State and Generalitat agree to negotiate the law against hyper-regulation

The Bilateral Cooperation Commission of the General State Administration-Generalitat has published two agreements in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado), adopted on July 17, 2026, which close the jurisdictional dispute regarding Valencian regulations against hyper-regulation and open a new negotiation process. The texts are disseminated through separate resolutions from the General Secretariat for Territorial Coordination, signed by its head, Agustín Torres Herrero, and appear in issue number 203 of the BOE, dated August 19, 2026, in section III, Other Provisions.

The agreements are framed within the procedure provided for in Article 33 of Organic Law 2/1979, of October 3, of the Constitutional Court, which allows both administrations to resolve their jurisdictional discrepancies before the matter reaches the high court. The subject matter consists of two regulations from the Generalitat Valenciana: Decree-law 14/2025, of December 26, of the Consell, and Law 3/2026, of June 29, of the Generalitat, both concerning urgent measures against hyper-regulation, the streamlining of procedures, and the guarantee of market unity.

Discrepancies regarding Decree-law 14/2025 resolved

The first agreement, published under reference BOE-A-2026-17936, declares the jurisdictional discrepancies raised in relation to Decree-law 14/2025 as resolved. Following negotiations by the working group established for this purpose, both parties consider the controversies regarding the following provisions to be settled:

• Articles 23, 25, 26, 42, 45, and 83 of the decree-law.
• The second transitional provision of the regulation.

The solution is based on the express repeal of the decree-law by the sole repealing provision 1.c) of Law 3/2026, as well as the material coincidence of the contents with the provisions of the new law. Therefore, the parties agree to refer the issues raised to the negotiations that may take place regarding Law 3/2026.

Negotiations open regarding Law 3/2026

The second agreement, under reference BOE-A-2026-17937, formally initiates negotiations to resolve the discrepancies expressed regarding Law 3/2026, of June 29, of the Generalitat. The provisions subject to controversy are:

• Articles 26, 28, 29, 55, 58, and 101 of the law.
• The third transitional provision.

To this end, a working group is appointed to propose the appropriate solution to the Bilateral Commission. Both agreements will be communicated to the Constitutional Court for the purposes of Article 33.2 of Organic Law 2/1979, and will be inserted in the Official State Gazette and in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat Valenciana (Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana).

The agreements bear the signature of the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez, and the Regional Minister of Economy, Finance and Public Administration, José Antonio Rovira Jover.

A precedent for the single market

The publication of these agreements demonstrates the commitment of both administrations to resolve, through institutional dialogue, the jurisdictional tensions generated by regional regulation regarding the single market. By overcoming the discrepancies over the decree-law and opening negotiations on the law, the intervention of the Constitutional Court is avoided at this stage, without renouncing it as a final guarantee. For economic operators and citizens, the outcome affects the legal certainty of a regulation designed to streamline procedures and reduce administrative burdens in the Comunitat Valenciana.

Source: Official State Gazette, no. 203, August 19, 2026, Sec. III, pp. 115673-115675 (official references: BOE-A-2026-17936 and BOE-A-2026-17937).