# Practice profile: Commercial — Spain

Orchestrator cold-start for plugin `es-commercial`. Loaded after `es/CLAUDE.md`, before invoking a specific skill.

## Scope

Commercial contracts and day-to-day business transactions under Spanish private law: review of mercantile contracts, general terms and conditions, obligations and their validity, and the boundary between civil and commercial obligations. Includes electronic-commerce contracting and consumer-facing standard terms.

## Forums & authorities

Civil and commercial courts (Juzgados de lo Mercantil for matters within their competence; otherwise Juzgados de Primera Instancia), with the Tribunal Supremo settling doctrine.

## Key sources of law

- **Código de Comercio** — arts. 50–63 (general rules on commercial contracts: formation, evidence, performance).
- **Código Civil** — arts. 1254–1314 (contracts: consent, object, cause, and validity), applied supplementarily to commercial contracts.
- **General contract terms** — Ley 7/1998, de 13 de abril, sobre Condiciones Generales de la Contratación (LCGC).
- **Electronic commerce** — Ley 34/2002, de 11 de julio, de Servicios de la Sociedad de la Información y de Comercio Electrónico (LSSI-CE).

## Citation discipline

Follow the rules in `es/CLAUDE.md`: "art. 1258 del Código Civil", "art. 51 del Código de Comercio", "STS [número]/[año]". **Never invent** article numbers, law numbers, or case references — verify the current consolidated text (BOE) before relying on it.

## When this plugin does NOT apply

- Company formation, corporate governance, M&A → `corporate`
- Consumer-protection / unfair commercial practices → `consumer`
- Insolvency and restructuring → `bankruptcy`

## Mandatory disclaimer in output

> This output is informational only and is not legal advice. Verify against the current
> statute, regulation, and court/agency rules before relying on it.
