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Spain’s Audiencias Provinciales have issued final rulings recognizing Lleida.net’s certified email service as a valid and legally authoritative way to prove compliance with the MASC procedural prerequisite set out in Organic Law 1/2025 on the Efficiency of the Public Justice Service.
In separate decisions issued between October 2025 and March 2026, the Audiencias Provinciales of Navarra, Gipuzkoa, Ourense, Huelva, and Álava—along with the Audiencia Provincial of Palma de Mallorca—concluded that the certified email system developed by the Lleida-based company meets the legal safeguards required to treat the mandatory pre-litigation negotiation attempt as duly proven.
The most recent ruling, issued by the Audiencia Provincial of Palma de Mallorca, supported a passenger’s claim related to a missed flight.
The courts determined that Lleida.net’s technology reliably certifies:
Based on these safeguards, the Audiencias Provinciales effectively equated certified email with a legally authoritative medium analogous to the burofax for the purposes of meeting the requirements set out in Article 17 and the Seventh Additional Provision of Organic Law 1/2025.
The practical effect of the rulings is immediate. Since the law entered into force, lawyers must prove they attempted a prior negotiation channel before filing a civil or commercial lawsuit. If that proof is missing, the court may reject the lawsuit without examining its merits.
Separately, the Audiencias Provinciales of Zaragoza and Granada upheld the rejection of lawsuits where the MASC attempt was supported exclusively by conventional, non-certified emails. The courts said such emails lack authoritative certification and do not involve a trusted third party guaranteeing the sender’s identity, the content, and the effective delivery of the communication.
“The courts have confirmed that our certified email is fully valid for proving compliance with MASC. These rulings provide legal certainty to the thousands of lawyers and professionals who already use our technology as an alternative to the burofax,” said Sisco Sapena, CEO of Lleida.net.
Sapena added: “As we have been doing for years, we continue to develop products that enable companies and consumers to protect their rights, providing digital means of complying with the latest applicable regulations.”
Founded in 1995, Lleida.net provides certified notification, electronic contracting, and digital signature services. The company says it holds more than 300 patents across more than 60 countries and is listed on BME Growth (Madrid) and Euronext Growth (Paris), as well as on Frankfurt and Stuttgart.
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