Spain

Royal Decree-Law 6/2022 adopting measures of the framework of the National Response Plan to the economic and social consequences of the war in Ukraine

Legislative

Decree Law

Passed in 2022

Through this document, Spain adopts some urgent measures from the framework of the National Response Plan to the economic and social consequences of the war in Ukraine. It contains a number of climate-related clauses, including dispositions to reduce gas flaring and a promotion of technologies reducing GHG emissions, notably with regard to fuels.

The decree-law also finances the reduction of the price of subscriptions and multi-trip tickets to promote public transport. This consists of a direct aid of 50% on multi-trip tickets for rail services provided by Renfe subject to Public Service Obligations (Cercanías, Media Distancia and Avant), as well as multi-trip tickets for public service concessions for regular passenger transport of general road use, which are acquired in that period and under the same conditions. The Government will also finance a 30 percent reduction in the price of all subscriptions and multi-trip tickets in public collective land transport services of regional or local competition, sold between September 1 and December 31, 2022, and whose validity falls within said period.

This decree-law was amended by royal-decree 18/2022.

Documents

Full text on official website (Spanish)