What it is

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada, on the one hand, and the European Union and its Member States, on the other, done in Brussels on 30 October 2016.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 27 March 2017. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000034· 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.

Introduced27 March 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted4 April 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments7 April 2017Groups propose changes.
Committee3 May 2017A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary20 June 2017All 350 deputies vote.
Senate29 June 2017The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE27 October 2017It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 10 official steps on a timeline

29 June 2017

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 179 yes · 79 no · 81 abst.

Voted on: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada, on the one hand, and the European Union and its Member States, on the other, done in Brussels on 30 October 2016.

This law had 2 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 9 of sitting 64· updated 10 Nov

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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.

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More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Gcup-ec-em and GER. 8 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 41 most voted in favour; in 5, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 41
Against: 5
Tie: 6

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	81 abst. · 3 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Mixto	19	10 in favour · 7 against · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	32 in favour
Gcup-ec-em	67	1 in favour · 65 against · 1 did not vote
GER	9	7 against · 2 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	134	131 in favour · 3 did not vote

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 110/000034
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 9 of sitting 64
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.

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Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada, on the one hand, and the European Union and its Member States, on the other, done in Brussels on 30 October 2016. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original