What it is
Proposición de Ley sobre el uso de las lenguas del Estado en la denominación de las personas jurídicas civiles y mercantiles(in Spanish)
Type of initiative: . It was introduced on 8 January 2002. Introduced by: Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña - Parlamento.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 125/000017· 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 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is rejected.
- Introduced8 January 2002Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted10 January 2002The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
- Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
- Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
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?
It goes no further. A similar one could be introduced later.
It was presented again:
- VIII Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Unfinished Private member's bill on the use of the languages of the State in the denomination of legal persons, civil and commercial.
- VIII Legislature, Senate Private member's bill on the use of the languages of the State in the denomination of legal persons, civil and commercial.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 125/000017
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 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.