CNMC questions Seville requirement to reclassify tourist homes

The CNMC published its April 2026 LGUM activities summary and challenged multiple local measures as potentially incompatible with the Market Unity Guarantee Law (LGUM).

• Main action: The CNMC questions Seville’s internal circular requiring tourist homes (VUT) to change from residential to tertiary use (UM/052/25), finding the requirement introduces restrictions not foreseen in Andalusian tourist rules and increases burdens on operators; it also flags potential incompatibility with the Seville PGOU and the LGUM principles of necessity and proportionality.
• Other actions and background: The CNMC issued findings or requests for justification in multiple cases in April 2026, including tuk tuk/VTC classification disputes in Alicante (UM/021/26, UM/022/26), limits on vehicle numbers in Formentera (UM/018/26), removal of bus stops and cabotage questions on a Benidorm–Lisbon line (UM/014/26), a €3,000 sanction for misleading food labelling upheld by Kontsumobide (UM/025/26), denial of an EV charging point in Cornellà (UM/023/26), suspension of a gas station decision in Badajoz (UM/017/26), an Aena contract requiring aeronautical engineering qualifications (UM/019/26), and unresolved fiber deployment authorisation in Nerja (UM/015/26).