exercise of service activities, also known as “Ley Paraguas” in Spanish, incorporates the principles of the Services Directive to the existing Spanish regulations. Thus, this Bill Draft is aimed at:

Eliminating any unjustified, discriminatory or exaggerated requisites to access or exert services activities.
Simplifying the procedures governing [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Enhancing competence in the services sector
Law to modify and adapt other laws to the Law on the free access to and exercise of service activities

The so-called “Ley ómnibus” is a global, comprehensive law intended to adapt existing national laws to the Law on the free access to and exercise of service activities. According to the estimates, this might affect 60 laws.
Beneficiaries
Spanish consumers and users will benefit from the adaptation of Spanish regulations as they will have access to a [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Enhancing competence in the services sector
Bill Draft on Professional Services

This is aimed at reforming professional services, applying the Services Directive to Law and Engineering professionals, among others. This will strengthen the principle of free access to these professions, doing away with unjustified restrictions on competence and strengthening consumer protection, giving pre-eminence to the role of Professional Associations, which will be provided with updated regulations.
Beneficiaries
Consumers, [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Enhancing competence in the services sector
Plan to promote and boost up freight transport by train

This Plan is aimed at improving the management of exchanges by train in order to guarantee greater reliability for hauliers, in order to guarantee a better management of train stations and in order to guarantee a new operation model in RENFE’s freight transport and logistics area. This Plan is based upon the creation of an [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Measures for the transport sector
New airport management model (AENA)

Development of a new airport management model characterised by the differentiation of airport management and those activities related to air navigation control, so as to enable the entrance of private capital into the global airport management system and the participation of Autonomous Regions in the management system of certain important airports, while the State keeps [...]

Ejes: Economic modernisation, Measures for the transport sector