Spain's government delays Adamuz victim payouts via Urda decree

Royal Decree-Law 32/2026, designed for the victims of the Urda train accident in Spain, includes a provision that allows the indefinite suspension of advance compensation resolutions for the Adamuz and Gélida tragedies. The suspension is triggered if the Administration requests data from a court and receives no response within one month.

The Spanish government has inserted into the decree providing aid to victims of the **Urda** (Toledo) railway accident a modification affecting compensations for two other disasters. The **Royal Decree-Law 32/2026**, published in the BOE (Official State Gazette), includes in its first final provision a scenario that allows the administrative procedure for civil liability advances to be halted. The rule is conceived for Urda, where **69 people** died, but its fine print extends to those affected by **Adamuz** (Córdoba), which occurred on **January 18**, and **Gélida** (Barcelona).

## What the decree says about deadlines

When the Administration needs information from the courts to process an advance compensation payment, it may request it from the judicial body. If **one month** passes without a response, or if the data arrives incomplete, the maximum deadline for resolution is suspended. There is no additional limit on duration. In other words, the clock stops and there is no fixed date to resume it.

The measure applies to applications that were still pending resolution on last **November 4**. The text modifies the aid regime approved nine months earlier, when the Executive touted agility in processing.

## Nine months later, families unpaid

**Mario Samper**, president of the Association of Victims of Adamuz, warned that some families had not yet received their full aid nine months after the accident. The association pointed this out this week, according to **Vozpópuli**.

The change comes in a decree whose declared objective was to assist the victims of Urda. The first final provision, a common tactic to slip in regulatory modifications, extends the effect to previous and subsequent accidents. The suspension has no expiration date: it depends on whether a court responds or not.

With real victims involved and ongoing administrative procedures, it is advisable to consult a specialized lawyer before assuming any deadline or payment.