Transport maneuvers to alter the rule and keep away from the rise in compensation in Renfe on January 1 | Economy | EUROtoday

The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has launched the method to change the Railway Sector Regulation with a view to forestall, “within the legal framework and respecting the Sustainable Mobility Law”, the entry into drive of a better compensation system for delays in Renfe. This improve in compensation derives from a PP initiative integrated via an modification within the Senate, which was scheduled to start to be utilized as of January 1, 2026.

In this state of affairs, the division headed by Óscar Puente detailed this Wednesday in a word that the latest Sustainable Mobility Law incorporates an extra provision, launched throughout its parliamentary processing, by which a brand new compensation coverage is established for vacationers for non-compliance with the standard requirements of the railway service. This new compensation regulation is proscribed solely to Renfe and leaves out the remainder of the operators that compete out there.

Report from the State Attorney’s Office

Óscar Puente’s division is predicated on a report from the State Attorney’s Office and has studied the scope of that mandate and has concluded that the general public operator is just not obliged to use the brand new coverage from January 1, however that extra regulatory improvement is important. For this compensation scheme to be utilized, Transport emphasizes, it might be essential to approve a brand new regulation or retouch the present Regulation of the Railway Sector.

Therefore, the Ministry will start the method to change stated Regulation, in accordance with the conclusions of the authorized report and in compliance with the mandate offered for within the Sustainable Mobility Law. While this administrative process is accomplished, Renfe’s compensation regime will stay unchanged with respect to that in drive so far.

The choice to undertake this reform is linked to Puente’s statements on the press convention after the final Council of Ministers of the yr, held on the twenty third, when he introduced that the matter was being topic to authorized evaluation, understanding that it’s not in accordance with the legislation to impose on solely one of many three operators the duty to return the quantity of the tickets in case of delays. “This is only required of Renfe, but there are two other companies operating, and the paradox could arise that a train of Ouigo, affecting five Renfe trains behind and Renfe being the only one that has to compensate its travelers,” the minister argued.

It can also be according to the place of the president of Renfe, Álvaro Fernández Heredia, who in an interview with EL PAÍS, warned that there can be no variation within the operator’s business coverage with the flip of the yr, and defended that the modification accredited by Parliament is unconstitutional.