MADRID, 12 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business, Carlos Body, stated this Friday that it is not possible to sanction companies that do not return to Catalonia because European regulations rule it out and he explained that what the Government will do is reinforce the requirements already established in the capital companies law regarding the domicile of the companies.
“It’s not that I have to rule it out, it’s that European regulations rule it out,” the Minister of Economy stressed in an interview on RNE’s ‘Las Mañanas’, reported by Europa Press.
As explained by the head of Economy, European regulations speak of the freedom of establishment of headquarters by companies and at the national level, each of the countries transfers these regulations to be able to determine the conditions that must be met for The registered office of a company is established in one place or another.
In Spain, there are a series of requirements already established in the capital companies law and these are the ones that companies have to comply with. “What we will do is reinforce these requirements already established in the law to guarantee that legal security going forward and that when it comes to determining where they establish their headquarters, companies know that they can also continue working in the current framework,” he said.
Asked if he rules out fining or punishing companies, as proposed by Junts for Catalonia, the minister was clear: “It’s not that I have to rule it out, it’s that European regulations rule it out.”
Thus, Carlos Body has stressed that neither the Spanish State nor any other country in the European Union can establish this type of restrictions on establishment.
Regarding the publication of the fiscal balances, Corpus has defended that any element of transparency in terms of data, whether fiscal balances or others related to the finances of the autonomous communities or the financing system in general, is good news.
Asked if this could in some way encourage territorial tension in Spain, the minister pointed out that the reform of the financing system requires not only transparency, but a willingness to reach an agreement and also the need to sit down and be able to dialogue. to square this system, which is “one of the most complex but also most necessary elements moving forward.”
Regarding the possible difficulties in legislating after what happened this week in the Plenary Session of Congress, Corps has pointed out that the Government will continue working within the framework of dialogue to continue promoting the modernization and transformation reforms of the country.
“Dialogue is part of our daily life. Dialogue with the parties and also dialogue, of course, with social agents,” he highlighted.
