Extension of aid and measures after the state of alarm ends

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1. Keeps health controls for international passengers arriving in Spain: a health form with a QR code, temperature checks, document and visual checks, and diagnostic tests if COVID-19 is suspected.
2. Suspends until December 31, 2021 the duty to call and hold owners' meetings and to approve budgets and accounts in homeowners' communities. The last approved budget and the terms of governing bodies are extended, and meetings may be held by video conference or votes may be cast by mail or electronic means.
3. Prohibits cutting water, electricity and natural gas supply to vulnerable consumers until August 9, 2021, and regulates who can request the electricity social bonus during that period and how to apply for it.
4. Extends housing rental protections until August 9, 2021: suspension of evictions and removals for vulnerable households, an extraordinary six-month extension of contracts expiring in that period, and deferral or partial forgiveness of rent when the landlord is a company or a large holder. Affected landlords may request compensation until September 9, 2021.
5. Extends until August 9, 2021 the status of essential services for services protecting and assisting victims of gender violencegender violence Violence a woman suffers from a current or former partner because she is a woman., and allows funds from the State Pact against Gender Violence to be used for programs related to the pandemic.
6. Adopts other socioeconomic and judicial measures: a 24-month extension of the adaptation period for labor societies founded in 2017, 2018 and 2019, exceptional use of the education and promotion fund of cooperatives until December 31, 2021, compatibility of the retirement pension with work by retired doctors and nurses until December 31, 2021, and an urgent, preferential appeal before the Supreme Court against rulings on health measures that limit fundamental rights.

Who it affects

• Travelers arriving in Spain by plane or ship: They must fill out a health control form and show a QR code before boarding and on arrival.
• Homeowners' communities: They can postpone meetings and budgets until December 31, 2021 and meet or vote electronically.
• Tenants and landlords of housing: Vulnerable tenants can request suspension of evictions, contract extension or rent deferral; some landlords can request compensation.
• Vulnerable consumers of water, electricity and gas: Their supply cannot be cut off until August 9, 2021, and they can apply for the electricity social bonus.
• Victims of gender violence, labor societies and cooperatives: Support services remain essential; labor societies get more time to adapt and cooperatives can use their education and promotion fund to ease the crisis.

Words worth knowing

Bono social (social bonus)

A discount on the electricity bill for people in economic vulnerability.

Gran tenedor (large holder)

A person or company owning more than ten urban properties, or more than 1,500 square meters built, excluding garages and storage rooms.

Lanzamiento (removal)

The act of removing someone from a home following a court ruling.

Sociedad laboral (labor society)

A company whose shares are mostly held by its workers, with tax benefits and public aid.

Recurso de casación (cassation appeal)

An appeal to the Supreme Court to review a judicial decision and set a common interpretation of the law.

gender violence

Violence a woman suffers from a current or former partner because she is a woman.

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