What it is
Declaration of acceptance by Spain of the accession of Montenegro to the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, done in The Hague on March 18, 1970.
It is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 19 September 2012. Introduced by: Gobierno.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000052· 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.
- Introduced19 September 2012Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted25 September 2012The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendments28 September 2012Groups propose changes.
- Committee18 October 2012A committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenary28 November 2012All 350 deputies vote.
- Senate13 December 2012The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOE6 March 2013It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 8 official steps on a timeline
13 December 2012
How did the plenary vote?
Voted on: Declaration of acceptance by Spain of the accession of Montenegro to the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, done in The Hague on March 18, 1970.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 4 of sitting 77· 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 110/000052
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- Congreso de los Diputados, vote 4 of sitting 77
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.