Bill transposing Directive (EU) 2024/1226 on the violation of Union restrictive measures
File 121/000072 · tabled on 23 October 2025
Lapsed bill
This bill lapsed on 6 October 2026 when Parliament was dissolved; it would have to be reintroduced in the new legislature. Parliament was dissolved by Royal Decree 806/2026 of 5 October (Official State Gazette of 6 October), and on dissolution all business pending before the Chambers lapses. It is not law: we keep the text as tabled for reference, alongside the text in force, which is the one that applies.
What it proposes
To add a new title to the Criminal Code punishing breaches of the restrictive measures —so-called sanctions— adopted by the European Union, and to adjust extended confiscation, money laundering and National High Court jurisdiction accordingly.
Parliamentary stage
- Status
- No longer before Parliament (lapsed or withdrawn)
- Checked on
- File number
- 121/000072
- Text as tabled
- Official gazette · file 121/000072
The status shown is the one recorded in the Congress open data on the date indicated. A lapsed bill is not law: the text in force set out below applies.
What would change, section by section
On the left, the text in force checked against the consolidated version; on the right, what the tabled text says.
Título XXIII bis CP (nuevo, arts. 604 bis y siguientes)
Text in force
There is no specific offence. Breaches of EU sanctions are currently pursued indirectly, through smuggling or money laundering where their requirements are met.
Text as tabled
A new title, “Offences relating to the Union’s common foreign and security policy”, opening with section 604 bis: two to six years’ imprisonment and a fine of one to six times the value for anyone breaching a prohibition or duty amounting to a Union restrictive measure —making funds available to a sanctioned person, failing to freeze them, dealing with a restricted third State, trading in prohibited goods or supplying banned services— where the value involved is 100,000 euros or more. The title continues through sections 604 ter to 604 nonies.
Art. 127 bis.1 CP
Text in force
Lists the offences that allow extended confiscation of criminally derived assets.
Text as tabled
A new point (s) would add offences for breaching European Union restrictive measures.
Art. 301.1 CP
Text in force
The final paragraph raises money laundering to the upper half where the assets come from certain titles and chapters of the Criminal Code.
Text as tabled
The new title XXIII bis would be added to that list of predicate offences.
Art. 65.1 LOPJ
Text in force
Lists the criminal matters heard by the Criminal Chamber of the National High Court.
Text as tabled
A new point (h) would give it jurisdiction over offences breaching Union restrictive measures.
Who it affects
Companies and professionals with international operations subject to EU sanctions —banking, foreign trade, transport, services— and their compliance programmes, since a breach would carry its own criminal response.
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