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We could have called this local magazine HAVVYER HEARD, Mayor José confirmed what but we thought Jávea Are our ‘City Fathers’ (Councillors) ignorant of I already knew - that the Jeard would confirm the damage done to Jávea - by giant billboards billboards were in the Gata de our light-hearted Gorgos rather than Jávea in neighbouring Gata de Gorgos - claiming attitude to the serious municipality, and that he had political and economic JÁVEA provides them with internet already spoken to the Mayor of problems in Spain, and pornography in their own homes or links them Gata, who had agrred to ask the their effect on Jávea. contractor to amend the offensive with prostitutes or escorts?
Seems I was not the only person to be outraged by this mis-use of the name of the village where I have chosen to live because another resident took a photo and sent it to José Chulvi, Jávea Mayor on Friday
27th March. 28th and 29th were the weekend, but Jose had already written back to the complainant by the time I spoke with Jose about it after his Parador meeting at 11.30am on the Monday.
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what you would need to do for each. Who do you call? What are the lost/stolen cards’ phone numbers? Bank numbers? Lost passport/driving licence etc reporting numbers? Are they the same phone numbers to call from within Spain as from the UK, or in any other country? How will you find them to phone them if away from home? It's not a nice exercise and it'll take a bit of effort and time. But finding them all out, and recording this information now, in a place/with someone else perhaps, that you can access at any time, from anywhere, if needed, is really well worth doing. Do please invest a couple of hours and do it today. Just in case. from Bruce Dowding
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. 4, 15 Advertising rates . . 4, 6 Agenda 21 . . 13 As I see it 7, 15 Bob Yareham’s English . Carlos Boas, Court fees, Bankia 23 . 35 Charity Shop news . 36 Duty Chemist Rota Good News from Oscar Ricor 33,34 29 Guardia launch e-Denuncias Guardia Civil update us 18-22, 30-32 Humour . . 9, 14 Jávea Postcodes . 2 José and freignrs at Parador 16 Overseas Pension Amnesty 29 Satellite and Electronic News 8, 12 Scallops Voucher recycling 26 Spotlight on Gurugú . 25 Sunday morning invitation 9, 36 Townhall Monthly Meeting 3, 15 UK Magazine Service . 17 We will remember them . 35 Woman to Woman . 17, 24, 28 XD launch event . 10, 11
JAVEA POSTCODES
Most towns have a single Postcode: Jávea has 4, but Correos discourage their use, claiming it is better to use 03730 (where 50% will be wrong) rather than the code for your area, which ‘some’ will get wrong. Adsubia 03739 Alborada 03739 Arenal 03738 Cala Blanca, Urb 03738 Cansalades 03738 Cap Martín 03738 Capsades 03739 Catarroja Partida 03737 Cerezos, Los 03739 Colomer 03737 Costa Nova, Urb 03738 Ermita, Urb 03737 Eurocondal, Urb. 03737 Fontanella 03737 Frechinall 03738
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03738 Las Laderas 03738 Lluca 03739 Mandarina, La 03739 Media Luna 03738 Montgó 03737 Montgó Carrasquetes 03737 Montgó Toscamar 03737 Panorama, Urb 03738 Pinosol 03739 Portichol 03738 Rebaldi 03739 Rimontgó 03737 Seniola 03737 Tarraulla 03739 Tosalet, Urb. 03739 Tosals 03737 Toscal 03738 Trencall 03738 Valls 03737 Valls Carrasquetes VA-CA 03737 Valls Planets VA-PN 03737 Valls Tosal VA-TS 03737 Everywhere else 03730
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Jávea Councillors’ March Meeting
Jávea Councillors stood in a Minute’s silence before starting their meeting on Thursday 26th March to mark solidarity with the friends and family of those who’d lost their lives in the French Alps plane crash the previous day.
The Agenda for the meeting had been authorised for distribution by the Mayor electronically and included a lengthy Barcode that probably allows individual copies to be “tracked”. Point 1 traditionally approves Minutes of previous meetings, but not this month when, instead, it ratified decisions taken by the Mayor under his delegated powers, since 24th February. Point 2 approved the proposal of the Mayor that Councillor Juan Ortola be responsible for communication using the ‘Red Comdes’ Emergency service. Point 3 approved proposals for municipal departments to be relocated. Point 4 approved the list of payments that had been rejected by the Municipal Treasurer, because they had not met the exacting submission standard demanded by the new “paperless” payment policy. Point 5 approved payment of invoices that HAD met the new criteria and were listed under reference F/2015/13. Point 6 approved a change in the Townhall credit requirements in respect of unforeseeable expenditure. Vicent Chorro (Compromis) said he did not approve and believed that additional monies should have been provided for Sport and other projects that have wide
Point 19 passed a report for a grant from the Ministry of Culture, Education and Sport to run the Psicopedagogic centre in Jávea for 2015 at an estimated cost of 56.503€. Point 20 dealt with questions from (opposition) Councillors and answers by those Councillors with specific responsibilities in the local government. It was agreed that greater use of SUMA would be used in collecting taxes and fines for the Townhall. A Report asking for savings in the amount of electricity consumed by Jávea in lighting public buildings and street lighting should be explored. On the Ayuntamiento website the Electronic Payment page would be renamed and a couple of other sentences changed to improve clarity.
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public support. The Motion was passed, despite the GrupoMunicipal Popular abstaining, and Compromis, Juan Planelles and Juan Torres, voting against. Point 7 approved payment of 511,48€ to Autobuses Denia S.L. in respect of late payment of invoices between 2009 and 2013. Point 8. Councillors approved payment to Biomasa del Guadalquiver S.A. in respect of garden waste for the Ramblars site in December 2014. No amount was mentioned. Grupo Municipal Popular abstained from voting. Point 9 approved a claim by Jose Dario Puig Santacreu for 497€ damages to his trailer. The first 150€ will be paid by the Townhall and the balance by Allianz insurance. Point 10 ratified Statutes relating to a new regional consortium to prevent and extinguish forest fires. Point 11 acknowledged the “WHITE AWARD” being given to various members of Jávea Municipal Police. Point 12 acknowledged the announcement by Construccions la Torre del Portitxol as promoter to become the promotion agent. Approved. Point 13 accepted a report and definitive payment of 11.307€ in respect of Urb ADN 3A project and removed Juan Antonio Armiñana as
promoter and guarantor. Point 14 approved a request to Alicante Diputacion for a grant to provide rain water drainage in Avenida Jaime 1. Point 15 was another request to Alicante Diputacion for a grant of 50% towards the cost of repairs to Cami la Senia/Cami les Sorts that are estimated to cost 59.948€ and will make it safer for vehicles. Approved. Point 16 ratified resolution 0267/2015 of 17th March, against the proposal by “Meson Puerto” (owned by Costas) to build a terrace and platform that would protrude into La Grava beach in the Port. Point 17 approved the regulations with respect to water used at the Townhall. Approved. Point 18 approved the Statutes for the new Water Observatory.
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Four out of five Spaniards feel economy is “same” or “worse”
Spaniards’ concern about corruption has dropped seven percentage points in a month, but people are increasingly worried about the economy and the consequences of austerity cuts. The latest survey by the Center for Sociological Research (CIS) shows that despite recent macroeconomic figures suggesting a recovery, over half of the Spanish population still believes that the country’s economic situation will not improve in 2016,
Jávea rejects plans to extend building over La Grava beach
The Mayor of Jávea, José Chulvi, issued a public statement rejecting a proposal submitted by the Ports Department to extend a terrace of the building known as the Meson del Puerto over some 150m2 of the Grava beach. They plan to install a cafe-gym and an outside chillout terrace. The Grava already very small and receding beach, which is
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maintained only by the regular addition of gravel/stones by the Town Hall. It is the only beach that remains in the Port since the disappearance of the Tango beach. The planned construction of iron platform with wooden decking, would be installed at the eastern side, which is an area protected from the wind and sea-swell making it the preferred location for older people and users in the winter.
The Ebro overflows while the Valencian Community suffers from water shortage
Recent massive flooding in the Ebro valley has affected 2000 farmers and 19,200 hectares of farmland in Aragon, and at present the water in just one reservoir on the Ebro contains four times the amount of water needed per year for irrigation by farmers in the Valencian Community. This has revived discussion about a water transfer scheme between the two river basins which was mooted some years ago.
Spain outstrips France and Italy in wine exports
Spain is a relative newcomer on the international circuit, compared to the French and Italians, yet it has beaten records to become the biggest wine exporter in the world. According to data published on February 23rd by Spanish wine market observatory (Obervatorio Español de los Mercados del Vino – OEM) Spanish wine exports reached 22.8 million hectoliters in 2014, a 22.3 percent rise on 2013. But while the volume of sales has increased, profits have fallen 2.2 percent since 2013,
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If Spain is the biggest exporter of wine in the world, why have profits fallen? The answer may lie in the fact that the majority of wine exported from Spain, 55 percent, is sold in bulk, i.e. not bottled.
Free WiFi in the Old Town
The Business Association Centro Histórico de Xàbia, in collaboration with the Ayuntamiento de Jávea, has announced details of the new free Wi-Fi network in the historic centre of the town that will be available to residents and tourists. The system uses the existing guifi.net network which has been installed for online radio and the sponsored wi-fi zones already operating in SSID proox-infoxabia. Users will have to register first (email, age and sex) after which they will be able to use the zone without any time limit.
Jávea proposes use of municipal land near the canal de la Fontana as a dry dock
Jávea's Town Planning department is currently studying the proposals put forward by the "Marina Nou Fontana" company for the management of the Canal de la Fontana and its moorings. In this context, the town has mooted the possibility of letting the company lease a 3,500m municipal plot of land next to the canal for some of its buildings, and provide space for the creation of dry docks. The rent for this land would go to Xàbia's coffers, not the regional Government, and the facility could help reduce prices for users through the economy of scale. Continued on page 6
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Xàbia restores Montgó lime kilns
The summer forest fire on the Montgó uncovered several old rural lime kilns, which were used up until the ‘60’s to make the lime and mortar used for building. These kilns are now being restored by a team supervised by the municipal archaeologist, Ximo Bolufer, and various information boards about their uses and history will be installed. As explained Bolufer there are several of these buildings throughout the municipality, but "almost always away from the urban centres" e.g. in Las Planas or Granadella, the ovens needed to be near wood and limestone.
'Expat networks worsen Spain's brain drain'
Spain's central bank has warned that more and more Spanish talent is being steered abroad by the success of their expat counterparts and the reassurance they're giving them on online platforms, “a potential threat to Spain’s economic production”. Online comments and conversations with Spanish expats working abroad are instigating many more qualified but unemployed Spaniards to take the leap of faith. According to The Bank of Spain, Spanish work migrants “are younger and more educated than those who stay”. “A dramatic increase in Spain’s brain drain could exacerbate the effects of the crisis,” the document states.
Spain: a nation of sun, soccer, bullfights — and the crisis
The economic crisis has officially joined bulls, soccer and sunny weather as one of the most common images of Spain in the minds of foreigners. The finding is part of the Image Barometer survey conducted by the Real Instituto Elcano think tank thst was recently released. The poll asked people in 10 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Maghreb region of Africa what they thought about Spain. European countries – particularly Germany, France and Britain – view Spain as a poor country and, along with South Korea, expressed the least optimism about its economic progress.
Britain seeks scientific collaboration with Spain
A new initiative launched by the British Embassy in Madrid aims to capitalize on the so-called "brain drain" by linking up scientists that have moved abroad. The new British Scientists in Spain (BSS) Network establishes a communications platform between the British and Spanish scientific communities…." Spain has made huge leaps in areas such as renewable energy, agritechnology and in the 'new materials'
sector so we are working to boost partnership in those areas." The field of biomedical research is also an area where bridges can be made.
