The ''Boletín Oficial del Estado'' (''BOE''; " en, Official State Gazette, label=none", from 1661 to 1936 known as the ''Gaceta de Madrid'', " en, Madrid Gazette, label=none") is the
official gazette
A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establis ...
of the
Kingdom of Spain
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and may be published on any day of the week. The content of the ''BOE'' is authorized and published by Royal Assent and with approval from the
Spanish Presidency Office.
The ''BOE'' publishes
decree
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s by the
Cortes Generales
The Cortes Generales (; en, Spanish Parliament, lit=General Courts) are the bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house), and the Senate (the upper house).
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, Spain's Parliament (comprising the
Senate
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and the
Congress of Deputies
The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Ma ...
) as well as those orders enacted by the
Spanish Autonomous Communities
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. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 provides in Article 9.3 that "The Constitution guarantees ... the publication of laws." This includes the official publishing of all Spanish judicial, royal and national governmental decrees, as well as any orders by the Council of Ministers.
According to Royal Decree 181/2008
Real Decreto 181/2008, de 8 de febrero, de ordenación del diario oficial «Boletín Oficial del Estado»
/ref> of 8 February, the ''BOE'' is the official journal of the Kingdom of Spain, providing the State Government the means to publish mandatory laws, regulations and other acts approved by the parliaments. It therefore contains a comprehensive list of all Laws passed in parliament, the provisions adopted by the Government of Spain and the general provisions of the Autonomous Communities.
Following Law 11/2007 of 22 June, concerning the electronic access of citizens to Public Services, and Royal Decree 181/2008 of 8 February, concerning the official gazette, the publication ceased in its traditional print format on 31 December 2008 and switched to an online mode of dissemination.
Structure
Since 2009, the gazette is now primarily published electronically. Each individual notice is now published as its own electronic document, pagination begins and ends every year with each notice following a continuous page numbering system.
Notices are currently structured in the following way:
;Section I: General provisions
*The organic laws, laws, royal legislative decrees and royal decree-laws.
*International treaties and conventions.
*The laws of the legislative assemblies of the autonomous communities.
*Regulations and other general provisions.
*The normative regulations emanating from the governing councils of the Autonomous Communities.
;Section II: Authorities and personnel
Composed of two subsections:
*Appointments, situations and incidents.
*Competitions and contests.
;Section III: Other provisions
Composed of the provisions that must be published with no general character or apply to other sections: grants and subsidies, service letters, collective agreements of general scope, curricula, etc.
;Section IV: Administration of Justice
*Edicts, notices, requisitions and announcements of the Courts.
;Section V: Ads
Grouped as follows:
*Ads bidding and awards.
*Other official announcements.
*Bulleting.
There is also an independent supplement in which statements, statements and orders of the Constitutional Court are published.
See also
* ''Boletín Oficial del Estado'' (Spanish Wikipedia)
* Spanish government orders and decorations
* Grandees of Spain
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References
External links
Official website of the ''Boletín Oficial del Estado''
(''BOE'')
Daily newspapers published in Spain
Government agencies of Spain
Spanish-language newspapers
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