The hoteliers of Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa will receive direct aid

The Basque hospitality sector will not finally appeal the decision of the Superior Court of Justice of the Basque Country to provisionally maintain the new restrictions established by the Basque Government to stop the expansion of the coronavirus in its sixth wave.

On December 31, through an order, the Administrative Litigation Chamber of the TSJPV rejected the precautionary measures proposed by the hospitality associations to proceed with the precautionary suspension of the measures decreed by the Basque Executive.

In this way, a series of restrictive measures were maintained, such as the closing of activities at 01:00 hours, the limit of capacity at 60%, the prohibition of foot consumption In the hospitality industry, the restriction of customer groups to a maximum of 10 people, and the limitation of opening to the public until 08:00 on January 1 and 6, 2022.

The hoteliers had five days to appeal Before the same court its decision, but finally the Hospitality Associations of Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and Álava have decided not to challenge the car, as confirmed by the manager of the Biscayan Hospitality Association, Héctor Sánchez.

Sánchez has indicated that the legal services have understood that it is “very difficult” for the appeal to prosper and affirmed that “appeal for appeal makes no sense”.

In any case, you have recalled that the process is “still open”, since the TSJPV has not gone into analyzing the merits of the matter, since it only rejected the precautionary measures. “We will see tomorrow when there is a ruling which decides”, pointed out the representative of the hospitality industry of Bizkaia.

Héctor Sánchez has stated that, while, will focus on “finding solutions” the sector, which is being affected by these restrictions.