What it is

Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents, done at Tromsø on 18 June 2009, as well as Declarations and Reservations that Spain wishes to formulate.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 7 December 2022. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000115· 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.

Introduced7 December 2022Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted13 December 2022The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments16 December 2022Groups propose changes.
Committee7 February 2023A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary21 February 2023All 350 deputies vote.
Senate9 March 2023The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE10 May 2023It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 8 official steps on a timeline

9 March 2023

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 321 yes · 0 no · 23 abst.

Voted on: Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents, done at Tromsø on 18 June 2009, as well as Declarations and Reservations that Spain wishes to formulate.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 32 of sitting 242· 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.

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, Gcup-ec-gc, GPlu, Popular en el Congreso and VOX. 5 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 50 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 50
Against: 0
Abstained: 1
Tie: 1

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 abst.
Republicano	13	13 abst.
Socialista	120	119 in favour · 1 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 in favour
Mixto	11	8 in favour · 1 abst. · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	9	9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	33	33 in favour
GPlu	12	6 in favour · 4 abst. · 2 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	88	88 in favour
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 110/000115
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 32 of sitting 242
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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Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents, done at Tromsø on 18 June 2009, as well as Declarations and Reservations that Spain wishes to formulate. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original