TOURISM, SUSTAINABILITY AND CIRCULARITY IN LAW 3/2022 few exceptions13. Firstly, establishments with up to 30 rooms that are in buildings considered Bienes de Interés Cultural (goods of cultural interest), Bienes catalogados (catalogued goods) or of singular protection, or that are in an old town, as long as beds and structure have properly authorised historical and heritage significance. The mention to an “old town”, as well as the “historical and heritage significance” of its furniture will have to be interpreted. These exceptions weren’t included in the decree law, but they are now included in the law. A calendar to implant this measure is established in the new tenth transitory provision of the Law on Tourism in the Balearic Islands. There are five distinct points that attend to the different categories of the accommodation establishments, marking percentages of completion between the years 2023 and 2028, depending on each category. In the case of companies that own several establishments, they will be able to select the establishment independently of its category. In this case, the percentage of adjustable beds that must be installed each year will correspond to the establishment of a highest category. If this obligation could not be met in the predicted deadlines because of reasons that can be attributed to the providers, it will be considered accomplished by certifying the acquisition of the beds. Breach of this obligation will entail important financial sanctions. Breach of the obligation within the stablished deadlines will be considered a serious or very serious infraction. In the case of a very serious infraction, there is a sanction of 500 euro per non-installed adjustable bed within the deadline, with the total limit for very serious infractions (which are sanctioned with a penalty of between 40,001 to 400,000 euro), and the same sanction is imposed when it qualifies as a serious infraction, in this case with a maximum of 40,000 euro. III.- NEW TITLE V OF THE LAW ON TOURISM IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS: MEASURES FOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY. 1.- CIRCULARITY STRATEGY. The main novelty of Law 3/2022, as stated in the first part of this work, are the measures introduced to assure sustainability and circularity. For this reason, this section will expose the measures included in the new Title V of the Law on Tourism in the Balearic Islands. 13 These exceptions were not contemplated in Decree Law 3/2022, of 11 February, of urgent measures for the sustainability and circularity of tourism in the Balearic Islands. They were included later. The press in the Balearic Islands discussed repeatedly this obligation for accommodation establishments.
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