Open Access

Spanish laws are passed by the Cortes Generales or by the autonomous parliaments. They may be Constitutional Laws, Ordinary Laws, Royal Decree or other Rules.

Commonly, they are all usually published in the journal or gazette of the issuing body. For example, in the case of the European Community, they can be found in:

  • OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union)].

  • To access the full text, we advise using the Eurlex database.

In the case of laws with jurisdiction on Spanish soil, you can find them in:

  • BOE (Official State Gazette)

  • Official gazettes of the Autonomous Communities and Official Journals, e.g. the DOGC (Official Journal of the Catalan Government).

  • Official gazettes of each province, such as the BOP Girona.

The Spanish Government has made a search engine available to the public, which lets you find Laws, Royal Decrees and Rules at state and autonomous level.

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