Analizamos la Ley 3/2020, de 18 de septiembre, de medidas procesales y organizativas para hacer frente al COVID-19 en el ámbito de la Administración de Justicia para comprobar qué hay nuevo y qué ha cambiado esta nueva regulación respecto a la norma que la precedió, el RDL 16/2020 publicado durante la primera oleada de la pandemia.
Como ya hiciera la Comisión Europea con su instrumento de liquidez para apoyo a la solvencia (Solvency Support Instrument) lanzado a finales de mayo y cuyos rasgos generales se describen aquí, el Gobierno de España ha creado, mediante el Real Decreto-ley 25/2020, un nuevo fondo para intentar prevenir las insolvencias
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance (CIG) Act 2020, which was enacted on 25 June 2020, introduces a number of permanent changes to the insolvency and restructuring framework in the United Kingdom, some of which have specific ramifications for the aviation sector. Crucially, the moratorium provisions in the CIG Act do not displace the protections afforded to creditors who have registered their interests under the Cape Town Convention.
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act: Key Features
Three key features of the CIG Act 2020 are:
The UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, currently progressing through UK Parliament, will have an impact on various stakeholders in the aviation industry once enacted, due to its moratorium, supply contract, and restructuring plan provisions.
Key Features
The UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill has three key features:
The UK government on 20 May set out its hotly anticipated Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, which, once enacted, will bring into force previously announced insolvency reforms.
We summarise below the main provisions of the bill as it currently stands. Please look out for further LawFlashes on this legislation as it develops over the next few weeks.
Moratorium
Selección de las principales resoluciones en materia de reestructuraciones e insolvencias.
La competencia para conocer de un ERTE por fuerza mayor derivada del COVID-19 corresponde a la jurisdicción laboral y no al juez del concurso
Auto del Juzgado de lo Mercantil de León, de 1 de abril de 2020
Un informe de la Comisión Europea, del 3 de diciembre de 2019, analiza en los marcos legales sobre insolvencia e impago de deudas de los diferentes Estados miembros y, en concreto, los distintos sistemas de ejecución –tanto individual como colectiva– y su efectividad para recuperar los créditos de dudoso cobro (NPLs).
Jurisdiction to hear a case related to a temporary layoff procedure due to force majeure caused by COVID-19 lies with labor courts not the insolvency judge
Decision by León Commercial Court, April 1, 2020
In this study dated on December 3, 2019 the European Commission analyzes the legal frameworks on insolvency and defaults in the various member states; specifically, the various individual and collective loan enforcement systems –and their effectiveness for recovering non-performing loans (NPLs).
A number of UK insolvency trade association bodies and professionals are advocating for the use of what is known as a light-touch administration for companies in financial distress as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Light Touch Administration – What Is It?