Timesharing Regulation in Spain Silvia Feliu1 I. Context; II. Normative Evolution; III. Law 4/2012, of 6 July; III.1. Scope of application of Law 4/2012; III.2. Pre-contractual and contractual aspects; III.3. Imperativity of the provisions; III.4. Information, codes of conduct and out-of-court claim for conflicts; III.5. Judicial and administrative protection; III.6. Constitution, exercise, transmission and extinction of the right. I. CONTEXT Timesharing is one of the accommodation models present in the Spanish tourism market. Its name in Spanish has been controversial since its origins. Thus, while in English it is known as “timesharing”, in Spanish it has been misnamed “multipropiedad” (multiproperty) and currently “aprovechamiento por turno de bienes inmuebles de uso turístico” (profit per turn of real estate for tourist use). Note that current legislation clearly determines that the real right of use per turn may, in no case, be linked to an undivided share of the property, nor be it called “multipropiedad”, or in any other way that contains the word property [art. 23(4) Law 4/2012, of 6 July, on timesharing contracts, the acquisition of long-term holiday products contracts, the resale and exchange contracts, and tax regulations2]. In Spain, not only the name has been controversial, but also its own legal nature. It is granted a legal nature of a real and limited nature, despite the criticism of the expert authors and in contradiction with the prevailing model in the market, characterised mainly by its Anglo-Saxon origin: the club-trustee3. 1 Silvia Feliu Álvarez de Sotomayor, Professor of International Private Law, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. 2 Ley 4/2012, de 6 de julio, de contratos de aprovechamiento por turno de bienes de uso turístico, de adquisición de productos vacacionales de larga duración, de reventa y de intercambio y normas tributarias; BOE no. 162, 7 July 2012. 3 Vid. L. J. Capote Pérez, “Time-sharing en España. Un apunte sobre la regulación de la mal llamada «multipropiedad» en el Derecho español”, in Nautis et Incolis: Revista de la Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Tenerife, ISSN 2444-7145, No. 1, 2014., p. 8. Vid. also, M.ª Carmen González Carrasco, “El nuevo
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