The Minister of Presidency, Justice, and Local Administration, Miguel Ángel García Martín, explained that these measures aim to eliminate bureaucracy, which often becomes an obstacle to development and innovation. The Community of Madrid is committed to regulatory simplification to boost economic activity and modernize the Administration, focusing on clarifying rules, reducing procedures, efficiency, transparency, and equity.
Among the highlighted initiatives is a decree approved in June that improves the regulatory drafting process, introducing legislative evaluation every four years and prioritizing positive silence. Dozens of regulatory texts have been reformed and repealed, including the Urgent Measures Law of 2022 (affecting 31 regional laws) and the Omnibus Law of 2023 (with changes in 14 provisions), in addition to three norms in urban planning, environment, and local public management in 2024 that modified over 130 articles.
Mechanisms such as the pioneering Open Line Against Hyper-regulation in Spain have been implemented for citizens and businesses to report regulatory and administrative barriers. The Investment Accelerator has analyzed projects worth over 7 billion euros, and the Open Market regulation (in force since 2022) allows professionals to practice in any autonomous community without additional permits.
The Digital Account platform, with over ten million registered accesses in 2025, has saved Madrileños over 300,000 hours. The main objective is to modernize the regional regulatory framework, eliminate bureaucratic burdens, strengthen legal certainty for citizens, businesses, and investors, and foster economic activity, investment attraction, and job creation.
These regulatory simplification policies have helped the Community of Madrid become Spain's economic engine, contributing 19.8% of the national GDP. The region leads in wealth per inhabitant (GDP per capita exceeding 44,000 euros), attracts the most investment, and leads in company creation, with over 28,300 new companies last year (22% of the national total).
