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What it is

Returning Civil War seized documents to Catalonia

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 15 April 2005. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill on the restitution to the Generalitat of Catalonia of documents seized on account of the Civil War and kept in the General Archive of the Spanish Civil War, and on the creation of the Historical Memory Documentation Center.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000035· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The law orders the return to the Generalitat de Catalunya of documents and items seized in Catalonia by the State Delegation for Document Recovery, created in 1938. Return of the institutional archive of the Generalitat and the Parliament of Catalonia is automatic, while return of documents from private individuals or entities requires a prior procedure.
  2. A joint commission of the Government and the Generalitat will identify the documents within a maximum of two months. Once identified, the State will hand them over within three months, and a copy of everything returned, paid for by the Generalitat, will stay in the General Archive of the Spanish Civil War.
  3. Private individuals or entities have one year, from notification of the identification of the documents, to request their return. They must prove they owned the documents when they were seized and, if they are heirs or successors, that they are legitimate ones.
  4. The return is tax free: it is exempt from any tax and from the tax on property transfers and stamped legal documents. In addition, within one year the Documentary Center of Historical Memory will be created in Salamanca, incorporating the funds of the current archive.

Who it affects

  • The Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan regional government): Automatically recovers its institutional archive and handles return requests from private parties.
  • Private individuals and their heirs: Can request the return of seized documents if they prove ownership, within one year.
  • Other autonomous communities: May request restitution for private individuals or entities in their territory, following the Government's procedure.
  • The General Archive of the Spanish Civil War: Keeps copies of everything returned, and its funds move to the new Documentary Center of Historical Memory in Salamanca.

Words worth knowing

Generalidad de Cataluña
The self-government institution of Catalonia.
Restitución
Return of something to its previous owner.
Incautar
To seize goods or documents by order of an authority.
Impuesto sobre Transmisiones Patrimoniales y Actos Jurídicos Documentados
A Spanish tax paid on certain property transfers and on official documents.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

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

  1. Introduced15 April 2005Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted19 April 2005The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendments22 April 2005Groups propose changes.
  4. Committee2 June 2005A committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenary29 June 2005All 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senate15 September 2005The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOE3 November 2005It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 11 official steps on a timeline
Apr 2005May 2005Jun 2005Jul 2005Aug 2005Sept 2005Oct 200511. 15 April 2005: Presentación22. 19 April 2005: Comisión de Cultura Publicación desde 19/04/2005 hasta 22/04/200533. 19 April 2005: Calificación44. 22 April 2005: Comisión de Cultura Enmiendas desde 22/04/2005 hasta 15/06/200555. 1 June 2005: Comisión de Cultura Mesa - Calificación desde 01/06/2005 hasta 02/06/200566. 2 June 2005: Comisión de Cultura Debate de totalidad desde 02/06/2005 hasta 23/06/200577. 23 June 2005: Comisión de Cultura Informe desde 23/06/2005 hasta 27/06/200588. 27 June 2005: Comisión de Cultura Dictamen desde 27/06/2005 hasta 29/06/200599. 29 June 2005: Pleno Aprobación desde 29/06/2005 hasta 15/09/20051010. 15 September 2005: Senado desde 15/09/2005 hasta 03/11/20051111. 3 November 2005: Concluido - (Aprobado con modificaciones) desde 03/11/2005 hasta 13/12/2005

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.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Published in the BOE: Law 21/2005, of November 17, on the return to the Generalitat of Catalonia of the documents seized on the occasion of the Civil War and kept in the General Archive of the Spanish Civil War, and on the creation of the Historical Memory Documentation Center.

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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