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Telefónica to triple ’ broadband speeds before summer
Telecom operator Telefónica/Movistar has announced it will triple the connection speed for all its internet customers before the summer. The communications provider will also switch all its ADSL clients to its new fiber-optic network as soon as the service is available in their location at no extra charge. The unprecedented move rests on the fact that Telefónica knows its customers require a quality broadband connection in order to subscribe to its new services, such as streaming video or pay TV.
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The Camera Never Lies
Nobody really believes that the world portrayed in the cinema is the real world, even when the film in question claims to be based on ‘real events’ or a ‘true story’. Even so, it’s always a bit disappointing to discover that when you sing along with the chorus of ‘Oklahoma’ beneath your ten gallon hat and with your spurs twinkling down at your heels, that you are in fact in Arizona. Or that Casablanca’s Moorish streets and Arabian interiors are not sprinkled with Saharan sands, but with sands from the beaches and parking lots of Los Angeles. The glorious Alpine scenery of Ken Russell’s Mahler makes you want to rush to the travel agency and book a long weekend in the vertical meadows of the Dolomites, and yet the truth is that you’d be better off in a B&B in the drizzly Lake District where the film was actually made between showers. Sean Connery’s magnificent performance in ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ takes us to the farthest corners of India and Afghanistan, although both Russian and American armies might have had fewer logistic problems had they invaded Morocco, where the film was shot. Mind you, at least he was on the African continent, unlike Cary Grant in ‘Gunga Din’, who never left California. It isn’t often that you see
cowboys in Oxford (unless you’re having some building work done) but when Harvard University refused permission to Michael Cimino to film the opening scenes of his mega-flop ‘Heaven’s Gate’ in situ, he went to Oxford University to shoot (in the cinematic sense) his scenes instead, using Christ’s Church, the Bridge of Sighs on New College Lane and the Sheldonian Theatre among others. ‘Apocalypse Now’ was filmed in the Philippines not Vietnam, ‘Good Morning Vietnam’ should read ‘Good Morning Thailand’, but close enough I suppose. Stanley Kubrick went even further (away), filming the Vietnam scenes of ‘Full Metal Jacket’ in an abandoned gasworks at Becton on the north bank of the Thames, where parts of ‘For Your Eyes Only’ and ‘Empire of the Sun’ were also filmed. The Mekong Delta scenes were filmed among the equally lush tropical foliage of the Norfolk Broads. Kubrick’s set designer was Anton Furst, who also did the sets for the first ‘Batman’ film starring Michael Keaton and filmed wholly in England at Knebworth House, Hatfield House and a power station at Acton Lane, West London and Little Barford in Bedfordshire. If Batman can be made in England; why not ‘Superman’? ‘Superman IV’ gave us the best ever Metropolis: Milton Keynes, with the railway station making a convincing United Nations building and the HQ of Argos easily imitating the ‘downtown’ hotel where Mariel Hemingway was lodged. Kubrick was a master of disguise, and nowhere more so than in ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, which was in fact filmed almost exclusively in London, either on the streets of London or in Pinewood Studios. The mansion where Tom Cruise discovers the sect with the tedious soundtrack is Luton Hoo stately home, which has also been a location for ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’, ‘Wilde’ and ‘Never Say Never Again’. ‘Gladiator’ on the other hand never managed it as far as Italy; Malta was as Mediterranean as it got, and the opening battle scene in the wild, barbarian forests of untamed Germania were in fact filmed in sedate Farnham, Surrey, where environmentalists were most annoyed by the swathes of forest cut down for authenticity’s sake. In the song ‘Only Living Boy in New York’ on the Simon and Garfunkel
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album ‘Bridge Over Troubled water’, Paul Simon sings: “Tom get your plane right on time…….fly down to Mexico”. ‘Tom’ is Art Garfunkel (the duo’s original name was Tom and Jerry) and he flew down to Mexico to film ‘Catch 22’, where the fishing village of Guayamos became North Africa for this surrealistic film about World War Two and entrepreneurial values. ‘Carry On Up the Khyber’ only rose as far as Snowdonia, whereas Amadeus’s native Austria is the Czech Republic, with impressive Vienna substituted by equally fascinating Prague. ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ couldn’t have been much more western, being filmed exclusively in California, with all mod con trenches at Santa Ana and Balboa. The brief visits to the alien planet surface in ‘Alien 3’ involved landing at Blast Beach near Dawdon Colliery in Northumberland and at the Blyth Power Station in Bedlington. Mind you, the second part (‘Aliens’) used Acton Lane Power Station and the original (‘Alien’) was shot entirely in studios in Berkshire and Surrey. The 1938 version of ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ starring Errol Flynn was actually filmed in Sherwood Forest. However, it was the Sherwood Forest 15 miles west of Los Angeles, named so because the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks version had been made there. London also doubles as Los Angeles in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’, where the Acme factory is in reality (if you’ll forgive the expression) an empty electrical testing station in Shepherd’s Bush, while the cinema was the Gray’s State Theatre in Grays, Essex, now closed, but which used to be the largest single screen auditorium in Europe. Rod Steiger, for me, will always be ‘Napoleon’, and Christopher Plummer is convincingly arrogant enough to play the commander who described his own men as “the scum of the earth”; the Duke of Wellington. The cockpit of Europe, Belgium, however, was jetted out to the Ukraine for the battle scenes, and Louis Continued on page 15
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Satellite and Electronic News
Weather conditions in Jávea have not been very kind during March. We have suffered very heavy rain and some rather high winds, the result has been an increase in service requests to visit, identify the problem and of course effect a cure. At times like this it is quite sensible for the engineer to check his stock levels, based on his experience of possible problems. It's best to ensure that items like quality coaxial cable and associated clips and connectors are available, along with various LNBs. These are the devices that collect the reflected signals from your satellite dish and feed it to your TV. Along with these items it's best to carry a variety of wall fixing bolts, these can be sub-divided into expansion type along with your typical type that rely on a plastic insert. As always a check of the test equipment: on board batteries should have been checked and charged accordingly. Here it should be mentioned that it's only fair to the client that quality high performance test
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equipment is used, after all the final results rely completely on the readings delivered by the equipment! I have been very fortunate in being involved in the communications industry for more years than I care to mention, having first worked in the U.K. a few European countries and also the Middle East, but the check drill is always the same, starting with a site survey involving every facet of the installation. These things never change! This visual inspection is very important. First note the direction and fixing of the satellite dish and direction, then pop inside, switch on the TV and associated satellite receiver and note the results. Assuming that all connections are firm and in the correct settings, this is the first call on the test equipment and the resulting loss of signal and picture quality which occur after heavy rain and heavy wind. Then it is time to take the miniature portable test equipment and examine the satellite dish, which usually involves a set of teps or adders and of course some hand tools and a short coaxial lead. My first check is to ensure the support holding the satellite dish is very firm and there is no movement, rock steady in fact. High winds can work the wall fixings loose over a period of time and the latest high winds have altered many settings. If that is the case, first it may be possible to simply tighten them, but more often than not a more heavy duty type is needed as a replacement. This can involve somehow securing the satellite dish whilst completing the manoeuvre. If your check proves the mounting bracket, bolts etc are rock steady, it is time to disconnect the client’s coaxial cable and substitute it with your test cable and test equipment. More often than not, the strength of the wind has forced the satellite dish to move on its horizontal axis, perhaps only a couple of millimetres, but sufficient to reduce the signal quality to produce at best a picture that breaks up, accompanied by blips in the sound. A centimetre or so can result in no station at all, yes, the alignment is so critical! The DIY man who has purchased an ' alignment meter for 25 or 30€ becomes very dissatisfied with the results, often zeroing in on the wrong satellite transponders! The professional has to spend many hundreds of pounds, even
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well over several thousand pounds if it includes a screen display and spectrum analyser, very important in areas of low signal, as I know! If your test equipment indicates a zero reading, it is time to check with your compass the known compass bearing and match the position of your satellite dish to it. In 99 out of a hundred occurrences this cures the problem. If the results are low readings and assuming you have also run through the vertical setting (very rare for this also to be out of true), then it's time to replace the LNB (Low Noise Block) situated in front of the satellite dish, usually supported by a single arm or often by three rods, the length of the rods or the single arm is critical and must match the Manufacturer’s design and test for maximum performance. On completion the client’s low loss coaxial cable is Continued on page 10
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Mr. Frobisher had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high tech corporation. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes. "Open these if you run up against a problem you don't think you can solve," he said. Well, things went along pretty smoothly, but six months later, sales took a downturn and he was really catching a lot of heat. About at his wit's end, he remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope. The message read, "Blame your predecessor". The new CEO called a press conference and tactfully laid the blame at the feet of the previous CEO. Satisfied with his comments, the press and Wall Street - responded positively, sales began to pick up and the problem was soon behind him. About a year later, the company was again experiencing a slight dip in sales, combined with serious product problems. Having learned from his previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the second envelope. The message read, "Reorganise". This he did, and the company quickly rebounded. After several consecutive profitable quarters, the company once again fell on difficult times. The CEO went to his office, closed the door and opened the third envelope. The message said, "Prepare three envelopes".
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YOU DESERVE A LAUGH
The florist was pleased and left the shop. When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door. Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you, I'm doing community service this week.' The cop was happy and left the shop. The next morning when the barber went to open up, there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen doughnuts waiting for him at his door. Then a Member of Parliament came in for a haircut, and when he went to pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The Member of Parliament was very happy and left the shop. The next morning, when the barber went to open up, there were a dozen Members of Parliament lined up waiting for a free haircut. And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the politicians who run it. Boab Knox
How I lost my teeth!
I was in the Texas Rose last night, at the bar waiting for a beer, when a large and ugly old woman came up behind me, and slapped me on the butt. She said, “Hey sexy, how about giving me your number.” I looked at her and said, “Do you have a pen?” She said, “I sure do.” I said, “Well, you better get back into it, before the farmer notices you’re missing.” My dental surgery is on Monday.
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I was in a pet shop when I noticed a Muslim with the most amazingly coloured parrot perched on her shoulder. "Where did you get that from ?" I asked. " Bradford !!! There's thousands of 'em!" ... said the Parrot.
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I ONLY DID WHAT I WAS ASKED
When I was at the checkout and ready to pay for my groceries the cashier said, "Strip down, facing me." Making a mental note so I could complain to my local MP about this security rubbish, I did just as she had instructed. After the shrieking and hysterical remarks finally subsided, I found out that she was referring to how I should position my credit card. Nonetheless, I've been asked to shop elsewhere in the future. They need to make their instructions a lot clearer. from Stephen Burke
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After a week of rain and cloud, the sun shone brightly on Saturday 26th March, and everything was on schedule for an event that would announce the coalition by Oscar Anton of Xabia Democratica with Ciudadanos por Jávea with Juan Ortola. Many local political celebrities were present, and as dusk fell the wind blew reminding many of us why we had relocated from Northern Europe. The weather spoiled the evening but could not dampen Oscar’s enthusiasm to lead the combined troops into battle on 24th May. The event was hosted at the garden centre and metal sculpture park established by Toni Mari on Camino Cabañes. The Spanish cuisine and entertainment were outstanding and by the time most people had been
eating for an hour, even more food was arriving. Oscar said coalition was not something ‘fresh’ for XD and CdP, who had cooperated for four years to ensure that the quality of life for all Jávea residents was improved. “We will build on that foundation to further improve life for everyone. “In 2011 we inherited a shattered town in deep economic crisis, where political leaders lacked public respect” Oscar told listeners “but now our pride in Jávea is shared
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by those who live here - a town with great potential that has much to offer. We have earned the right to discard our ‘Learner Plates’ and instead be given the ‘Steering Wheel and Pedals’ that will steer us safely through the next four years, when our strategy will be Incorporation Comprehension Teamwork Integration Involvement and Impartiality”. With the announcement of their new team, the Coalition can finalise their manifesto and prioritise those projects and policies that most people have wanted and will now applaud. The five current councillors (3 of XD and 2 from CpJ) were augmented with the return to the local political scene of school teacher (and talented actress and singer) Amanda Dean. 1. Oscar Anton 2. Juan Ortola 3. Juan Luis Cardona 4. Tere Bisquert 5. Amanda Dean
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Satellite and Eectronic News Continued from page 8
reconnected and at the satellite receiver end a final test should confirm a very good range of readings. Finally from this overview you will realise the importance of not only using quality test equipment but being able to translate the various readings into meaningful observations. Over the years I have trained many engineers in being able to maximise the performance and resulting image quality. I can confirm that the satellite transponders of Astra 2 A have now been switched off and are no longer in use! This is very bad news for our more distant UK Ex-Pats, I have received several calls from people located in the Marbella and surrounding districts, where the signal level has dropped dramatically, forcing people to investigate using certain cable types or switching over to Wi-Fi Products using the Internet! In and around Jávea reception has greatly improved, a good example being, where we had been forced to recommend the use of quality 2.4 metre satellite dishes along with specially selected LNBs, even the coaxial cable had to be specially selected low-loss type.
