What it is

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Spain and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on the mutual protection of classified information, done in Abu Dhabi on October 3, 2018.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 22 July 2020. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000032· 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.

Introduced22 July 2020Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted2 September 2020The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments7 September 2020Groups propose changes.
Committee25 September 2020A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary19 October 2020All 350 deputies vote.
Senate29 October 2020The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE2 December 2020It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 8 official steps on a timeline

29 October 2020

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 288 yes · 0 no · 59 abst.

Voted on: Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Spain and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on the mutual protection of classified information, done in Abu Dhabi on October 3, 2018.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 20 of sitting 56· updated 11 Nov

Each dot is a seat. Tap one, or use the arrow keys, to see who it is.

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.

Or see how most of each province voted

More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Popular en el Congreso and VOX. 6 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 47 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 47
Against: 0
Abstained: 3
Tie: 2

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 abst.
Republicano	13	13 abst.
Socialista	120	120 in favour
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 in favour
Mixto	9	7 in favour · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	10	10 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	35	4 in favour · 31 abst.
GPlu	12	2 in favour · 10 abst.
Popular en el Congreso	88	87 in favour · 1 did not vote
VOX	52	52 in favour

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 110/000032
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 20 of sitting 56
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 11 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.

Read the full method · Report an error

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Spain and the Government of the United Arab Emirates on the mutual protection of classified information, done in Abu Dhabi on October 3, 2018. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original