The acting Minister of Tourism and Exterior Andalusia, Arturo Bernal, has celebrated this Thursday that the Supreme Court (TS) "has sided with Andalusia by annulling" the "botch job" of the "single registry of short-term rentals" promoted by the central Government "for invading regional competencies, as the Junta had been warning for more than a year".
In a note sent to the media, the minister referred to the Supreme Court ruling that invalidates the single registry of short-term rentals, provided for in Royal Decree 1312/2024 of December 23, understanding that the State does not have the competence to establish an exhaustive regulation of a national registry that "overlaps with existing regional registries regarding the registration of properties intended for tourist rentals".
"It is the umpteenth proof that Pedro Sánchez's Government legislates from ideology and with its back to the legal system and respect for competencies," stated the acting Andalusian Tourism official after learning of the High Court's ruling.
Bernal recalled that Andalusia filed an appeal against this regulation in May 2025 for invasion of competencies and "lack of institutional dialogue," insisting that now the Supreme Court "sides with" the Junta.
From the Andalusian Executive, they detail that the court itself specifies that the European Regulation did not oblige the creation of a state-level registry nor did it modify the internal distribution of competencies. In this regard, the minister reiterated that "the duplication was a political decision, not an imposition from Brussels".
"Flagrant irresponsibility" of the central Government
For Arturo Bernal, this "irresponsibility of the central Government is flagrant". "It imposed a mandatory single registry from July 1, 2025, without the necessary legal coverage, ignoring the warnings of legal uncertainty that the regions had been conveying for months," he criticized.
The acting minister maintains that "legislating from imposition and whim has consequences," and that these translate into "rules that are born dead, that generate administrative chaos, and that end up being overturned in the courts."
He also recalled that Brussels had already warned, since the TRIS procedure vetoed the double registration and set May 20 as the deadline to eliminate duplication. However, he indicated that "the Government had accumulated warnings from all sides" and that, "even so, it did not rectify".
"This new judicial setback adds to a failed housing policy: of soaring prices, suffocated supply, and interventionism that has resolved nothing and has only generated insecurity," added Arturo Bernal.
In his opinion, the Supreme Court's ruling also evidences "the null weight that tourism has in the Council of Ministers," despite being one of the main economic engines of Spain and, in particular, of Andalusia. "The sector is legislated upon without counting on the sector and without counting on those who have the competence," he denounced.
"This is not how you govern: this is how you improvise," lamented Bernal, wondering "who is going to return the costs caused by this botch job," expressly alluding to "the adaptation costs of administrations, platforms, and owners; the legal uncertainty created; the time and resources lost by a rule that the Supreme Court has just annulled."
Faced with this scenario, the counselor guaranteed that "Andalusia will continue to defend its competencies and demand cooperation, not imposition," to conclude that "tourism deserves certainty, not whims that end up being annulled by the Supreme Court."