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Now depending on individual areas, it is possible to use 1.2 metre dishes of good quality, however my favourite is the 1.4 metre size, again of good quality. Using the 1.4 metre size means you can view all the channels transmitted for the UK that can be viewed in Spain, including the range offered by BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five and of course all the Sky offerings. Some Channels are scrambled and require a suitable card and a satellite receiver compatible with this form of reception. These can be provided here in Spain! Next month I hope to explain the principles of rectifying satellite dish distortion, which can be very tricky and require much patience! Richard Pollock B.Ed I.Eng. FIEEIE
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A priest was invited to attend a house party. Naturally, he was properly dressed and wearing his priest's collar. A little boy kept staring at him the entire evening. Finally, the priest asked the little boy what he was staring at. The little boy pointed to the priest's neck. When the priest finally realised what the boy was pointing at, he asked him, "Do you know why I am wearing that?" The boy nodded his head yes, and replied, "It kills fleas and ticks for up to three months." received from Dena Martin.
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The Health Service in Spain is every bit as good - and many say MUCH better than in the UK, but no matter the level of professionalism and skill of the doctor or nursing staff - if you don’t speak Spanish, ‘Murphy’s Law’ says those who care for you will not understand English or Spanglish. What they DO understand on the Costa Blanca, and instantly recognise, is the Booklet “Tell the Doctor” which lists all the words and phrases you are likely to need during your visit to the Health Centre or Hospital. The book is NOT intended to replace a competent Interpreter for those visits when accuracy and understanding are essential. Originally compiled by Jenny Bussey, founder of Jalon Valley HELP, copies can be obtained from the OASIS HELP CENTRE, C/. Toni Llido 5 (at the rear of La Caixa bank in the Port) for 6,50€ a copy. Tell the Doctor is also published in French and German, but the OASIS generally only stocks the (blue covered) English edition.
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19 Javier Bonet It’s four years since the previous 20 Chelo Majorcan municipal election in Jávea and some of 21 George Thomas, and reserves the leading participants have had their 22 Pilar González ‘launch meeting’ and published their list 23 Vicente Carrión of candidates to fill the 21 vacancies 24 Mari Miñana allocated to a town the size of Jávea. At one time it looked as though the The two sides to China population would exceed 50,000 - but then It was interestering to hear on UK TV that the crisis began to bite harder, and the Chinese businesses were having to leave number of registered inhabitants in an area London’s ‘China Town’ as rents had been that depended on tourism and construction increased by up to 30%. has been reversed. If I can hold back the ‘Dragon’ tears, I Jávea has ENJOYED - rather than can remember that Jávea’s shops ENDURED - four years of political specialising in selling Chinese produced cooperation with PSOE Mayor José Chulvi items, for 100 Pesetas (approximately 60 demonstrating his political genius by Centimos) now offer prices that have delegating Finance, Police and compliance soared like Far East spacecraft, looking to Building Policy to Councillors who for the ‘Promised Land’. Yes, I buy there, were not part of his PSOE. If they failed he not caring that I am exporting European could blame XD and CpL, but if they jobs. I am proud to be British (or Spanish succeeded (and they surely have) he can or European) but NOT if it is going to take the credit. cost me more money. It looks as though some local dynosaurs I continually question how restaurants (and I have huge respect for Vicent like the HONG KONG in Av. Lepanto in Chorro) have decided it is time to move Jávea Port, can offer their ‘All you can aside for younger protagonists. During the eat’ menu for 8,50€ per person, which is coming days others will announce their list one of the reasons why we have arranged of candidates, but coalition seems the only a TEST YOUR HEALTH day there, way forward for groups who cannot muster sponsored by Perpetuo Seguro, but more their own 21 names. I, for one, would like details next month. to have seen how popular Podemos were among voters, but they decided to ‘throw in the towel’ and see if they survive four years as observers in Jávea, even though they may control Spain from Madrid? Jávea has a history of voting in a way that leaves them out-of-step with Don’t miss out on our News and Views if you live Valencia and the overseas or would prefer to jave a copy delivered Nation. to your Jávea Jome. José’s list was made available to me today. It is obligatory Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to have two females in the top 5. Postal Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 José Chulvi 2 Isabel Bolufer 3 Miragall Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Doris Courcelles 5 Quico Moragues 6 Pilar Zamora ........................................... 7 Paco Torres 8 Marta Bañuls Postcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Cesc Camprubí 10 Lynn Cobb The Annual Subscription for 2015 is 12€ in Spain, 11 Ximo Segarra and £20 (UK cheque: A2Z Publications) to UK. 12 Kika Mata Send to: Apartado de Correos 227, VERGEL 03770 (Alicante) 13 José Luis Luengo 14 Montse Villaverde Further details available from: 15 José Serrat clive@cliveread.com or phone 669 386 702 16 Pepa Gisbert 17 Federico Ibáñez 18 Pepa Guardiola
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Woman and Fork
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There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was getting her things 'in order,' she contacted her Pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes. She told him which songs she wanted sung at the service, what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in. Everything was in order and the Pastor was preparing to leave when the young woman suddenly remembered something very important to her. 'There's one more thing,' she said excitedly. 'What's that?' came the Pastor's reply? 'This is very important,' the young woman continued. 'I want to be buried with a fork in my Right hand.' The Pastor stood looking at the young woman, not knowing quite what to say. That surprises you, doesn't it?' the young woman asked. 'Well, to be honest, I'm puzzled by the request,' said the Pastor. The young woman explained. 'My grandmother once told me this story, and from that time on I have always tried to pass along its message to those I love and those who are in need of encouragement. In all my years of attending socials and dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, 'Keep your fork.' It was my favourite part because I knew that something better was coming...like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie. Something wonderful, and with substance! ‘So, I just want people to see me there in that casket with a fork in my hand and I want them to wonder 'What's with the fork?' Then I want you to tell them: 'Keep your fork ..the best is yet to come.' The Pastor's eyes welled up with tears of joy as he hugged the young woman good-bye. He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death. But he also knew that the young woman had a better grasp of heaven than he did. She had a better grasp of what heaven would be like than many people twice her age, with twice as much experience and knowledge. She KNEW that something better was coming. At the funeral people were walking by the young woman's casket and they saw the cloak she was wearing and the fork placed in her right hand. Over and over, the Pastor heard the question, 'What's with the fork?' And over and over he smiled.
Are you ready for More HUMOUR?
During his message, the Pastor told the people of the conversation he had with the young woman shortly before she died. He also told them about the fork and about what it symbolised to her. He told the people how he could not stop thinking about the fork and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either. He was right. So the next time you reach down for your fork let it remind you, ever so gently, that the best is yet to come. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. Cherish the time you have, and the memories you share. Being friends with someone is not an opportunity, but a sweet responsibility. And just remember ... keep your fork! The BEST is yet to come!
As if by MAGIC
A black man and Murphy go into a pastry shop. The black man whisks three cakes into his pocket with lightning speed. The baker doesn't even notice. The black man says to Murphy, "You see how clever we are? You Paddies can never beat that!" Murphy says to the black man, "Watch dis, any Paddy is smarter din you, and I'll prove it to ya." He says to the baker, "Gimme a cake and I'll show ya a magic trick!" The baker gives him the cake, which he promptly eats. Then he says to the baker, "Gimme anudder cake for me magic trick." The baker is getting suspicious, but he gives it to him. He eats this one too. Then he says again, "Gimme one more cookie..." The baker is getting angry now, but gives him one anyway. He eats this one too. Now the baker is really mad, and he yells, "OK ... so where is your famous magic trick?" Murphy says .... " Now look in the black man’s pocket!"
SCOTTISH WEDDING
At the Scottish wedding reception the D.J. yelled... "Would all married men please stand next to the one person who has made your life worth living." The bartender was almost crushed to death.
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Poor Lance Armstrong I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved, winning 7 Tour de France races, while on drugs. When I was on drugs, I couldn't even find my bike.
Drive By A man broke into my apartment last week. He didn’t take my TV, just the remote. Now he drives by and changes the channels. What psycho. \
EASYJET Paddy calls EASYJET to book a flight. The operator asks, "How many people are flying with you?" Paddy replies "How do I know? It's your plane."
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Councillors’ March meeting Continued from page 3
Juan Planelles asked what is happening to land by the Fontana canal? He was told it was a complicated situation with plans from 1990 showing the land as the end of the Via Augusta. Rumours have suggested that part of the land become a dry-dock and repair facilities for boats that can use the Canal, but it will require planning changes, neighbour consultation and a tender to get the best value for land reaching out towards Ctra. del Pla. Cinema. The previous ideas proposed and approved to preserve some Jávea historical buildings have been slightly altered, and could make a big difference, but are still the subject of negotiation. Jávea Councillors want to preserve history for future generations, but Alicante express the view that it will often prove cheaper to demolish the existing and build afresh, than to repair what has been neglected.
