New Spanish laws

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

This is the new Spanish laws thread.  Post the news and your views when you find a new law.  One thing about Spain, we will never lack for new laws!

Today I found Barcelona declares war on pet owners in the Telegraph. 

The city of Barcelona is to impose a ban on people walking their dogs off the lead or leaving their cats home alone for more than three days in a raft of new by-laws designed to "improve co-existence" between people and animals.

Great news!  How caring and sharing.  Barcelona residents will be overjoyed to learn that people caught feeding pigeons in public parks and those leaving food out for stray cats with be hit with penalties of €750.  And

Those who fail to keep their dogs on the leash or do not immediately pick up their dog's messes will be fined up to €1,500.

Fabulous!  They are carrying on the revered tradition of disproportionate fines.  What heroes.

There is one dissenting voice however which I must present to bring balance to this post.

Others took to social networks to complain that the new laws were simply designed as "revenue raising measures".

I for one am shocked at such an opinion. 

[Perikles]

Fabulous!  They are carrying on the revered tradition of disproportionate fines.  What heroes.

Take into account that you probably get a 50% discount if you pay promptly (so you can't appeal against the fine, or run the risk of having to pay it all if you lose an appeal) then the fines to me are not excessively disproportionate.

[Guanche]

I have noticed that a great deal of emphasis is placed on financial penalty's in Spain. Which is of course good for only one section of the population, the rich. But I suppose thats no diffrent than many other countries.