The Ministry of the Interiorled by Fernando Grande Marlaskahas informed the tourism sector that it will not require additional information than that contained in the annexes of the Royal Decree 933/2021 which “is not currently collected”, regarding the registration of new travelers and the request was recently extended until December 2.
This was reported by the Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies (CEAV) in a press release following a meeting between the department headed by Fernando Grande-Marlaska and members of the Tourism Council of the CEOEof which employers are part.
“More data” in the travel register
Regarding this decision, CEAV will insist that the Interior issues an instruction or a document having legal value which can contribute to the sector “the legal security necessary” on the criterion of “not to demand more data than those that have been collected to date.
Likewise, the Interior is committed to reactivating the possibility of developing a ministerial decree for legal certainty, although he argued that it would be “a long process” and indicated that, if it were to end up being approved, “it would in no case be before the entry into force of the said rule” .
In this sense, employers defended the “necessary adaptation” of its content by a ministerial decree which limits the data to be provided and explicitly excludes the mouse and business sectors, as well as groups and receptive activity in general.
With all this, the CEAV continued to insist on the need to exclude travel agencies from the scope of the RD, among other reasons, because “they are not included in Organic Law 4/2015 on the citizen security from which this RD arises”. , for violation of data protection regulations and to involve burdens that are too heavy and disproportionate for travel agencies.
“To defend the interests of Spanish travel agencies, the agency exclusion of this royal decree, given that it continues to be considered devoid of any meaning and that there is no legal basis to support it”, concluded in a statement the entity that represents the travel agency.
That same week, Marlaska defended that the RD had adopted all “relevant” reports and was not subject to dispute in its implementation. Thus, during a press conference following the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday, the minister assured that the organizations, such as the Council of State, had made “no observations” in this regard. .
“This regulation has studied, valued and taken into consideration all interests, both the right to privacy, the right to privacy, as well as the need to protect the security of all citizens,” he said. he added in his speech.
Likewise, the president of the Tourist Office, Juan Molasrecently criticized on ‘Canal 24 Horas’ that the Royal Decree is “absurd” and that it is a Royal Decree which “cannot be applied under any circumstances”, since it is not present in any European country.
“Minister Marlaska, who probably acts in good faith and thinks that everything will be resolved for the defense of citizens and security, was poorly advised,” he lamented.
