The Council of Ministers waits for PSOE and Unidas Podemos (UP) to complete their negotiations before ratifying the agreement. the third anti-crisis package To mitigate the effects of the war in Ukraine, many of the measures contained in this royal decree, which will be announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez after the last meeting of the Executive this year, can be foreseen. The decisions affect everything from fuel to commuter tickets to Rodalies or foreign investment in Spanish companies.
Discounts on fuel and assistance to the countryside, transport and others
In the decree, the government 20-cent shield discounts through 2023 accepts assistance for the extra cost incurred in fuels for farmers, fertilizers, one of the essential elements of its production. The aid, which will amount to a maximum of 300 million euros, will be 20 euros per hectare on dry land and 50 euros on irrigated land.
Assistance for diesel consumption is also approved for fishing vessel and trap owners. 120 million euros
Subsidies are also provided for maritime passenger and freight transport services on lines of public interest. Balearic or Canary Islands.
This road transport companies Between 1 January and 31 March 2023, they will receive 20 cents per liter of diesel, and 10 cents between 1 April and 30 June 2023. Direct and extraordinary assistance will also be given to taxis for the use of fuel and energy products, chauffeured passenger transport (VTC), ambulances and urban and suburban passenger transport.
staple food
The coalition government is negotiating better prices for food. 300 euro check for a shopping cart for vulnerable families and a VAT deduction for essential foods. Due to the unknown of the final measure, the draft royal decree explains that the price increase applies “particularly to food, which sees annual increases of close to 40% in essential items such as flour, butter or sugar”.
Advantages in transportation
The government has decided to put a limit on the increase in highway tolls, at least in the draft considered so far. It is aimed to reduce the automatic application of the wage update system to 8.5%. The measure is “extraordinary and temporary” for a maximum period of two years or until the State approves a new review system for the toll and toll review system of concession roads.
Another anticipated benefit is the reduction of multi-trip tickets for users of public road transport concessionaires that are the responsibility of the State.next February 1 to June 30 They will be 100% discounted if they make at least 12 trips in the first quarter and at least 16 trips in the four-month period from May 1 to December 31.
The 50% discount of Renfe, which has already benefited, is planned to continue until the next January 31st. The company will create a multi-trip ticket that will be free for commuters and users with current requirements for Rodalies.
shelter measures
While the PSOE Government and partners of Unidas Podemos (UP) have just signed an agreement on the leases, the draft includes the amendment to royal decree 11/2020 and evacuation procedures and evacuations for vulnerable homes with no shelter alternatives. Other measures in this area, such as those affecting the lessee’s claim or amount owed, or the oral proceedings regarding the expiration of contracts, have been extended until 30 June 2023. It also continues until 30 June. Limiting the lease review to 2% in the absence of an agreement between the parties by 2023.
foreign investment
Along with the measures against the crisis, another of the measures envisaged in the draft decree concerns the limitation of significant investments of persons or companies from third countries or communities in activities considered strategic. This period, which ended on 31 December, has been extended for another two years. These are transactions held by the investor. a share equal to or greater than 10% and anyone who lets you have control. All this affects companies that are traded or not listed in Spain if the value of the investment exceeds 500 million.
Minimum wage and non-contributory retirement
In the absence of an agreement for the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI) for 2023, the Government’s draft text provides for an extension of the current one of 1,000 euros in 14 payments. “until the royal decree set for 2023 within the framework of social dialogue is approved.” Once there is an agreed amount, the Administrator will approve it and will be able to initiate it from a specific moment or with retrospective effects from 1 January.
The anti-inflation package includes, among other labor measures, an extension of inflation through 2023. 15% increase in non-contributory pensions and Minimum Vital Income (IMV), The amount is determined according to the amount determined for such pensions. The manufacturing industry assistance contract has been extended until January 1, 2024, a formula has been approved that allows workers to partially retire before reaching retirement age in exchange for the company recruiting younger staff, and a new public employment proposal for 2022 has been approved. Up to 1,000 places on the Local Government Scale with national qualifications
Extension of tax relief on electricity and natural gas
Beyond the newly created measures, the Government will expand the scope of the measures it has expanded in recent months; for example, tax reduction with 5% VAT and 5% VAT on electricity bill until 30 June for vulnerable households and consumers. 0.5% Special Electricity Taxas well as the suspension of the 7% tax on electricity generation. In addition, VAT on biomass and wood briquettes or “pellets” for firewood used as fuel in heating systems, as well as natural gas, is kept at 5%. Disposable surgical masks will also continue to be taxed at 4 percent, while vaccines and covid tests will remain at 0 percent.