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Software Development for Andorra: Data Transfers and Time Zones

A common mistake when an Andorran company hires engineers abroad is treating it as a purely commercial contract. The country's data protection law, the LQPD, lets personal data leave without extra safeguards only for certain destinations. Türkiye is outside the EU, and as of 2 October 2026 it is not on the EU adequacy list either, so for a studio there the transfer basis is a planning step, not paperwork to sort out after the first commit.

Curiosive works from Ankara, Türkiye, and builds software with AI coding agents while senior engineers review the result. We take on products end to end or join as an embedded engineering partner on a monthly engagement. Agents do the volume work: scaffolding, migrations, test coverage and wide refactors. Engineers own data models, authentication, payment paths and anything touching personal data, and every diff is read before it merges.

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Sending personal data from Andorra to engineers in Türkiye

Llei 29/2021 (the LQPD) has been in force since 17 May 2022 and is supervised by the Agència Andorrana de Protecció de Dades (APDA). Under its Articles 43 and 44, no extra safeguards are needed for transfers to EU member states, to countries, territories or sectors on the EU adequacy list, or to countries effectively bound by Council of Europe Convention 108+. Türkiye falls outside the first two. Other transfers, for example to a development or hosting vendor elsewhere, need adequate safeguards such as binding corporate rules or standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission or by the APDA, unless an Article 45 exception applies, such as the person's explicit, informed consent. Whether the Convention 108+ route covers Türkiye is worth confirming with a lawyer. In practice, clauses can be signed before access is granted, development can run on seeded test data and production access can stay narrow.

What Andorra's EU Association Agreement does not change yet

Andorra is not an EU member. Its Association Agreement with the EU is scheduled to be signed in Brussels on 19 October 2026, but the Govern d'Andorra says signature does not make it applicable. It first needs European Parliament consent, a consultative referendum and ratification by a two-thirds majority of the Consell General, so no new EU rules apply through it as of 2 October 2026. Until that changes, build for the rules in force now. For a web product, that includes the APDA's cookie guide (version 4, 23 January 2024): a banner without a 'reject' button on its first layer breaches the rules, pre-ticked boxes in the settings layer are not valid consent, and continuing to browse does not count. The guide also recommends keeping cookie data for no more than 25 months. Keeping consent and retention logic in one module means it can change with the law.

Time zones between Andorra and Ankara, in winter and summer

Ankara runs on UTC+3 all year, while Andorra moves between UTC+1 and UTC+2. In winter, on UTC+1, Ankara is two hours ahead: the studio's 09:00 to 18:00 day is 07:00 to 16:00 your time, 09:00 there is 11:00 in Ankara, and a standard 09:00 to 18:00 day shares 7 hours. In summer, on UTC+2, the gap is one hour: the studio's day runs 08:00 to 17:00 your time, 09:00 local time is 10:00 in Ankara, and 8 hours are shared. Work runs on Türkiye business hours, so a request sent after 16:00 in winter or 17:00 in summer is picked up the next working morning. That still leaves a long shared day for the one short weekly call, and decisions are written down so nothing depends on catching someone live.

How the agent workflow and review gate work

Every change starts with an engineer writing a scoped task: acceptance criteria and the boundaries the agent must not cross. A coding agent, Claude Code or Cursor, works inside the repository. It reads the existing code, plans, implements, writes or updates tests, and runs the type checker, linter and test suite before proposing a change. A senior engineer reviews every diff. Agents never merge their own work, continuous integration re-runs the checks on every change, and Playwright covers end-to-end tests. Agents make volume work cheaper; they do not make review optional, and the more code they write, the more the gate matters. Shipped work includes Zing Coach (zing.coach), AI fitness coaching for 1M+ users rebuilt from Webflow to Next.js, the RateItAll revival with 12M+ reviews, Appster's AI vector search over 2,700+ apps, and the Detailed SEO Extension, used by 600,000 SEOs and maintained through its acquisition by Ahrefs.

Contracts, monthly engagements and startup status for Andorra founders

Contracts are cross-border: Curiosive has no office or entity in Andorra, and the work is done remotely from Ankara. There is no long contract to begin. Scope and budget are agreed in writing after a discovery call, and the code is yours from the first commit, with repository, database and hosting accounts in your name. Work runs as AI-accelerated development, starting from $2,000 per month, with scope agreed in writing. If you have just incorporated, Llei 42/2022 lets a newly registered company with a technology-based innovative business model apply within six months of registration for 'societat mercantil startup' status, in SLS or SAS form. The status gives access to the law's incentives, including exemption from the annual registry maintenance fee, and the same law creates a regulatory sandbox (entorn controlat de proves) for digital-economy products.

Proof

Published project examples

design.computer

design.computer

Release Coach AI

Release Coach AI

Inspire Film

Inspire Film

Reveal Software

Reveal Software

Poppin

Poppin

Zing Coach

Zing Coach

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Questions

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Can an Andorran company outsource software development to Türkiye under the LQPD?

Yes, with safeguards in place. As of 2 October 2026, Türkiye is not on the EU adequacy list, so a transfer there needs measures such as standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission or the APDA, unless the Convention 108+ route or an Article 45 exception applies.

How many working hours overlap between Andorra and Ankara?

Seven in winter and eight in summer, measured over a standard 09:00 to 18:00 day. Ankara is two hours ahead in winter and one hour ahead in summer, because Türkiye stays on UTC+3 all year while Andorra changes its clocks.

Does the EU Association Agreement change data rules in Andorra yet?

No, not as of 2 October 2026. The agreement is scheduled for signature on 19 October 2026, but it also needs European Parliament consent, a consultative referendum and ratification by two-thirds of the Consell General before it applies. Until then, plan around the LQPD and the APDA's guidance.

How much does an outsourced software development monthly engagement cost per month?

Work runs as AI-accelerated development, starting from $2,000 per month, with scope agreed in writing. Published prices are in US dollars, there is no long contract to begin, and what the hours go on is set in writing after a discovery call.

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