ECONOMY

- Current signs show Spanish economic growth in the fourth quarter will be negative.

- More companies to be eligible for a reduced corporate income tax rate of 20 percent.

- Public holidays to be moved to nearest Monday to avoid excessively long and costly weekend breaks.

BUDGET

- New government's first proposed legislation to be law on budget stability.

- Structural deficit to be fixed at 0.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product from the start of 2020.

BANKING SECTOR

- Banking sector reform to be finalised.

- Banks need to sell property assets, which will make a second wave of bank restructuring necessary.

JOBS

- Companies to get 3,000 euro tax break for taking on first employee.

HOUSING

- Tax relief on purchasing homes to be reinstated.

PENSIONS

- Pensions to be increased in real terms from January 2012.

CIVIL SERVICE

- Government to overhaul the public administration to get rid of overlapping services.

- Hiring freeze in public sector, except security service.

ENERGY

- Consumers cannot be expected to bear the entire burden of the energy sector's tariff deficit by paying higher tariffs.

REGULATION

- Number of regulatory agencies to be cut.

BROADCASTING

- Management reforms to be introduced for public television stations.