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  • The EU adopts a comprehensive legal framework to strengthen the defense industry and guarantee supply in Europe

    Regulation (EU) 2025/2643, approved on December 16 and published in the Official Journal on December 29, establishes a European Defence Industry Programme and measures to ensure the availability of strategic products. With a €1.5 billion funding allocation for 2025-2027, it aims to strengthen the European industrial base and support the reconstruction of Ukrainian industry.

  • Spain and the EU strengthen the circular economy agenda: new PEMAR 2025-2035 and new measures on plastics

    The end of 2025 has been marked by the new National Framework Plan for Waste Management, which redefines the waste management strategy in Spain, while, in parallel, the European Union keeps promoting a first pilot to accelerate the circularity of plastics as a prelude to its future Circular Economy Law.

  • Spain - New Sustainable Mobility Law: this is the regulatory framework for an orderly transition to a new transport system

    The law sets out the roadmap for decarbonizing transport in Spain, establishes a new framework for coordinated planning, strengthens the role of public transport, and promotes the modernization of the mobility system. Among its measures, it includes the obligation to approve a new concession map for road passenger transport and to implement sustainable mobility plans for commuting to work.

  • Mexico approves historical amendment to the Amparo Law: new limitations, requirements and digital justice system

    On October 16, 2025, a comprehensive amendment to the Amparo Law, the Federal Fiscal Code, and the Organic Law of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice was published on the Mexican Federal Official Gazette (DOF). The reform redefines legitimate interest, tightens the requirements for granting the suspension of the challenged act, limits the admissibility of amparo proceedings in tax matters, and consolidates the digital trial system.

  • Green light for the Sustainable Mobility Bill, which mandates the implementation of sustainable mobility plans and sets the roadmap towards decarbonizing transport in Spain

    The purpose of the text, which must now continue its parliamentary process, is to recognize the right to safe, accessible, and sustainable mobility and to modernize its planning, financing, and governance.

  • Spain: The High Court of Justice of Galicia strengthens the protection of fundamental rights against environmental degradation

    The High Court of Justice of Galicia orders the Xunta and the Hydrographic Confederation of the Miño-Sil to adopt urgent measures against the pollution of the As Conchas reservoir.

  • Europe expands waste management requirements for the food and textile sectors

    The waste directive is amended to prevent the generation of food waste and to define the foundations of the extended producer responsibility regime for textile and footwear products.

  • The preliminary draft on Sustainable Consumption proposes to put an end to planned obsolescence, eco-posturing or shrinkflation

    The text, approved by the Council of Ministers, seeks to strengthen consumer rights and promote responsible consumption with a wide range of measures.

  • Extended producer responsibility and environmental taxation under examination after three years of the Waste Law

    Garrigues experts analyze the legal and tax challenges posed by the regulations, from the new packaging tax to the future deposit and return system (DRS)

  • Francisco Montes joins Garrigues as partner in charge of the Administrative and Constitutional Law Department of Andalucía and the Canary Islands

    He specializes, among other areas, in public procurement, competition, environmental or land planning.