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What it is

Bill to remove the 15% guarantee for soccer club boards

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 20 July 2020. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Plural.

Official title: Private member's bill regarding the inadequacy of the current regulations established in Law 10/1990, of 15 October, on Sport, specifically section 4 of its Seventh Additional Provision, with respect to professional football clubs not converted into Sports Joint-Stock Companies.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000073· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would remove the requirement that the board of a professional soccer club guarantee 15% of the club's spending budget. According to the text, this requirement keeps members without money from running for the board.
  2. Instead, it would have the Higher Sports Council create a Financial Fair Play Code guaranteeing transparency, financial balance, and equal competition among clubs.
  3. The bill would add a new duty to the Higher Sports Council: approve that code, with oversight and penalty rules that could include removing a club's board and calling elections.
  4. The bill would replace section 4 of the seventh additional provision of the Sports Law: compliance with the code could be requested from the Council by the club itself, by members representing 5% of them, by rival clubs in the same competition, or on the Council's own initiative. The Council would have six months to approve the code, and guarantees already signed would be phased out through regulations.

Who it affects

  • Members of professional soccer clubs not converted into public limited sports companies: They could run for the club board without having to guarantee 15% of the budget.
  • Boards of those clubs: They would no longer back the club's financial results with a guarantee, but would be subject to the new code and its penalties.
  • Higher Sports Council (Consejo Superior de Deportes): It would have to approve the Financial Fair Play Code within six months and monitor compliance.
  • Clubs competing in the same competition: They could ask for a review of other clubs' compliance with the code.

Words worth knowing

Sociedad Anónima Deportiva (SAD)
A type of company that the law required most professional sports clubs to become. Clubs that did not convert are still owned by their members.
Sufragio pasivo
The right to stand as a candidate in an election, in this case for the club's board.
Aval
A guarantee: a commitment to pay with your own money if a debt or loss occurs.
Disposición adicional séptima
The section of the Sports Law containing the 15% guarantee rule that the bill would change.
Proposición de ley
A bill introduced by members of Congress that still needs to be debated and passed; it is not in force.

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. Introduced20 July 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted2 September 2020The 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 7 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 202211. 20 July 2020: Presentación22. 2 September 2020: Mesa del Congreso Requerimiento de antecedentes desde 02/09/2020 hasta 03/09/202033. 2 September 2020: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 02/09/2020 hasta 07/09/202044. 2 September 2020: Calificación55. 7 September 2020: Gobierno Contestación desde 07/09/2020 hasta 14/10/202066. 14 October 2020: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 14/10/2020 hasta 30/05/202377. 30 May 2023: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 30/05/2023 hasta 16/06/2023

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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