The Legal Impacts of COVID-19 in the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industry

TOURISM ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS IN SPAIN 259 of expenses and the granting of aid for cancellation of activities promoting international trade and other international events (Article 40) and the suspension, without prior request, and with a duration of one year, of the payment of interest and repayment of the loans granted by the Secretary of State for Tourism, concerning the following regulations (Article 41): a) Order IET/2481/2012, of 15 November, which approves the regulatory bases for granting aid for projects and actions within the Emprendetur program R+D+i lines comprising Emprendetur R+D and Emprendetur development of innovative products within the framework of the National Comprehensive Tourism Plan17; b) Order IET/476/2013, of 14 March, amending Order IET2482/2012, of 15 November, which establishes the regulatory bases for granting aid for projects and actions within of the Emprendetur Young Entrepreneurs program, within the framework of the National and Comprehensive Tourism Plan18and ; c) Order IET/2200/2014, of 20 November, which approves the regulatory bases for granting aid for projects and actions within the Emprendetur Internationalisation program within the framework of the Comprehensive National Tourism Plan19. The payments of interest and repayment of the loans before the entry into force of Royal Decree-Law No. 11/2020 will be required the following year, on the same dates, but without accruing additional interest for it. Moreover, another measure closed the internal land borders in relation to what is indicated in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 09 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Shengen Borders Code)20, with the maximum duration allowed, of ten days. Thus, Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 provides that: “Specific procedure for cases requiring immediate action: 1. Where a serious threat to public policy or internal security in a Member State requires immediate action to be taken, the Member State concerned 17 BOE No. 279, 20 November 2012. 18 BOE No. 73, 26 March 2013. 19 BOE No. 285, 25 November 2014. 20 DOUE No. 77, 23 March 2016.

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