In short: the Fifth Section of the Third Chamber of Spain's Supreme Court has given the parties in a legal challenge against Royal Decree 316/2026 (foreigner regularisation) a joint, non-extendable 5-day deadline to state whether the Court should refer a preliminary question to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU), before ruling on requested interim measures. This is an intermediate procedural step — the Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the merits.
The challenge was filed by the Comunidad Autónoma de Valencia and Aragón, questioning aspects of Royal Decree 316/2026, of 14 April, which amended Royal Decree 1155/2024 and opened two extraordinary regularisation routes with an application deadline of 30 June 2026 (see full card: rd-316-2026-reforma-reglamento-extranjeria).
What does this mean in practice, today? Nothing changes yet. The Royal Decree remains in force; it has not been suspended or annulled. A possible referral to the CJEU can take months (sometimes over a year) to be resolved, and only then — if the CJEU or the Supreme Court itself finds some aspect contrary to EU law — could the rule be affected. Meanwhile, applications already filed under RD 316/2026 continue their ordinary processing.
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