ROADRUNNER
Bob Yareham reminds us The Camera Never Lies Continued from page 7
XVIII’s palace went east too and ended up near Naples. The same palace: ‘Palazzo Reale, Caserta’, was also used in ‘Star Wars Part I’ as Queen Amidala’s palace. The harrowing fighting at Omaha Beach in Spielberg’s ‘Saving Private Ryan’ was probably alleviated by a pint of Guinness or two during breaks in one of the many excellent pubs at Curracloe Beach, Balinesker, near Wexford, although the wine of the French village in the film was probably sub-standard as the French village was constructed at the British Aerospace factory in Hatfield, Herts. The American film industry has made a couple of ungrateful films about their peevish rebellion; known to
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them as The War of Independence for some strange reason. Al Pacino’s version, ‘Revolution’ reached the heights of rudeness and ingratitude, actually being made mostly in England. King’s Lynn was Manhattan and Valley Forge was Thetford in Norfolk. Philadelphia’s elegant state buildings are in fact Melton Constable Hall in Norfolk. Makes you wonder why they ever left us! More by Bob Yareham can be read at www.valencia-international.com
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No one would doubt that Mayor José Chulvi is an excellent hand to have at the helm of the good ship “Jávea” as she avoids the choppy seas associated with the area around San Antonio lighthouse. He has always made those not born in Jávea to feel “very special” by convening meetings in English, a language which he has been exploring and learning for many years. PSOE Branch President George Brooks introduced the morning’s speakers Councillor Doris Courselles and Mayor José Chulvi. Doris - it’s her trade-mark - was brief and to the point, in explaining why she had afain decided to support José. Other members of the PSOE team were present and it soon materialisedthat the common denominator was our love for this area and the unanimous decision that it should have no more than minimal change to the building code. Mayor José Chulvi wore a lapel microphone and thanked everyone who voted - regardless of the way they cast their vote - and voting was a hard-earned right and should be exercised by everyone who had registered to do so. More than anything in Jávea we have made it easier for citizen and tourist alike to feel ‘closer’ to the Townhall, as we all concentrate on improving the quality of life. The Citizen’s office had narrowed the distance between the Townhall and the people. There was a new Library and Social Centre in the Port, and the pueblo Riu Rau now has a roof and lighting, making it an ideal functions area and museum of raisin history. José made a passing reminder of his initial decision NOT to draw the 50,000€ a year salary as Mayor of Javea - like Mayors of other similar sized were receiving - and let us never forget those without work who must daily question their self-worth - it was one of my pre-election promises that I would donate my Jávea salary to a fund to support the less fortunate in this village, and during my four years as your
Mayor, 200.000€ is in a fund for the homeless and hungry that never existed before, “Our people do not want the excesses proposed by regional governmet bodies, to turn the San Antonio lighthouse into a hotel and health spa. Neither do we want the commercial centre they want to construct out to sea from the Grava beach. After the next election we - my Councullors and I - remain committed to ensuring improved stability Our focus is two-pronged, ensuring we retain the sense of ‘village’ for those born here, yet equally welcoming those who chose to join us and have contributed to our developing into a town - but an unspoiled town that has retained the charm for which we have always been top of the list for people who
know about Jávea. Jose said he had enjoyed being Alcalde for the past 4 years, but only because of the warmth and help he had received from people of all political persuasions. I am relying on your help and support for the next four years. 1. The first time I got a universal remote control, I thought to myself "This changes everything." 2. Say what you want about deaf people... 3. I've spent the past four years looking for my ex-girlfriend's killer, but no one will do it. 4. I saw a sign that said "watch for children" and I thought, "That sounds like a fair trade." 5. I recently decided to sell my vacuum cleaner, all it was doing was gathering dust.
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It is every girl's dream to have a fairytale wedding, but when planning a wedding, the first thing to take into consideration is how much is it going to cost. In the UK a wedding can cost from about £11,000 to well over £20,000 depending on the number of guests and venue chosen for the reception. A couple of years ago I remember watching a programme on the TV about weddings. The presenters of the programme which was called "The Big Day", helped the family and friends of a couple that wanted to be married, to arrange a wedding in a week, but to keep to the family budget. Emma and Steve, who had been engaged for two years, told their family that they would love to get married but couldn't afford it. So their family and closest friends got
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together and between them they raised £9,000 which they were prepared to spend to give the couple the wedding of their dreams. This is when the presenters of "The Big Day" stepped in. A meeting was arranged between the family, close friends, Emma and Steve, and at that initial meeting, the presenters encouraged the couple to say what they would like included in the big day. Both Emma and Steve were great lovers of chocolate and Emma said she would like a white or cream dress. The couple then left the room to give the family and friends a chance to suggest ways and means of keeping the cost down but giving them a wedding they would never forget, bearing in mind that it all had to be arranged in a week. It was agreed that with a budget of £9,000 they would try to make savings and some of the family and friends said they could help. One friend was a photographer and would be prepared to take the photographs as a gift. Another
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friend said she was willing to bake the wedding cake and suggested that as Emma and Steve were so fond of chocolate, it just had to be a chocolate cake. One of the family had a boyfriend that had a classic car who would be prepared to drive them to the various venues. One of the friends said she was a hairdresser, and her colleague was a makeup artist and as a gift, they would look after all the beauty arrangements on the day for the bride, her bridesmaids, and the mothers of the bride and groom. The bride's father said he would look for a venue and the bride's mother and Emma's best friend could choose the dress. £1,500 was earmarked for the bridesmaid's dresses, rings and wedding dress. They looked at three venues, one was too expensive, a scout hut just wasn't acceptable, but they finally decided to hold the wedding in a conference centre. The problem was that the room they were offered was in fact a wide corridor with several doors down each side. The good news was that it would only cost £400 to hire and they were free to decorate it any way they wanted. The only problem was that the work couldn't be commenced until the day before the wedding as the conference centre was being used by accountants on a training programme. The bride's mother and Emma's best friend eventually bought a wedding Continued on page 24
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Owners interested in carrying out technical inspections of their vehicles, can do so in Jávea between April 13 and May 5, 2015. To make an appointment, owners should call 902 108 368 (indicating the appointment is for the Mobile Unit in Jávea). Inspections will be made in the parking area beside the bus station in Avenida Palmela.
ITV Stickers on Motorbikes /Quads
periodic and mandatory test of roadworthiness. There are 3 colours for the ITV sticker, and each colour means when the ITV expires. If you have a sticker coloured; Yellow (your ITV expires in 2014) Red (your Itv expires in 2015), Green (your Itv expires in 2016)..... Yellow(.... 2017) Red (.... 2018) Green (.... 2019) and always the same 3 colours. You can check that in your sticker, there is a small hole, which informs you the month when your ITV expires.
Do I have to display the sticker in my vehicle?
Yes, of course. The sticker is placed on the windscreen of cars and is regulated by Royal Decree, which states that “vehicles that have favourably passed the periodic test shall display in a conspicuous place a distinctive, which indicates the date on which they must pass the next inspection”. Anybody who has been for one of these inspections will know that it is much like the equivalent of the MOT in the UK, albeit with different qualifying criteria, but on passing the test the vehicle’s documents are updated, and the sticker given to be displayed on the windscreen.
Where do I have to display the sticker?
ITV Sticker
As for where the sticker is displayed, that too is dictated by law, and it is mandatory to place it in the upper right corner of the windscreen as you are looking out, affixed to the inside, so that the sticker can be clearly observed from the outside of the vehicle, where it will subsequently be displayed in the upper left hand side.
An often confusing aspect for drivers in Spain is the appearance of a coloured rectangle on the windscreen of cars, corresponding to the Inspección Técnica de Vehículos, or ITV for short, which displays that the vehicle has passed a
A common question relating to this sticker is whether old ones have to remain as time goes by. The simple answer being that as the sticker is used to indicate the date of the next required test, then the answer has to be “NO”, only the current and valid sticker should be present. There is a fine for not displaying the sticker correctly, with the driver possibly becoming liable to an 80 euro sanction, halved if paid in good time, but simply ensuring the sticker is in the
When there is no windscreen or glass to put the sticker - where should it be displayed? In a visible part of the motorbike or quad.
Can I have several ITV stickers on my windscreen?
right place, and valid, can avoid a lot of undue hassle during routine vehicle checks. The ITV sticker informs the police that your ITV is ok, so if you do not display the sticker you could be stopped to check if you have submitted your vehicle for the ITV.
V-13 – The Green L-Plate
A common question that often emerges when driving in Spain relates to signs, both on the roadside, and on vehicles. One such sign which is frequently seen is a green-backed L-plate, which is indicative of a novice driver, although now qualified, and is designed to advise other road users of that fact.
ONE L OF A SIGN
Officially known as the V-13, the Lplate must be displayed on the vehicle for a year after obtaining their permit to drive. There are one or two exceptions, but for the purpose of this article we are discussing why it would be displayed. The laws regarding the V-13 state that the “L” plate must be displayed on the left rear side of the vehicle, in a conspicuous place, except on motorcycles, vehicles for disabled persons and tricycles, where there are allowances for the location, other than it must be on the rear of the vehicle. Previously restricted to a slower speed than other drivers, a change in the law in 2011 meant that this no longer applied, and that vehicles displaying the sign can travel at the same speed as other road users, subject to obvious restrictions. One element which is more restrictive for novice drivers is alcohol. We already know that the alcohol limit in Spain is considerably lower than the UK at 0.25 milligrams per litre, but for novice drivers, the limit is 0.15 milligrams of alcohol per litre of exhaled air. The other restriction relates to traffic violations, whereas a novice driver is given 8 points instead of 12 for a fully experienced motorist, which are
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deducted should the driver be found guilty of offences relating to road traffic laws. The overall aim of the sign is to serve as a warning to other drivers that the person in charge of this particular vehicle is a novice, and has still to build on the experiences that a future behind the wheel will bring. Caution, patience and understanding are all that is requested by those who have gained the knowledge, as well as allowing more distance and time for the driver to carry out the moves that may seem second nature to others. Finally, in the event that a novice driver chooses not to display the mandatory sign, then the prospect of a fine is waiting for you, should you get caught out.
If I loan my car to another driver?
When driving in Spain, if you are not the owner of the car, do you need written permission from the owner to prove you are allowed to drive the car? There is no law that forces you to prove you are driving a friend's car. If the car has up-to-date documents, the Insurance will itemise who can drive and the range of ages and driving experience, you will not have problems with the police. If you are going to drive your friend’s car for a long time, it is advisable to carry a document where the police can check that the owner gave authorisation to the driver to use his car. There is no official format, only you need to include your details and the driver details, write that you give him permission and your signature. If you can include a photocopy of both (owner and driver) ID documents at the bottom of the paper it would be perfect. Many people buy a car and promise the seller they are going to fix all the paperwork and transfer the car in a couple of weeks, and they never do it, so in order to avoid this situation and help the police in its task of identifying these drivers, it would be better to carry this document to prove the car has not been bought (but not transferred into their name) by the person who is driving it.
How to deregister a vehicle with foreign licence plates?
In order to deregister a vehicle that was originally registered abroad, and to do so while in Spain, you must follow these steps: 1. Take it to an Authorised Treatment Facility (Centro Autorizado de Tratamiento - CAT) in Spain. 2. Get the “Certificate of Destruction”. 3. Contact the corresponding driving authorities where the vehicle was originally registered. Deliver the Spanish “Certificate of Destruction” along with the vehicle logbook, and request the official deregistration. This procedure must be carried out this way because the vehicle is not registered in the records of the Spanish “General Direction of Traffic” (Dirección General de Tráfico – DGT).
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However, since Spanish vehicle scrapping facilities meet with the European regulations with regards to the recycling of a vehicle at the end of its life, which is stated by the Certificate of Destruction, the owner will not have any issues when they come to deregister the vehicle permanently in the foreign country where the car was registered for the last time. In DGTbajas.es, you can arrange the removal of your vehicle by a Spanish “Authorised Treatment Facility” (Centro Autorizado de Tratamiento - CAT), so you can obtain the “Certificate of Destruction”, which will allow you to process the permanent deregistration in the country of origin.
Will my Disabled Driver permit be recognised in Spain?
Spain has adopted the European Model
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Do not park if the space is marked with someone's name or a licence plate number. Print this notice and display it alongside your UK permit Esta tarjeta pertenece a una persona con movilidad reducida que visita su país La mayoría de los Estados Miembros de la UE y la UEE reconocen y aceptan esta tarjeta de aparcamiento para personas con movilidad reducida procedentes de otro país. Esto les concede las mismas facilidades de aparcamiento que a los ciudadanos con movilidad reducida del país donde se encuentran. (Recomendaciones del Consejo de la Unión Europea 98/376/EC y 2008/205/EC ; Resolución 97/4 ECMT) Para más información, visite: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/document/index_en.htm#h2-5 Nota: Exponga esta tarjeta al lado de su tarjeta de aparcamiento
Where you may use your Parking Card You may use your Spanish Parking Card in most EU / EEA member states, and in some other countries around the world.
Visitor to Spain Visitor from another EU / EEA member state – you may use your Parking Card in Spain. Visitor from outside the EU / EEA – you may use your Parking Card in Spain.
Parking on roads Do not park on a road where parking is prohibited. Do not drive or park in a pedestrian zone. In most areas, you must pay to park where payment is required and must not exceed the paid-for time – check the parking signs or ask locally. In most areas, you may exceed the time limit on a road where parking is free but limited by time – check the parking signs or ask locally.
