Overview
- Spain’s environment ministry published a draft reform requiring public, competitive selection for economic uses of the maritime–terrestrial domain and ending automatic renewals.
- The proposal establishes an overall 75‑year ceiling from the initial approval including renewals, with draft text detailing specific maxima of 30 years for most activities, 50 for public‑service facilities, and 75 for restoration projects.
- The text outlines a review of concessions extended under the 2013 law, allowing authorities to reduce terms or revoke them with compensation limited to amortized investments made before February 15, 2023.
- Regional pushback has intensified as Galicia’s government, employers’ confederation and the mar‑industry formed a joint working group to analyze and challenge the changes, arguing they threaten coastal economic activity.
- On March 11, Galicia’s business leader pressed concerns to the central government’s regional delegate and sought a meeting with the ministry, which maintains the reform regulates procedures and does not prevent new concessions.