What it is

Declarations relating to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, its Additional Protocol and its Second Additional Protocol.

Senate step 6 of 7 · Unfinished

It is an authorization of an international agreement. It was introduced on 1 February 2023. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000123· 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 6 of 7 steps. It reached Senate, and today it is unfinished.

Introduced1 February 2023Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted7 February 2023The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendments10 February 2023Groups propose changes.
Committee1 March 2023A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary26 April 2023All 350 deputies vote.
Senate11 May 2023The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 8 official steps on a timeline

11 May 2023

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 331 yes · 0 no · 5 abst.

Voted on: Declarations relating to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, its Additional Protocol and its Second Additional Protocol.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 84 of sitting 259· 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 Republicano, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-gc, GPlu, Popular en el Congreso and VOX.

By province: in 52 most voted in favour; in 0, against.

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

In favour: 52
Against: 0

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 abst.
Republicano	13	13 in favour
Socialista	120	119 in favour · 1 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 in favour
Mixto	11	7 in favour · 4 did not vote
Ciudadanos	9	9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	33	30 in favour · 3 did not vote
GPlu	12	9 in favour · 3 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	87	87 in favour
VOX	52	51 in favour · 1 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 110/000123
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 84 of sitting 259
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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Declarations relating to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, its Additional Protocol and its Second Additional Protocol. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original