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What it is

Creation of the Economic and Social Council as a Government advisory body

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 22 January 1991. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill creating the Economic and Social Council.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000048· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The Economic and Social Council (Consejo Económico y Social) is created as an advisory body to the Government on socioeconomic and labor matters. It has its own legal personality, functional autonomy, and its seat is in Madrid.
  2. The Council has 61 members: 20 represent the unions, 20 represent business organizations, and 20 represent other sectors (farming, fishing, consumers, the social economy, and experts). Members act with full autonomy and independence.
  3. The Government appoints the President and the Secretary General, and the proposal needs the support of at least two thirds of the Council's members. Terms last four years and are renewable.
  4. Being a Council member is incompatible with being a member of a regional parliament, a minister, a senior public official, or an elected member of a local government, among other positions.
  5. The Council's main role is issuing opinions, which are not binding, on draft laws and other rules on socioeconomic and labor matters. It also prepares studies and reports, and each year it submits a report on the country's socioeconomic situation.
  6. The Council is funded with money from the State General Budgets, and its staff are hired under labor law through public recruitment based on merit and ability.

Who it affects

  • The most representative unions and business organizations: Each designates 20 members of the Council, in proportion to their representativeness.
  • The Government: Must consult the Council on socioeconomic and labor draft laws before approving them, and appoints the President and the Secretary General.
  • Consumers, farmers, fishing workers, and the social economy: Propose the members of the Council's third group.
  • Experts in socioeconomic and labor matters: Can be appointed to the Council as experts, at the proposal of two Ministries.

Words worth knowing

Órgano consultivo (advisory body)
A body that gives its opinion or advice to the Government, but that does not decide and has no power to force anything.
Dictamen (formal opinion)
An official report with the Council's opinion on a matter or draft rule.
Preceptivo (mandatory)
Something that must be done; the Government must request the opinion before moving forward.
Ente de Derecho Público (public law entity)
A public organization with its own legal personality, meaning it can hold rights and obligations in its own name.
Voto de calidad (casting vote)
An extra vote by the President to break a tie in a vote.

It summarizes the law as published in the BOE. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced22 January 1991Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted23 January 1991The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEno dateIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
Jan 199111. 22 January 1991: Presentación22. 23 January 1991: Calificación

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

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.

Published in the BOE: Law 21/1991, of June 17, creating the Economic and Social Council.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • 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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