As you may know, in recent days the Supreme Court judgment annulling a large part of Royal Decree 1312/2024 has been made public. This regulation introduced in Spain the so-called NRUA, the Single Rental Registration Number.
This judgment has raised numerous questions among holiday home owners in Lanzarote, especially regarding the obligations that remain in force following the partial annulment of the regulation.
The NRUA and the single digital gateway
Specifically, what has been annulled is the additional obligation to obtain the NRUA number through the Land Registry. This was a complementary registration number required for short-term rentals marketed on platforms such as Airbnb, Booking and other holiday rental websites.
However, the judgment does maintain the need for a single digital gateway intended for the communication of data between the different States and the platforms.
In relation to the annual deposit of rental information for statistical purposes, the judgment does not clarify whether this obligation remains in force. However, we understand that, since these deposits could only be submitted in connection with a single registration number, they would also, for the time being, be without effect.
The Government could, nevertheless, request the same data by other means. In any case, we remain awaiting clarification from the authorities on this matter.
Obligations that remain in force
It should also be remembered that this judgment does not affect the other legal obligations currently required, including:
- Having the registration number from the Government of the Canary Islands and the corresponding tourist licence.
- Registering guests through the SES Hospedajes platform at the beginning of each stay.
- Obtaining, where applicable, the corresponding Classified Activities authorisations for the property.
Likewise, those owners who obtained their tourist licence after the entry into force of Organic Law 1/2025, of 2 January, must still have the express authorisation of their community of owners in order to use the property for short-term rental purposes.
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