Parking in car parks Some car parks allow a Parking Card holder to park free-of-charge – check the parking notices or ask an attendant.
Carrying Gas Canisters in the Car. Although the winter months are coming to an end, there is still a chill in the air, and many people in Spain still rely on bottled gas to heat their homes, and many more rely on bottled gas for cooking.
Although gas supply companies will deliver the bottles to your home, many people find it more convenient to pick up their own supply at many of the outlets across the country, exchanging the empty bottles for full ones, but in order to do this, we have to think about the safety and security implications of carrying a potentially lethal canister. Depending on their size and weight, the canisters can be very heavy as they are filled with pressurised gas. At home, care should be taken as to where they are stored, in well ventilated places, away from heat and ignition sources, far away from toxic materials and always in an upright position. In the car, it is equally crucial to take the necessary steps to ensure your safety and the safety of other road users. Spanish law states that you can carry 2 gas bottles in the car, and they must be carried in an upright, vertical position. You must also take necessary measure to ensure that the canisters are secured in the vehicle and cannot move during the journey. The law also states that when you are carrying gas canisters, it is forbidden to park the vehicle in an underground car park. You should also check with your local supply company for their recommendations for storage and carriage, as gas canisters can pose a major threat if not handled correctly, but are perfectly safe if the advice is followed. Here is the Royal Decree which relates to carrying bottled gas in the car:
Real Decreto 919/2006, de 28 de julio, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento técnico de distribución y utilización de combustibles gaseosos. Centros de almacenamiento y distribución de envases de gases licuados del petróleo (GLP). 6. Transporte de envases de GLP: Que los vehículos particulares que transporten envases de GLP tendrán limitada su carga a 2 envases móviles de hasta 15 Kg. de capacidad unitaria. Además indicar que: Los envases, tanto llenos como vacíos, con válvula de seguridad, se transportarán siempre en posición vertical en sus correspondientes jaulas para el transporte o correctamente estibadas. Los envases nuevos o reparados, sin gas, en transporte desde fábrica o taller a la planta, podrán ir en posición horizontal. Los envases, tanto llenos como vacíos, deberán ir sujetos y se tomarán las disposiciones necesarias para evitar su caída durante el transporte.
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I’ve read about ‘Pegasus’ - the new aerial radar
The helicopter is positioned above the vehicle to maintain visual contact. The pilot and cameraman operate in coordination. It is equipped with two cameras: one, panoramic, follows the vehicle and captures its speed; the other, with telephoto lens, reads the registration number.
How Pegasus Works The new aerial radar has an advantage: it's more selective and allows observation of drivers' conduct, identifying risky behaviours. Pegasus can operate from a height of 300 metres and from a distance of one kilometre away from its target. The purpose of the system is to recognise the geographical co-ordinates (latitude and longitude) of the vehicle it is checking in order to calculate its speed. Firstly, the helicopter is positioned with extraordinary precision, by way of various mechanisms (gyroscopes and speedometers) and a computer programme added to the surveillance cameras. Next, a laser measures the distance between the helicopter and the vehicle every three seconds. With these data, the successive movements of the vehicle and its speed can be determined to record the offence. With the offence confirmed, a frame from the video recording is sent as evidence telematically to the Centre for Automated Complaints Processing (ESTRADA), where the incident will be handled. This also includes anticipated criminal offences, for which a Guardia Civil patrol can be contacted immediately from the helicopter.
How the new aerial radar works, step by step: 1. Starting from the position of the helicopter, the co-ordinates of the vehicle are calculated by GPS. 2. A laser rangefinder measures the
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exact distance between the helicopter and the vehicle. 3. The speed is determined from the successive positions. The system measures every three seconds and calculates the average. Speeds between 80 and 360kph can be detected. 4. The offence is recorded and handled telematically.
Emergency travel documents
An emergency travel document lets you leave another country if you can’t get a new or replacement British passport in time to travel. You can apply for an emergency travel document (sometimes known as an ‘emergency passport’) if you are a British national outside the UK and your passport has been lost, stolen, damaged or has expired. You should first try to renew or replace your passport if it has expired or is damaged. Only apply for an emergency travel document if you need to travel before you can get a replacement.
What an emergency travel document does
An emergency travel document allows you to leave the country you’re in and travel to your destination via a maximum of 5 countries. The emergency travel document can also cover a return journey if you’re resident in the country you’re applying from. An emergency travel document doesn’t guarantee entry to every country. You may also need a visa. Check with the embassy or consulate of the country or countries you’re intending to travel to or through.
How to apply
You need to apply in person. Contact your nearest British embassy, high commission or consulate to check if you need to make an appointment. You must bring with you: a completed emergency travel document application form
a recent photograph of yourself proof of your travel plans - eg, booking confirmations (or detailed written travel plans if you can’t book ahead) a police report if your passport has been stolen. You will have to pay a fee in local currency, equivalent to £95.
Getting your emergency travel document
The embassy or consulate staff will check that you’re eligible for an emergency travel document. If you’re not, they will tell you why. You may get the document on the day you apply if your circumstances are straightforward. It can take longer if your circumstances are more complex. You may need to change your travel plans.
Using your emergency travel document
The emergency travel document will only be valid for the journey that you specified when you applied and for a specific period of time. This will be shown on the document. Your existing British passport will be cancelled in most cases. Immigration authorities may keep your emergency travel document when you arrive at your destination. If you are travelling within the next 48 hours, please call 902 109 356 or +34 917 146 300 to arrange an ETD. If you are travelling in more than 2 days’ time, you can make an appointment at your nearest British Consulate.
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outings or experiences on two wheels, but I've been reading a lot on the forums lately about the legality of recording with GoPro on your helmet (whilst in the saddle) and I think it's time to put things straight. “As a lawyer specialising in Data Protection And Compliance, I feel justified – and at the same time obligated – to write this entry and give my opinion. “I understand that in this country we're all lawyers and doctors. But while that's all very well if you're talking about personal comments with your mates in the cafe, it's different if it's a public forum; because its impact and its reach is very much greater. “I start reading these articles and I always see the same thing: a ton of quotes from articles and rules which seem to justify the writer's affirmation that recording from a GoPro is prohibited, that they'll fine us 500 euros and furthermore confiscate our camera. “Then they inform you that the recordings are “personal data” covered by Data Protection Law, and how personal data includes number plates, and how unequivocal consent is required... etc, etc. “But, ladies and gentlemen, we've got ahead of ourselves and we've forgotten that amongst the first articles of law exists a thing called “scope of application”, whose function is simply to define the behaviours to which the rules will be applied. “Consequently, those actions subject to the concepts interpreted so well by the writers in these forums. To conclude and not ramble on, I quote Article 2 of the Data Protection Law, which states in paragraph 2: “The rule of protection of data of a personal nature which is established in the current Organic Law will not be applied: Continued on next page
GoPros/Dash Cameras – Are They Legal?
We have received many messages asking if it is legal, or not, to carry a camera on a helmet/vehicle, because many readers have read/heard that some riders/drivers have been fined for carrying one. We would like to publish a post of a lawyer where he talked about this subject, and hope this article will be interesting for you: “I'm not very fond of writing posts on internet that aren't about motorcycle
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a) To those files kept by physical persons in the exercise of exclusively personal or domestic activites” “So, simply and plainly, the Data Protection Law doesn't prohibit this activity for the simple reason that it doesn't apply; that what we are recording with these devices are private and domestic videos. “They are in no way comparable to fixed security cameras (private or public) which do fall within the law. I hope this will put to rest a controversy which affects a lot of us bikers. Let's bear in mind that the Guardia Civil are professionals and don't go around fining people for no reason.” carril adicional circunstancial o por un carril habilitado para circular en sentido contrario al normalmente utilizado en la calzada donde se encuentre situado, bien sea un carril que les esté exclusivamente reservado, bien esté abierto excepcionalmente a la circulación en dicho sentido.
VADO
"I pay annually for a Vado sign on my gate. Am I allowed to park there?" When you pay for a Vado you are paying for free access to your garage or off-street parking, not for a parking space on the street. So if you park your car on the street in front of your Vado, the local police could still remove your car and give you a fine.
Using Headlights During the Day
What are the rules regarding having your lights on during daytime when driving through road works?
These days we see a lot of cars travelling during the day with their lights on already, but these lights are usually very different to the ones referred to as “headlights”. Since 2011, all new cars and trucks sold in EU were required to have Daytime Running Lights (DLR)
installed, which turn on automatically with the engine, in accordance with a new European directive designed to improve road safety. The rule also became mandatory for trucks and buses from August 2012. The DLR is a new method of illumination, with low energy consumption, but is not designed to provide additional lighting for the driver, but rather to improve “significantly” the vehicle’s visibility to other road users. Studies on the use of this lighting show, according to the EU executive, road users including pedestrians and cyclists, more clearly detect vehicles equipped with daytime running lights than those who do not have this device. However, the question above refers to traditional headlights, which also provide additional illumination for the driver as well as other road users, and the circumstances when they must be turned on during the day. There are certain times and locations when you must turn your lights on during the day, these locations are indicated by a white pictogram of headlights on a blue circle sign. You will see these as you approach tunnels for example. In addition, during the winter months when the sun is lower and visibility can become problematic as a result, the DGT recommend having headlights on during the day to achieve the same increase of visibility as is achieved through the DLR. Under normal circumstances however, there is no mandatory requirement to have your headlights on during the day, and that also applies when driving through road works. Article 104 of the Reglamento General Circulacion, refers to the use of headlights during the day, and explains how you do not have to turn on your lights when there are road repairs on the road, but details the situations when it is compulsory. All vehicles travelling on a reversible lane, sometimes called a bi-directional lane, which can at times be used by traffic in either direction. These sorts of lanes are common near to city centres, where the flow of traffic can alter to give more space for vehicles in one direction, such as towards the centre of the city at the start of a working day, and then away from the city at the end of the day. Although the accessibility of the lanes will be clearly marked, there is a risk to other road users and so increased illumination is of benefit. A circumstantial additional lane, such as when a lane is created with a series of cones to avoid an obstruction or to improve the traffic flow in one direction. These “circumstantial” lanes are often created at busy holiday times, allowing
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the road management to create extra lanes to ease congestion at certain times, such as when many people are expected to leave a city to go on holiday at the coast, for example. They are also often used to bypass an obstruction that may pose a problem for the normal flow of traffic, such as a broken down truck that is disabled and cannot move. A lane normally used by traffic in the opposite direction, known as a contraflow. These lanes are frequently used on motorways when traffic is diverted onto a lane on the opposite carriageway for example. Here is the text from the article that explains this. REGLAMENTO GENERAL CIRCULACION Artículo 104 Uso del alumbrado durante el día b) Todos los vehículos que circulen por un carril reversible, por un carril adicional circunstancial o por un carril habilitado para circular en sentido contrario al normalmente utilizado en la calzada donde se encuentre situado, bien sea un carril que les esté exclusivamente reservado, bien esté abierto excepcionalmente a la circulación en dicho sentido.
