Complete archive of AGENTE LEX, from the most recent to the oldest.
In November 2023 Spain approved a controlled test environment to trial compliance with the European artificial intelligence requirements before they became mandatory. We explain how it works, based on the text of Royal Decree 817/2023.
In 2023 Spain created a state agency to supervise the use of artificial intelligence, based in A Coruña. Its Statute gives it supervisory, inspection and sanctioning functions, as well as advice and promotion of test environments. We review what the rule says.
A lawyer who practises on their own account charges VAT on invoices and declares it every quarter. Using Tax Agency information, we gather the applicable rate, the form 303 deadlines and the rules on the annual summary.
Advertising a lawyer's services is free, but has limits. Article 6 of the Code of Ethics of the Spanish Legal Profession lists them one by one. For those who practise alone and rely on their website or social media to win clients, it is worth knowing them well.
Law 2/2023, on the protection of people who report infringements, obliges companies with 50 or more workers to have an internal reporting system. A firm of that size is no exception. We explain what it requires and how it fits with professional secrecy.
Directive (EU) 2023/970 obliges companies, law firms included, to explain how they pay and to measure the pay gap between women and men. The Ministry of Labour has published a draft royal decree to transpose it in part. We summarise both texts.
