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What it is

Bill proposes bringing back legally set sales seasons

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 21 December 2018. Introduced by: Comunidad Autónoma de las Illes Balears-Parlamento.

Official title: Private member's bill to amend Article 25 of Law 7/1996, of 15 January, on the regulation of retail trade.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 125/000026· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill argues that the current liberalization of sales has not boosted consumption and has confused customers, so it asks that regional governments be able to set sales periods again.
  2. The bill would allow sales events only in two seasons per year: one at the start of the year and one around the summer vacation period.
  3. Each sales period would last from one week to two months, as each retailer decides, on the dates and under the rules set by each regional government.
  4. If passed, the law would take effect the day after its publication in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (official state gazette).

Who it affects

  • Retailers: They would have to hold their sales in two fixed seasons a year, from one week to two months.
  • Regional governments (comunidades autónomas): They could set the dates and rules for sales in their territory.
  • Consumers and customers: They would again find sales in defined, clearer periods.

Words worth knowing

Proposición de ley
A text through which a regional government or other body proposes a law to the Congress. It is not an approved law.
Liberalización (liberalization)
Removing fixed rules so everyone can decide freely. Here, letting each retailer choose when to hold sales.
Stocks
Goods a store has in storage and has not yet sold.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced21 December 2018Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted9 January 2019The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
Dec 201811. 21 December 2018: Presentación22. 9 January 2019: Calificación

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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