Aa Campaign
We would like to share with you a useful piece information, and would you share it among your family/friends. When the police or emergency services attend to an accident, and the occupants of the car suffer serious injuries and they can not communicate to him/her. The mobile is the only way we have at that moment to inform your family, so please add on your Contact List, AA followed by the name you want us to contact if you are in this situation. Remember you can write as many contacts as you wish. Aa, means "Avisar a...." Here you quote the translation of the Red Cross advert: " We're looking at your mobile phonebook... you've got Carmen's number, Manolo's, Raquel's...and lots of names like that.... If anything happens to you, the fastest way for the emergency and security servies to get in touch with the right person is with your mobile. Put in your phone contacts "Aa" (Avisar a) before the name of your chosen emergency contact. That will make them the first person on your list, the person we'll get in touch with.” The suggestion may be well-intended but if you use a PIN Nº or fingerprint code your phone will remain inaccessible - which is what you planned to prevent being defrauded from robbers. Continued on page 30
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Now, it is cheaper to present a claim in Spain! as Court fees abolished
Now, it is cheaper to present a claim in Spain! The Spanish Court fees end. In this article, we would like to inform readers that Royal Decree Law (RDL) 1/2015, of February 27, of second chance mechanism, providing reduction of the financial burden and other measures of social order, has been approved. In this RDL, the Law 10/2012, known as the Court Fees Law has been modified. In particular its Article 4 concerning exemptions, which now include as exempt individuals as natural persons. This is good news, since it means natural persons (individuals) no longer have to pay any court fees in order to be able to bring claims before the courts, present appeals, etc. These changes have come into force from the 27th of February, and are now in effect. The money to be saved is substantial, considering that the court fees were very high, especially for appeals, or claims for significant amounts. But it also affects minor court cases, for example: Previously, to file a claim or lawsuit for 10,000€ meant an initial cost of 310€ court fees in the first instance, and the amount is increased in case of appeals, etc. The removal of these court fees will allow individuals to access justice in a more economical manner, they will no longer be an obstacle in case of not having sufficient financial means. Remember that for legal entities (i.e: companies) the court fees are still required, within the requirements set by law. This RDL 1/2015 also includes other measures, known as second chance or for the reduction of the financial burden, which aim to allow debtors to be able to get rid of remaining unpaid debts after the liquidation of all their assets, even if said sale of assets was not enough to pay all debts, the law makes extrajudicial payment arrangements more flexible, to allow individuals a real second chance. It is expected that these measures will apply not only to people in business but also to individuals not involved in business. These second chance measures could have a significant impact, especially in this climate of crisis, and we will talk about them in later articles. If you need legal advice please contact us.
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CHEAPER TO LITIGATE and BANKIA LOSS
If you lost money investing in Bankia’s shares? You can get your money back.
Almost daily now there are new court judgments from audiences all over Spain: Madrid, Valencia, Oviedo, ruling against Bankia, in complaints from consumers who purchased Bankia shares (stock) after its initial public offering (IPO) . Many courts understand that investors who bought shares (before knowing the real situation of Bankia) did so on the basis of information provided by Bankia, mainly in the prospectus, which was absolutely wrong and did not reflect the real situation of the financial entity. Proof of this fact is highlighted in that shortly after its IPO, in 2012, the accounts were reformulated and the authorities had to bail out the bank. Moreover, as published in the press, experts of Bank of Spain concluded in their reports that Bankia’s accounts did not reflect a true picture of the entity. Those who can sue or claim. In principle Bankia could be claimed against by all those who bought shares until approximately May 2012, when the accounts of Bankia were redone and the real financial situation was known. (shareholders, and also those who sold their shares at a loss).
Deadline to sue or claim
Although the deadline to claim is not clear, it is advisable to sue before three years, starting from May 2012, i.e. before May 2015. Amount to be claimed. In principle one could claim for the amount of the investment, or the damage caused by the investment.
Legal basis for the claim
Revocation or cancellation of the shares purchase due to lack of consent, as the investors agreed to buy based on data provided, which was not true and correct. Contractual liability (malpractice) could also be claimed against Bankia. Also
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liability for the wrong information contained in the prospectus published. Those interested in claiming, should prepare the following documents: - Copies of receipt or documentation relating to the subscription, purchase order of the Bankia shares, etc. .-Any other documentation from or to the bank, such as convenience and suitability test, previous claims, correspondence (emails, letters ...), etc. - Proof if you did not receive any formal further/higher education - Bank statements that show the performance of the Bankia shares, at least the latest one. -Summary of other products you contracted with the entity, any contract signed with the bank, etc. We believe that the chances of getting back the investment are high. BFA, the parent company of Bankia, recently announced that they have reserved 468 million euros to meet the liabilities from Bankia’s IPO in 2011, and Bankia had also reserved another 312 million euros, to cover this same liability. This announcement looks almost like a tacit acknowledgment of their responsibility. If you find yourself in this situation, please feel free to contact us. The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues. Carlos Baos (Lawyer) Tel: +34 966426185 E-mail: info@white-baos.com www.white-baos.com White & Baos 2015 – All Rights reserved Carlos Baos (Lawyer) Spanish Law firm solicitor, attorney, barrister. Denia, Costa Blanca Marina Alta White & Baos 2015– All rights reserved Written permission given to Jávea Jeard to reproduce their articles.
6. I hate Russian dolls, they're so full of themselves. 7. I asked my North Korean friend how it was there, he said he couldn't complain. 8. Don't let an extra chromosome get you down. 9. I haven't talked to my wife in three weeks. I didn't want to interrupt her. 10. People used to laugh at me when I would say "I want to be a comedian," well nobody's laughing now. 11. My wife told me to stop impersonating a flamingo. I had to put my foot down. 12. My wife and I were happy for twenty years; then we met. 13. I haven't slept for three days, because that would be too long. 14. My grandfather has the heart of a lion and is banned from the local zoo.
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dress from Oxfam where they were able to pick up a long cream dress for £200 which could be altered to fit and be improved. They had been to a boutique a few days earlier but the dress of their choice would cost in excess of £1,000 and they considered this far too much to spend on a dress with a budget of £9,000 to pay for everything. The dress was altered and the bride had a fitting two days before the wedding. She had to wear rubber gloves and be blindfolded so she couldn't see or feel the dress. Final adjustments were made by pins and the dress taken away to have the final alterations made. They spent hours sewing beads on the bodice to give the dress a touch of class. Two of the family members had agreed to make the desserts, which of course had to be chocolate based! It took them twelve hours to make the 80 desserts but they looked wonderful. The day before the wedding the family and friends were allowed to go into the conference centre to start work converting the wide corridor into a dining room. They draped chocolate and cream material from ceiling to floor down both sides of the corridor to hide all the doors. One of the doors I noticed was the WC and hoped for the sake of the guests there was another close by! On the day of the wedding, an hour or so before the bride was due to leave for the Church, the sheet covering the dress was removed and the bride shown her dress. Unfortunately, she burst into tears and said she didn't like it at all and it wasn't the type of dress she would have chosen. The bride's mother relented and there was a mad dash back to the boutique which housed the dream dress which cost them over £1,000 but her mum knew it was what the bride would have chosen. When they brought the dress back from the shop her face lit up when she saw it and said it was just what she would have chosen. Emma got changed into her new dress and she really did look beautiful and very soon she was ready to leave for the Church. The programme filmed the Church ceremony and it was obvious from the tears in Emma's eyes as she made her vows that she was so much in love with Steve. After the ceremony and photographs the bride and groom left in the classic car, which did look very smart, to the reception. The couple were led into the room with their eyes closed and not allowed to look at the room until they were told to. It was really amazing the difference the family and friends had
made to the wide corridor, everything looked so professional. When the pyramid of chocolate desserts were brought into the room there were gasps from the guests. They looked as if they had been made by top professionals. The bride was trying so hard to keep her composure during the toasts and speeches, but finally broke down when they showed a video on a television screen of a greeting from her grandmother who lived in Yorkshire and wasn't able to be at the wedding because of bad health. As the reception came to an end, Emma and Steve thanked all their family and friends for making their wedding day "The best day of our lives" and for all the hard work which had made it so special. At the end of the programme a breakdown was given on the money spent, and even taking into consideration that they had spent over £1,000 on the dream wedding dress, the total spent was less than the £9,000 budget. As I was watching the programme, it brought back memories of my own wedding day. When I was married in 1960, all of my friends were only able to afford simple weddings with receptions held in church halls or community centres. Tradition states that the father of the bride pay a good proportion of the cost but in those days most parents didn't have vast sums of money to spend on weddings. Clive and I didn't have much money either to spend on a wedding as we were saving like mad and working overtime whenever we could to put down the deposit on a 38 foot mobile home which we moved into after our honeymoon, but similar to the television programme, our family and friends stepped in to make our wedding day a very special day for us to remember. Five months before I was married, and less than one month after our engagement party, my family left London to live in Yorkshire and I went to live with Clive's family in Sidcup, but before I moved in my mother-in-law to be stipulated that it could only be a short engagement!! Clive's mother had always wanted a daughter and she was thrilled when I asked her if she would help us with all the arrangements as my own mother lived too far away to help. In one of the previous jobs that Clive had, he had been given a roll of beautiful white hand-woven lace from Israel and Clive's mum said we would choose a pattern together and she would have it made into a dress for me. She worked at "Tiptop Bakery" and said she would provide all the cakes and savouries for the meal and also have a three-tier wedding cake made for us as a
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wedding gift. Clive and I were members of Hatcham Evangelical Church in south east London and the Pastor said that after the ceremony, we could hold the reception in the room at the back of the Church providing we arranged our own catering. On Friday evenings there was a meeting held each week at the Church for young people aged between 15 and 35 and the people that attended the meeting were our closest friends. They all said they were willing to help in any way with decorating the room, helping to prepare the food and serve on tables on the day. The parents of one of my friends owned the local florists and Kathleen said she would arrange for her parents to provide all the flowers at half the price it would have normally cost us and one of the youth leaders at the Church, Cliff Eatwell, was a partner in a local wedding car-hire company and he arranged for a car to collect me from my Auntie's home to take me to the Church as a gift from his family. On the evening before the wedding after the meeting at the Church, our friends got stuck in. The boys set up all the tables and chairs and decorated the room. Some of the girls went into the kitchen and spent the next couple of hours preparing the food for the reception, while others set the tables and put out the cutlery. It was a very special Concluded on page 28
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This column is about people in the Jávea community, their everyday lives and the way they impact on the community. Last month we turned the Spotlight on two members of the Fear family focussing both on Ray (89 years) an exsoldier and bookmaker who to-date has had a colourful life and his youngest daughter Natasha (17 years) who must decide this year if she is to become a Pro Golfer or focus her attentions towards obtaining a PGA Coaching certificate. Our Jávea Jeard spotlight this month features Angel Villalgordo Muñoz and his wife Paula who like the freedom of cycling and in thirty six years of married life have only been apart twice. Angel Villagordo Muñoz was born on 2nd March 1960 in Pedro Muñoz which is in the community of Castile-La Mancha in the province of Ciudad Real. His father Luis Villalgordo was a lorry driver and his mother, Francisca Villalgordo (nee Muñoz) a housewife who kept everything in order. Angel also has three sisters, Mercedes, Paqui and Ana. Paula was born on 10th December 1958 and was raised in the same town as Angel, her father Silvino Lopez and mother Margarita Lopez (nee Ramirez) Written by Ian Amer
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built up a restaurant business which is called Restaurante Villalgordo in Pedro Muñoz. Paula has two brothers Ignacio and Felix. At the tender age of 15, Angel went along to his local discotheque called “Las Vegas” and it was here that he met his 16 year old sweetheart Paula. After a few dates Angel and Paula found they had many things in common as they both enjoyed the freedom of cycling and going fishing. Angel was encouraged by his father to take up cycling from the early age of 6 years old and today Angel says his father Luis retains his first adult bike which has now been modified into an exercise bike. After a few years dating both Angel and Paula decided they should get married and so they chose the month of January because it was the start of a new year together. They were about to break the good news to Angel’s family when his sister Mercedes and her fiancé Javier announced their wedding plans which coincided in the same month. The two couples then thought it would be a great idea to have a double wedding ceremony. In fact, this year both couples have celebrated their 36th wedding anniversaries.
