What it is
Headquarters Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the European Forest Institute (EFI) regarding the establishment of an office of the Institute in Spain, done in Madrid on July 28, 2011.
BOE step 7 of 7 · PassedIt is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 5 July 2012. Introduced by: Gobierno.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000041· updated 11 Nov
We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page
Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.
- Introduced5 July 2012Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted10 July 2012The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendments13 July 2012Groups propose changes.
- Committee19 September 2012A committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenary20 September 2012All 350 deputies vote.
- Senate11 October 2012The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOE7 November 2012It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 8 official steps on a timeline
11 October 2012
How did the plenary vote?
Voted on: Headquarters Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the European Forest Institute (EFI) regarding the establishment of an office of the Institute in Spain, done in Madrid on July 28, 2011.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 3 of sitting 61· updated 10 Nov
This vote does not publish each seat’s vote: the dots are drawn from the totals.
Your province
How did the deputies from your province vote?
And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.
What happens next
What happens now?
It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000041
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Congreso de los Diputados, vote 3 of sitting 61
The count and every seat’s vote.
Retrieved 10 November 2026
- The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
- Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
- We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.