Contract Management Services

Here is how this works in practice. Spanish contract running sits on two legal pillars: the Código Civil (Spanish Civil Code) governing commercial relationships. And the Ley de Propiedad Intelectual (Royal Legislative Decree 1/1996 — Spanish Copyright Act) governing audiovisual rights. Neighboring rights, and moral rights of authors. Our team drafts production agreements against both, then layers on the collective-rights frameworks administered by ALMA (Sindicato de Autores Literarios de Medios Audiovisuales — screenwriters). DAMA (Derechos de Autor de Medios Audiovisuales). SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores y Editores — composers, publishers). AISGE (Artistas Intérpretes Sociedad de Gestión — performer rights).

Here is the short of it. AIE (Artistas Intérpretes o Ejecutantes — neighboring rights), and AGEDI (sound recording producers). Spain's Estatuto de los Trabajadores governs crew employment, the Régimen Especial de Artistas (Special Artists Tax Regime) governs talent withholding. And the Convenio Colectivo de Producción Audiovisual sets industry-wide minimums for technical departments. We negotiate against these in real time, making sure crew agreements, talent contracts, location releases. And vendor purchase orders all align with the relevant collective bargaining agreement and rate card without exposing producers to retroactive social-security or IRPF (income-tax) withholding liabilities.

Here is the breakdown. The financial architecture of every Spanish contract is built around the country's layered tax-rebates system. ICAA administers the 30% general rebate (national). The Canary Islands ZEC zone offers a 50% rebate (with the 1.5M-Euro cap lifted to 18M for larger productions). Navarra Foral runs at 70% (Spain's highest). And the Basque Country (Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Álava) offers 40% — each with distinct eligibility, qualifying-spend. And audit needs that must be hard-coded into production agreements at signing, not retrofitted post-shoot.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Our contracts hard-wire IVA invoicing needs (21% standard, 10% reduced, 4% super-reduced — applied correctly by service category). AEAT (Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria) withholding obligations on non-resident talent (24% baseline, EU-treaty modified rates). Régimen Especial de Trabajadores Autónomos (RETA — self-employed) social-security minimums. And AEPD (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos) clauses for GDPR-aligned personal-data handling. Extranjería work-visa templates accompany contracts for non-EU crew. Autonomous-community supplements — Catalan-language clauses for Generalitat de Catalunya productions, Euskera clauses for ETB co-productions, Galego clauses for TVG — get appended where regional broadcast quotas apply. Standard contract turnaround sits at 24 hours. Tricky co-production treaty work (Spain-Mexico, Spain-Argentina, Spain-Portugal, Ibermedia, MEDIA Creative Europe) routes through two-to-five-day cycles with cross-jurisdictional counsel coordination.