This page contains a series of legal documents containing information relating to Spatial Data Infrastructures arranged depending on whether they are of a regional, national, or European character.

Regional Legislation

A decree establishing the rules for the mapping activity in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia (Decree 141/2006) was published on August 8, 2006 in the BOJA (the Andalusian Regional Government’s Official Gazette) nº 154, containing a specific chapter defining objective, content, scope, etc. for Spatial Data Infrastructure.

• Decree 141/2006 of July 18, 18 2006, BOJA no.154 year 2006 (PDF format, size 138KB)

Resolution of the 18th of January 2008 which establishes the Range of Services to be provided by the General Directorate of the Andalusian Institute of Cartography (BOJA of February 6, 2008). The objective of the resolution is to improve the services offered to individual users by the said General Directorate, which is the co-ordinator of Andalusia’s Spatial Data Infrastructure. With this aim in mind, the resolution also defines a series of parameters to assess the quality of the infrastructure itself.

• Resolution of January 18, 2008, BOJA no. 26 year 2008 (PDF format, size 323 KB)

On October 29, 2008 the Cartographic Plan of Andalusia publishes in the BOJA n º 215. It is the instrument to plan of coordinated form the production, use and diffusion of the geographical information necessary for the management of the Andalusian territory, with the purpose of guaranteeing the coherence and interoperability of the spatial information, favoring the efficiency in the public expenditure and assuring the quality of the production and his(her,your) usefulness(utility) as public service.

• Agree of September 16, 2008, Boja núm 215 year 2008 (format PDF, size 5,1 Mb)

The May 16, 2011 BOJA published in the No. 94 Decree 152/2011 of 10 May, amending Decree 141/2006 of 18 July, by ordering the cartographic activity in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Decree 134/2010, of April 13, which governs the structure of the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Science, and Decree 407/2010, of November 16, laying organic structure of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.

• Decree 152/2011 of May 10, 2011, No. Boja. 94 years 2011 (PDF format, size 93 Kb)

National Legislation

Law 14/2010, of July 5, 2010, by supplementing and organize geographic information services, in accordance with state powers, the general rules for the establishment of geographic information infrastructures in Spain designed to facilitate the implementation policies based on geographic information by government and access to and use of such information, especially environmental policies and policies or activities that may affect it. And by transposing the European Directive 20007/2/CE the European Parliament and Council.

• Law 14/2010 of July 5, 2010, BOE no. 163 year 2010 ( PDF format, size 388 KB)

Royal Decree 1545/2007 of November 23, 2007 by which the National Cartographic System is governed. This Royal Decree, in application of legal statute 7/1986 of the 24th of January, for the Regulation of Cartography Maps, establishes provisions for the collection, storage, treatment, and dissemination by public authorities of geographic information concerning the national territory and territorial sea, the adjacent area, the continental platform, and the exclusive economic zone through the National Cartographic System.

• Royal Decree 1545/2007 of November 23, 2007, BOE no. 287 year 2007 ( PDF format, size 439 KB)

The objective of the 37/2007 Law of November 16, 2007 concerning the re-utilisation of Information about the Public Sector is to establish the basic provisions of the legal regime applicable to the re-utilization of documents generated by or under custody of public administrations and bodies.

• Law 37/2007 of November 16, 2007, BOE no. 276 year 2007 (PDF format, size 183 KB)
  

Royal Decree 1071/2007 of July 27, which regulates the Spanish official geodesic system. This Royal Decree establishes the baseline geodesic system which is to be used as a reference in generating official Spanish geographic information and cartography, permitting full integration both with the geographic information and cartography of other European countries and navigation systems.

• Royal Decree 1071/2007, of July 27, 2007, BOE no. 207 year 2007 (PDF format, size 114 KB)

Law 27/2006, of July 18, which establishes the rights of access to information, public participation, and access to the judiciary for environment related issues (incorporates directives 2003/4/EC and 2003/35/EC).

• Law 27/2006, of July 19 de July de 2006, BOE no. 171 year 2006 (PDF format, size 418 KB)

Royal Decree 1792/1999, of November 26, 1999 which regulates the Higher Geographic Council, a consultative and planning body responsible for cartography. It has a collegiate nature and is part of the Ministry of Development.

• Royal Decree 1792/1999, of November 26, 1999, BOE no. 296 year 1999 (PDF format, size 26 KB)

Law 7/1986 of January 24, 1986, which regulates the production of official national cartographic material. Its articles establish the criteria and responsibilities of the State in terms of cartographic production.

• Law 7/1986, of January 24, 1986, BOE no. 25 year 1986 (PDF format, size 20 KB)
  

European Legislation

Inspire is a European Initiative which regulates Spatial Data Infrastructures within the European Union. The directive was finally approved on the 21st of November 2006 and its definitive text was published in all the official languages of the member states in the Official Journal in April de 2007.

• European Directive 20007/2/CE of the European Parliament and Council, Text in Spanish.( PDF format, size 112KB)