The Canary Islands Vacation Rental Association (ASCAV) has denounced the Government of the Canary Islands before the European Commission for "a flagrant violation" of European regulations in relation to the processing of the Law on Sustainable Planning of Tourist Use of Housing.
Specifically, the association denounces the violation of article 15.7 of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market, which establishes "the obligation of EU Member States to notify the Commission of any new legal, regulatory or administrative provision in which requirements are foreseen that limit or restrict the free provision of services, as is the case with the new intended regulation on vacation homes in the Canary Islands."
This lack of mandatory communication to the European Commission was pointed out by the Ministry of Finance and Relations with the EU of the Government of the Canary Islands during the drafting phase of the Preliminary Draft Law; however, the Ministry of Tourism "ignored the aforementioned Ministry, violating, as has been said, an elementary obligation established within the framework of the Union."