What it is

Royal Decree-Law 4/2016, of 2 December, on urgent measures in the financial sector.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a royal decree-law. It was introduced on 2 December 2016. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 130/000003· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced2 December 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted13 December 2016The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary13 December 2016All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOEno dateIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

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15 December 2016

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 78 yes · 258 no · 3 abst.

Voted on: Processing as a Government bill by the urgent procedure of Royal Decree-Law 4/2016, of 2 December, on urgent measures in financial matters.

This law had 2 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 4 of sitting 21· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.

Or see how most of each province voted

More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Mixto and Gcup-ec-em. Against, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Ciudadanos, GER and Popular en el Congreso. 8 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 0 most voted in favour; in 49, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 0
Against: 49
Tie: 3

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	1 in favour · 82 against · 1 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 against
Mixto	19	11 in favour · 4 against · 3 abst. · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	31 against · 1 did not vote
Gcup-ec-em	67	66 in favour · 1 did not vote
GER	9	7 against · 2 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	134	129 against · 5 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 130/000003
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 4 of sitting 21
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 November 2026

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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Royal Decree-Law 4/2016, of 2 December, on urgent measures in the financial sector. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original