A cycle for 2 but a wedding for 4
The double wedding took place at the San Pedro Church, Pedro Muñoz on 10th January 1979, having a double wedding also meant holding a double reception and Angel recalls a funny story where he says that in the 1970s it was customary to have a wedding tray where guests would place money onto the tray. A guest opened his wallet and took out a rather large note and then placed it onto the tray. Angel said he was surprised and thankful that such a guest had placed a big note on the tray
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which would have provided both couples with some extra cash to spend on their respective honeymoons. Angel was about to walk over to thank the guest for his kind gesture when suddenly the guest retrieved an amount of change from the tray in exchange for the big note. “Did you still say thank you Angel?” I asked “of course not” came the reply. If you’re like me you are probably wondering how the double wedding works when it comes to the honeymoon, well, Angel and Paula decided to head down south to Jávea from their home town for one week’s honeymoon while Mercedes and Javier headed off east to Madrid. After the honeymoon our couple returned to their home town but Angel and Paula had no place of their own to live and so it was decided that they would take up residency with Paula’s parents and the couple would earn their keep by working in the restaurant. Angel serves his ‘Mili’ in Majorca In March 1979, Angel turned 19 years old and was conscripted into the army for his national service where he was sent to Palma, Majorca (Mallorca). He was stationed in Palma for the entire length of his national service of 15 months. From their very first date Paula and Angel had not been apart and so naturally Paula wanted to be beside her husband during his national service and therefore she found a place to stay which was near to where Angel was stationed. After a few months the political scene started to change causing some unrest amongst the people, Angel became concerned for Paula’s safety as
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Continued from previous page during this time the political confidence throughout Spain was rather low and there had been a rumour about a possible coup d'état or Golpe de Estado, a sudden overthrow and illegal seizure of the government. Angel knew that if the rumour was true then this could be a serious problem as if the Golpe de Estado or coup failed it could spark a civil war. Angel had to break the bad news to Paula that he may have to fight and so for her own safety he asked her to go back to their home town and he would come for her when he could. This period was to become the FIRST time the pair had been separated since their very first date. On 17th November 1978 a coup d'état or Golpe de Estado plan was being hatched by Guardia Civil Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero, Major Ricardo Saenz Ynestrillas, and another colonel, whose name has never officially been revealed. The objective by the officers was to form a "National Salvation" government and arrest Adolfo Suárez González, who was the 1st Duke of Suárez, Grandee of Spain and the first elected Prime Minister after the Francisco Franco dictatorship ended with his death in 1975. The hatched plan was called Operación Galaxia because the officers who took part in the planning of the coup met in Cafetería Galaxia in Madrid which is now called the Van Gogh Café. Fortunately the plan was foiled in early 1979, when an Infantry Captain of the Police and an Infantry Commander of the Army were present at the meeting in Madrid who then informed their superiors of the plot. The officers who were planning the coup could not be immediately arrested as evidence was being collected against them. Eventually the officers were arrested later in the year and public calm in the political system was restored. After the threat of the coup passed, Angel was given a weekend pass every fifteen days to leave the camp where he
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would make the journey from Palma Majorca to his home town of Pedro Muñoz to visit Paula and his family. For eight months Angel made the 1078km (670 miles) round trip. After completing his national service in April 1980 Angel set about looking for work for his wife and himself but decided he did not want to go back to his wife’s family business as he did not enjoy working in a restaurant environment. He looked for work elsewhere but unfortunately could only find work for them both in other restaurants. In 1985 came the break Angel was looking for he successfully secured two jobs for him and his wife at the Imprenta Botella, Jávea. The inseparable husband and wife packed up their belongings and moved to Jávea which was to become their new home town. The jobs Angel had secured for them was ideal for the couple as they were employed as printers working the same shift rotas. The pair would work the same hours and so they went to work together, had lunch together and at the end of the day, would come home together, at the weekends the couple spent their time shopping, cycling and fishing. I decided to ask Angel and Paula a personal question about the amount of time they spend together, so with this thought in mind, I asked how did they both cope seeing each other for twenty four hours a day, seven days a week and what on earth did they speak about? Did they ever get bored with each other’s company and did they argue? Angel’s answer back to me was “We both share the same interests and passions and our conversations are usually about these things although we do talk a lot about our shop. We know each other very well and so finding conversation is very easy for us I
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suppose and in the true sense we are soulmates as well as being the very best of friends.” Although Angel and Paula do not have children they do have Chiqui their friendly pekingese dog to care for. The years 1985 to 2008 were blissful ones as Angel and Paula were both employed and earning the same money which Angel decided he would invest some of his into starting up a new business. Angel has a passion for cycling and so he decided in 2009 that he would join a few friends and open a cycle shop. His plan was not to work at the shop as he and Paula were happy working together as printers. The shop is called Gurugú Bicicletes SL, Gurugú taking its name from the famous battle and mountain in Melilla. The shop until recently was originally situated in Av dels Furs, near the Port. “The shop specialised in selling a wide Continued on page 27
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Continued from page 26 range of bikes from mountain to sport bikes and everything in between” said Angel. The shop was situated in an ideal location because the two main roads coming down from the town, Av Amanecer de España and Av del Palmela all lead into Av dels Furs and so we were visible to the local cyclists as well as those tourists who wanted to leave their cars at home and discover Jávea by bicycle.” I asked Angel why he had a passion for cycling where he said “I love to get away from everything in my spare time and keep fit. Cycling provides a sense of freedom that allows you to explore the area or to enjoy the landscapes of Jávea. There are many cycling routes around the area some are easy and others may be a bit more demanding but the important thing is that you can always escape the busy routes and find new places of interest or peaceful places to have a sandwich. Cycling can also be a social event where groups of friends can join in or you can cycle solo and still have a lot of fun. It is an excellent form of cheap transport and is environmentally friendly.”
Angel organises cycling trips where anyone is welcome, he can provide cycling routes and guided tours. He is also the founder of The Gurugú Cycling Club which holds regular cycling meetings and other social events. One of his favourite cycling routes is around our local ghost town which I believe is only accessible by cycling or hiking. I was going to write the route in here but not wanting the responsibility of losing our Jávea cyclists I thought it best for me to suggest contacting Angel as he will be able to provide detailed maps of cycling routes in and around Jávea and of course you will have access to his free advice. I understand ghost town was a near completed town until the money ran out and so the developers had to stop the building work. The ghost town is situated towards the Montgo national park offering great views of the Montgo and across the area of Jávea and the Arenal. Although Angel was originally a silent partner in the shop when he invested his money, the unfortunate time came when he and his wife Paula were made redundant from Imprenta Botella and this period became a tough time for Continued on page 29
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Casa Segura Locksmiths Casa Segura Locksmiths was established in 2004. Company Owner, Carl Barclay, fluent in Spanish (having grown up in Javea in the 1970's) and a well-established member of the local community, is a trusted source used by the Local Police and Guardia Civil.
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time, all of us working together, preparing our wedding reception and sharing our excitement with our closest friends. My family, mum, dad, sisters Linda and Carol and brother Derek, had made the journey from Yorkshire the day before the wedding with my Aunty Susie, Uncle John and the rest of their family. It was wonderful to see them all, especially my mum, I was particularly close to her. When I was a child and teenager, as well as being my mum, she was also my best friend. Everything went to plan the next day. The wedding was conducted by our own Pastor Sydney Sims. Dad gave me away and my two sisters were bridesmaids. The wedding took place in the presence of the local Registrar and afterwards we all sat down to our meal. When the reception was over, our friends did all the washing up, and cleared the tables and chairs away. They were happy to have been so involved in our wedding day and nothing was too much trouble for them. After the reception Clive and I went to change into our motorbike gear ready to travel down to Bognor Regis for our honeymoon. My Auntie Violet and Uncle Bill had given us the use of their bungalow for a week as a wedding gift, while they stayed on in London to visit family. Unfortunately when we went to collect the bike, it wouldn't start. We eventually found that Clive's best man had stuffed kippers up the exhaust. We finally cleared the kippers and were soon on our way
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to Bognor - in the pouring rain! So Clive and I, thanks to all our friends and Clive's mum, had a fabulous wedding at a fraction of the cost we should have paid. People come into the Oasis Centre where I work each morning from 10am to 2pm to buy cards from our extensive range at 1 euro each and they love to stay and chat. People love to talk about their wedding and many have told me similar stories as our own, of family and friends that stepped in to offer their help to keep the cost down. About two and a half years ago, Clive and I attended the wedding of my niece Katy and her husband Les. It really was a beautiful occasion and Katy looked fabulous in her new expensive wedding dress. The reception was held at a wedding hall and the meal was fabulous. Everything was so professional and I enjoyed it very much. But if you were to ask me if I would have liked an expensive wedding like Katy or my budget wedding that I had, I must say I would still choose my original wedding. Pleasant memories!!!
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Continued from page 27 Angel. For two years Angel could not find work anywhere and therefore he decided that he would buy out his two partners. After the deal was agreed Angel was back in work but he could only just afford to pay himself and Paula had to find work elsewhere and so this became the SECOND time when their 24/7 together routine became disrupted. In time the shop became stronger and eventually Angel could employ Paula full time. Towards the end of 2014, Angel and Paula decided that the rent on the shop in Av dels Furs was too high and so decided to relocate the shop too Carretera Cabo La Nao Pla, which the top end of the road leads onto Av Rey Juan Carlos 1 and Av del Puerto and at the bottom end crosses Av dels Furs near the shop Millar. Gurugú Bicicletes SL remains a fully equipped shop with a wide selection of bicycles on sale. There are mountain and sport bicycles, casual and electric bicycles and a small section of scooters. Apart from stocking bicycles there are a selection of tyres and other bicycle accessories. The shop has an equipped service bay for bicycle servicing and repairs and it offers electric bicycle hire for those who might want an easier method of cycling. Electric bicycles are fun to ride and they give the freedom of cycling without too much effort. As a special treat Gurugú Bicicletes SL has allowed us to print a discounted coupon of 15% when you hire an electric bicycle from them at their normal hourly rate. To claim the discount you are advised to contact Gurugú Bicicletes SL and check bicycle availability. Then cut out the coupon and take it along to the shop. The coupon is valid from 1st April 2015 to 30th June 2015 inclusive. Please also remember the Traffic Laws of Spain apply to cyclists using the roads. To find out more about this offer and other special deals please contact Angel at Gurugú Bicicletes SL, telephone 96 289 593 or email: info@gurugubicicletes.com
Guardia Civil Launches "e-Denuncias"
Damage, loss, theft or recoveries are some of the issues that can be reported on this new service. Citizens will be able to make an online police report at the “eDenuncias Virtual Office”, which you can access at
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The Spanish Tax Authorities have approved a special procedure for tax residents in Spain who have undeclared pensions abroad. No surcharges or interest will be imposed. The Administration will not require any penalty to those tax residents in Spain who voluntarily regularise the pensions that have not been previously declared in Personal Income Taxes (Tax Form 100). The kind of pensions that can be regularised with this extraordinary measure, are detailed as follows: Private Pensions State Pensions Those tax residents in Spain who have received pensions abroad during the period 2010-2013 and have not declared them, could benefit from this change. The period of claim for this amnesty on overseas pensions is from 1 January to 30 June 2015. However, if after this deadline you regularise voluntarily the mentioned pensions or you face an audit, please be informed that the penalties could be monetary fines proportional from 50% to 100% of the tax owed as the tax office could interpret that it ißs income that has been intentionally hidden. We hope this information is useful and should you have any additional question, please do not hesitate to contact us. Phone: +34 96 579 2015 eMail: info@lextax.es
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The object is to avoid it being detected and removed by any of the building's residents. After 2 or 3 days, these people will return to the building and discover in which flats or storerooms there have been no activity, as the marker they have placed serves as an informant, which would fall on the floor when the owner opens the door to go inside. If the marker hasn't fallen to the floor it means the flat is empty. Straight away the criminals gain access to the property using various techniques and commit the robbery.
