General Advertising Law 34/1988 is structured into four titles: the first two set out general provisions and define illicit advertising, including administrative interventions for products or services that may pose risks to health or safety.
Title III addresses private law aspects, highlighting key advertising contracts and actors, and aligns with established civil and commercial law. Title IV establishes procedural rules for sanctioning and suppressing illicit advertising, shifting jurisdiction from an administrative body (the Central Advertising Jury) to ordinary courts, in accordance with constitutional guarantees of judicial oversight. The law introduces a summary procedure for the rapid cessation of illicit advertising, ensuring both efficiency and legal safeguards, and allows judges to order provisional cessation and corrective measures.
(Source: Spain - Policy monitor country profile, 2025)
Entities responsible for implementation: Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes
General Advertising Law 34/1988 is structured into four titles: the first two set out general provisions and define illicit advertising, including administrative interventions for products or services that may pose risks to health or safety.
Title III addresses private law aspects, highlighting key advertising contracts and actors, and aligns with established civil and commercial law. Title IV establishes procedural rules for sanctioning and suppressing illicit advertising, shifting jurisdiction from an administrative body (the Central Advertising Jury) to ordinary courts, in accordance with constitutional guarantees of judicial oversight. The law introduces a summary procedure for the rapid cessation of illicit advertising, ensuring both efficiency and legal safeguards, and allows judges to order provisional cessation and corrective measures.
(Source: Spain - Policy monitor country profile, 2025)
Entities responsible for implementation: Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes
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