Proposal to let the regular courts review Court of Accounts rulings

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

1. The bill would allow appeals against the Court of Accounts' judicial decisions to be filed with the administrative litigation courts, instead of limiting review to the narrow cassation and review appeals now available before the Supreme Court. Its rulings could then be fully reviewed by a court that is part of the judiciary.
2. The Court of Accounts' Adjudication Chambers would decide at first instance the account trials, the reimbursement proceedings and the bond cancellation files.
3. The Accounts Counselors would handle the investigation of reimbursement proceedings, and the figure of the Investigating Delegate would disappear.
4. The cassation and review appeals set out in the Law on the Operation of the Court of Accounts would be repealed, along with related articles and transitional provisions.
5. The text justifies the change because the Court of Accounts depends on the Cortes Generales and its members are not judges, which the bill says conflicts with the right to a fair trial under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Who it affects

• People who handle public funds or property and may face accounting liability: They could appeal the Court of Accounts' rulings to a court within the judiciary.
• The Court of Accounts and its Accounts Counselors: The roles of its bodies would change: the Chambers would judge at first instance and the Counselors would investigate proceedings.
• The judiciary, specifically the administrative litigation courts: They would hear second-instance appeals in Court of Accounts matters.

Words worth knowing

Reintegro por alcance

Proceeding to require someone to return public money or property they were responsible for and failed to account for.

Jurisdicción contable

The function of judging the liability of people who manage public funds.

Recurso de apelación

Appeal allowing a higher court to review a case already decided.

Casación y revisión

Extraordinary appeals only available in very limited cases and for specific grounds, not for a full review.

Orden contencioso-administrativo

The branch of the judiciary that reviews the actions of public administrations.

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