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May be your house is being watched and you do not know. Please pay attention to this useful info. The Guardia Civil, within the framework of their “Counter-Burglary Project"” have found markers placed in several buildings in the doors of the homes and store-rooms of the properties. This method is used by opportunist criminals who, after gaining access to the building, place a strip of transparent plastic, folded in the shape of a peg about 2cm long, into the part at the bottom between the frame and the door of the flat or store-room.
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light in your vehicle in certain situations? Drivers of private cars may use a rotating flashing device in their vehicle to effectively signify an emergency situation, such as an accident or a breakdown, and thus avoiding further accidents in the case of poor visibility. Besides the compulsory kit composed of “1 reflective jacket and 2 warning triangles”, drivers of private vehicles may add a V-2 type light device, which may have one or several "yellow auto" coloured lights (traditional yellow colour for front, rear and indicator lights on Spanish vehicles), which should be visible in all directions from a distance of 100 metres. The V-2 will be installed above the highest direction indicator lights, without affecting the driver's visibility or the vehicle’s structure protection. Do not forget that whether or not you have a V-2 type light device, the proper way to signify an emergency situation is by using the direction indicators along with the warning triangles.
Can I choose the station I want to use to undertake the ITV?
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Yes. In Spain you can select the ITV station you wish as long as it is a legal and authorised station. There is an exception to the rule though. If you live in a Spanish region, such as the Valencian Community, which in 2002 passed the "Law of Noise Pollution": A). - "Law7/2002 of 3rd December of the Generalitat Valenciana, of Protection Against Noise Pollution". Subsequently, a decree in 2004 was issued to specify the obligation for all vehicles, whose legal address was in Valencia, to pass the noise emission test. B). - "Decree 19/2004 of 13th February established by the “Consell of the Generalitat” laying down rules for the control of noise from motor vehicles". Article 6: Periodic testing of noise from vehicles. 1. Vehicles with log books legally registered in any municipality within the Valencian Community fall with the scope of this Decree and therefore are required to undergo a verification of noise emission levels. Concluded on next page
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Continued from page 30 2. After a period of adaptation of the ITV stations, if one of these vehicles which is included in this Decree takes its technical inspection in an ITV station outside of Valencia, the owner must take the vehicle for an additional inspection within one month, checking the noise emission levels in an ITV station based in the Valencian region. A). "Law 7/2002 of 3rd December, established by the Generalitat Valenciana, Protection Against Noise Pollution". Article 4: Administrative Power 1. The “Generalitat” and local authorities will exercise their administrative power in coordination to ensure the effective implementation of such tests. Article 52: Noise Control 1. The officers monitoring traffic on the road will formulate fines for the infringement of this Act if they determine that, by using noise measuring devices and by the procedure established by regulation, the noise produced by a vehicle exceeds the stipulated limits. 2. If the vehicle’s noise should go beyond the limits established by more than 6dB (A), it will be immobilised and transferred to agencies authorised for such occasions. The owner of the vehicle, having previously submitted the documentation of the car, will be able to take the car by means of a tow truck, cargo or any other method which enables the vehicle to be delivered to a mechanic without starting the ignition of the vehicle. Article 54: Inspections 1. The inspecting authority which underwrites all activities relating to this law are town halls and other regional administration departments who are involved in this field. Article57: Penalties 2. Town halls and the “Generalitat” will be responsible for the execution of penalties stated under this Article. In short: Regional and local police forces are responsible for ensuring that
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this noise policy is fulfilled. Since this is a Regional regulation, the police will deliver the fines to the corresponding Spanish region depending on the area. As for the Guardia Civil Traffic Division, if the vehicle exceeds the noise level established, and based on the officer’s judgement, the vehicle may go through a soind test and issued with a fine, proceeded by the immobilisation of the vehicle until the problem is repaired. The fine will be delivered to the Provincial Traffic Office, as it is reported under the General Driving Regulations.
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We have received many private messages about people who have sold a car to another person and after several years the log book has not been changed. As a resut, the annual tax (SUMA) and all speeding tickets are sent to the old owner.
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These are typical of the problems created: "I sold a car a few years ago and the buyer promised to transfer the documents himself the next day at traffico, he did not do this and then sold the car to another person and to this date the papers have not been changed and I do not know the new owner. I have put the car into Baja through my lawyer but should I also inform the Guardia Civil that someone is driving the vehicle in my name without my permission? The person I sold the car to has now moved to England." and “Some elderly friends sold a car over 3 years ago. They were told the papers would be changed...but guess what - they weren't. “They have no idea where the car is or who has it. They paid the SUMA for 3 years! I asked trafico Alicante and was told without any papers or proof of sale all they could do was a Baja temporal which is what they did. “The friends have now received a speeding ticket, so the car is still being driven but they don't know who by and what to do. Should they make a police report so that the police stop the car? Trafico tell me it is insured but won't give details of the person who has insured it. Continued on page 32
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Inform the buyer that he has 15 days to go to the Traffic Office and change the Continued from previous page Log Book into his name and send you a “My friends just want to end this copy to verify this has happened. After mess and are elderly so it is worrying 15 days, If he has not done it. YOU have them very much. I have explained that to go to the Traffic Office with: the legal requirement was theirs and 1.Your ID. that they should have made sure the 2. Photocopy of the buyer’s ID. name change was done but of course it's 3. Sales Contract (Signed for bothtoo late now!! Buyer and Seller). “Should they pay the fine? Also they 4. Fill in the "Notification of Sale" have an advisory to notify who the Document. (You can download from dgt driver was - but again they don't know!” website or get a copy on the information desk of the Traffic Office). When you sell a car, remember you If for any reason you have forgotten need to fill in a SALE CONTRACT, and to do these steps and you can not contact make a photocopy of the buyer’s ID. the buyer, go to the Traffic Office and deregister your vehicle, which we call in Spain :"Dar Personal and reliable service de Baja Temporal with over 15 years experience of un Vehiculo". removals in Spain. From that moment We use our own transport! you will not pay the Local and national moves with lift annual tax, and and storage service throughout when the vehicle is Costa Blanca!! also Nederlands, stopped by the police, and they Belgium, France. check that the Packing service available. vehicle is Phone: Guido Renskers. deregistered, the Tel: (0034) 661 986 451 vehicle will be Web: www.mudanzasxabia.com clamped or towed away until the eMail: guidorenskers@hotmail.com problem is solved.
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but also camouflages the payment of the civil guards productivity by sanctioning capacity." According to UniónGC, the Council of the Guardia Civil intended this new instruction "with malice aforethought productivity serguridad Vial", which according to them becomes a way of pressuring the Traffic Group of the Guardia Civil as a "priority to sanction any other action in the course of a service road". An agent of the Traffic Civil Guard told EFE (the Spanish news agency): The union says the implementation of this new instruction to traffic officers, "the policemen who do not achieve the score required by their superiors will be warned twice and the third occasion will have them removed as traffic officers with a fine of 143€ a month." This monthly evaluation, according to the union "is scored heavily with sanctions and further still the amount of fines". It is unclear how anyone excluded from ‘traffic duty’ can cancel the monthly punishment. "This way of rewarding and punishing overlooks the prevention of crime and giving help aspects of the job. Some GC officers "concentrate on control of drugs and alcohol and others use and monitor persistent speeders on traffic duty with mobile radar equipment". The Instruction, which has been approved against the advice of all the professional associations of the Civil Guard, is considered by the UniónGC "new" regulating the activity of civil traffic wardens as barbaric, so they are considering legal action against this "imposition", which they say, "not only generates discrimination but also could be abusive and clearly prejudices not only to the civil guards but also the public at large."
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AGAINST SPAIN E U COURT RULES AGAINST SPAIN ON INHERITANCE AND DONATION TAX
In Spain, the “Inheritance and gift tax” is a state tax applicable throughout the national territory (except in the Basque Country and Navarra who have their own completely different tax system), but is transferred to the several autonomous communities, (i.e, Murcia region, Valencian Community, etc), which can approve their own rules in order to supplement or replace the basic rules laid down by the central Government. This chaotic situation of delegated regional legislation, has in practice led to very high differences in treatment between expats and non-residents depending on the specific location of the property or assets. In simple words, the former Spanish law was totally DISCRIMINATORY because it established unjustified differences in treatment between residents and non-residents in the 17 different autonomous communities of Spain. Fortunately, the good news is that this situation has changed as the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has determined in a recent landmark ruling (C127/12), that the Spanish Succession and Donation tax failed to comply with the European rules, by not permitting non-residents to benefit from the tax advantages and deductions offered by regional administrations to resident and Spanish citizens. Moreover, the ECJ ruling declared that the design of the Spanish tribute was a blatant restriction on the free movement of capital within the EU territory, which is a fundamental principle of the European Union market, infringing the Treaty of Operation of the European Union. According to the EU Commission, discrimination occurs when the deceased or donor, the heir or donee are not resident in Spanish territory and particularly in the case of donations, where the property being transferred is located abroad, regardless of the place of residence of the taxpayer. The EU Court stated it was contrary to the free movement of capital, because it discouraged non-residents from making or holding investments in any EU country.
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To be accepted, any possible difference in treatment should be justified by overriding reasons of general public interest. In the Spanish case, the ECJ considered that there was no difference whatsoever between the “objective” situation of a resident and a non-resident that may justify a different tax treatment. In other words, any difference in treatment concerning tax reductions simply leads to discrimination and as a result it must be forbidden. As a consequence, the ECJ decision has forced Spain to implement a new state regulation, which has taken place last November the 27th 2014, by means of the “26/2014 Act”. In a nutshell, the new Spanish regulation establishes at present the following different categories, applicable for both the inheritance and donation tax:
1) If EITHER the deceased or alternatively the legal beneficiary might be nonresidents IN SPAIN, BUT RESIDENTS IN ANY OTHER EU COUNTRY (England, Germany, etc), the appointed legal heir will benefit from the reductions applicable in the region where the dwelling or assets are located (i.e Valencia Comunidad).
2) However, reductions will NOT be applicable if the legal beneficiary might be a resident in a NON EU country. For example, let’s suppose the case of a Spaniard living in
Argentina inheriting a dwelling located in Alicante. In this particular scenario, the legal beneficiary will be obliged to pay the inheritance tax in Madrid, without being able to benefit from any reductions whatsoever applicable in the Valencian Community. In our view, the new legislative reform is still defective and discriminatory because it infringes the free movement of capital BEYOND the EU territory. Likewise, it implies a perfect argument for those non resident people who might have paid excessive taxes on inheritance or donations in the past, to bring legal action against the Government aimed to claim back the refund of those taxes paid in excess.
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RAFFLING YOUR SPANISH HOME IS PROBLEMATIC
We’ve been receiving several enquiries from clients asking us for information about this interesting topic. The concept sounds alluring. Rather than selling your Spanish house in a standstill property market,- (and getting thousands of Euros less than you hoped for),- why not just raffle it, flogging tickets for around 5 to 35 €uros (or more), to thousands of people anxious to fulfil their dreams of acquiring a good property in the sun? Many examples can be given (like for instance the Spaniard who tried to raffle his property by printing 64,000 tickets for 5€uros each, etc). However, what in theory might look like an attractive and profitable option both for buyers and seller, has unfortunately ended in failure in the majority of cases. The problem lies in the fact that in Spain there is a pretty complex legal and tax regulation, which requires the seller to follow a very bureaucratic process. In a nutshell, first of all, the specific detailed rules of the raffle must be submitted for approval to the “Organismo Nacional de Loterías y Apuestas del Estado-ONLAE”. The ONLAE, with two centuries of history, has secured its position as the most reliable games and lottery operator in Spain.
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