Despite the political storm in the Cerdán case, which has led the former PSOE Secretary of Organization to sleep in prison due to the risk of destruction of evidence, the Council of Ministers has continued with its work this Tuesday. The prominence of the day – if Santos Cerdán consents to some other – has been for the Ministry of Consumer, which as it has been announced, presented a draft Law of Sustainable Consumption. It begins, therefore, its parliamentary process.
The Sustainable Consumption Law will prohibit the advertising of short flights, less than two and a half hours; and also the advertising of fossil fuels. His thesis is that 1% of the Spanish population pollutes more than 12 million people. “It is the rich that pollute the most and the poorest who pay it the most,” said Minister Pablo Bustinduy (add). As regards music, the Law of Sustainable Consumption will also regulate the resale of entries.
In Spain, it is illegal to resell tickets since 1982, but the law had not adapted to the Internet era. There was an attempt to fight the bots used to buy tickets, but it has not been too effective. The new law in defense of consumers would prohibit the resale of tickets if it increases the price of the same beyond the variation of the CPI from the moment of the initial purchase, at the time of the following sale. That is, if you bought an entrance in 2025 to see Bad Bunny in 2026, and in the end you cannot go, you can only raise the price according to what the CPI has uploaded during this year.
The resale that exceeds that price would be considered illegal, and the blockage of the web pages could occur where the infraction was produced, and the corresponding fine for the offender. It is intended to end the abusive prices that are seen for certain shows. Among the countries that have similar laws according to the government, are Belgium or France.
Interviewed in Mañaneros 360 of RTVE, Rubén Sánchez, general secretary of Facua, has celebrated the news, expressly citing as the object of this law, to the websites of resalls such as “Viagogo, which also so many complaints have to sell false tickets.”
