Wine Law

From 2010 onwards, there has been a reorganisation of self-employed work 28 . An important group of concessions is granted to this sector of the economy, based on a growing number of regulations (Resolution No. 33 of the Minister of Labour and Social Security, dated 6 September 2011, repealed by Resolution No 41/13 of the Minister of Labour and Social Security, containing the Regulations for the exercise of self-employment 29 ). This regulation authorised new activities that could be exercised autonomously, as well as their scope and the entities that authorised their exercise 30 . As part of the process of perfecting the legislation applicable to self-employed workers, a new package of legal rules, subsequently amended, was issued in July 2018. Among the main aspects included in the regulation is the grouping of the figures authorised to reach the figure of 123, which does not constitute a compaction of modalities that will allow greater integrity of the licensees. It implies the appearance of new figures, greater specificity in the causes of suspension, the possibility of maintaining the license operational despite the temporary absence of the holder, and the extension of the service of the tenants of rooms and dwellings to legal persons 31 . Despite this, there are still various problems to be solved in the current Cuban reality concerning to self-employment, the first being the fact that Cuban legislation does not define the legal status of the self-employed. Furthermore, even though the conceptualisation of the economic model recognises that natural persons can undertake business in the form of private enterprises of medium, small or micro-scale, according to the volume of activity, number of workers and social purpose, being recognised as legal persons, the necessary Enterprise Act has not yet been issued. and eliminating bureaucratic obstacles; vid . “Entra en vigor decreto sobre Ventanilla Única de la Inversión Extranjera”, Cubadebate , 11-9-2020. 28 Approved by Resolution No. 32, of 7 October 2010, of the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, repealed by and put into effect in Resolution No. 33 of 2011. This activity is not subordinated to the administration of a labour entity, but rather assumes the risks of the activity that it self-practices in the manner that it considers convenient and appropriate, with the elements and raw materials necessary for its performance. This worker gives employment, so he uses the work of others. Whoever has this occupational category may employ a family member or another person. He/she provides solutions to a number of difficulties, while at the same time contributing to society. See: https://www.ecured.cu/Trabajador_por_cuenta_propia a nd http://www.granma.cu/cuba/2019-12- 21/trabajo-por-cuenta-propia-un-sector-perfectible-de-nuestra-economia-21-12-2019-02-12-39. 29 See : https://www.gacetaoficial.gob.cu/sites/default/files/goc-2019-o85.pdf. 30 See: http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2019/11/06/trabajo-por-cuenta-propia-aprueban-seis-actividades-y- modifican-licencia-de-operacion-del-transporte/#.Xodg2zb6vIU. 31 See : http://media.cubadebate.cu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/GOC-2019-O85.pdf.