Spain's Draft Law On Collective Actions To Transpose EU Directive 2020/1828

After a first failed attempt, on February 25, 2025, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved referring to Congress the Draft Bill on Collective Actions ("Draft Bill") for the protection and defense of the rights and interests of consumers and users. On March 11, 2025, the Bureau of Congress reviewed its text and agreed to process the Draft Bill through the urgency procedure (which shortens the deadlines by half), allowing parties to submit amendments.

If the Draft Bill on Collective Actions is adopted, the long-awaited transposition of EU Directive 2020/1828 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers will be achieved. This would unify the currently fragmented and varied regulations on the matter, creating a specific judicial procedure within a single title—the Spanish Code of Civil Procedure.