The draft Consumer Law will prohibit increases in ticket resale prices beyond the CPI.

The draft Sustainable Consumption Law being prepared by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption, and the 2030 Agenda includes a ban on reselling tickets beyond the variation in the CPI from the time of initial purchase.

This measure complements the current ban on companies using bots to mass-purchase tickets for resale, which the Ministry acknowledges is not working.

Ministry sources have explained that the significant financial incentives generated by ticket resale by companies make it difficult to enforce this ban on reselling tickets purchased through mass-purchase programs "to ensure ticket accessibility for all individuals."

With companies limiting resale prices, a significant portion of this amount will remain available for household spending, rather than being used for unproductive, value-added activities, the sources emphasized.

The amendment to Article 20 of the General Law for the Defense of Consumers and Users, being prepared by the Ministry, seeks to address the current economic incentives for resale in order to put an end to it.

Thus, reselling tickets at a price higher than the regulated price would make this activity illegal , which could result in blocking the websites where the infringement was occurring and the activity would lead to a penalty for the offender.

Belgium and France already have similar measures prohibiting "regular" and "occasional" resale at a price higher than the original price.

According to sources from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, a report by Verified Market Research estimates that ticket resale in Europe will reach a value of approximately €7.769 billion in 2030 , up from an estimate of €1.817 billion in 2024.

Given that Spain typically represents between 10% and 15% of the European secondary event ticket market, the value of this sector in Spain could grow from €322 million in 2024 to approximately €932.3 million annually by 2030.