The Parliament of Andalusia (Parlamento de Andalucía) was established on 21 June 1982.
Number of Members of Parliament
109
Length of the parliamentary mandate
Four years.
Mode of selection of the Members of Parliament
Direct election. For further information, see Article 101 of the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia, available here (ES).
Population included in the constituency of the regional parliament
8.437.681 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2012).
- Competences (legislative and non-legislative), legal bases and policy areas where the regional parliament is active
- List of committees/sub-committees or working groups in the regional parliament
- Committees in charge of scrutinising subsidiarity
- Staff in charge of subsidiarity scrutiny
- Subsidiarity check
- Cooperation/coordination at the regional level
- Cooperation/coordination at the central level
- Cooperation/coordination at the cross-regional level
- Cooperation/coordination at the EU level
Competences (legislative and non-legislative), legal bases and policy areas where the regional parliament is active
Legislative:
Articles 148-150 of the Spanish Constitution (available here (EN)) divide legislative competences between the State and the Autonomous Communities. Title II of the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia (see link above) spells out the competences of Andalusia. These competences include inter alia: agriculture; fisheries and environment; energy, mines and water policy; education; research, development and technological innovation; health, sanitation and pharmacy; housing, urban planning, territory planning and public works; economic affairs; culture; tourism; sport. Moreover, the Parliament is responsible for approving the budget of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia and may impose taxes. For further information, see here (ES).
Non-legislative:
According to the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia, the main non-legislative competences of the Parliament of Andalusia concern the following: the control of the Council of Government; the election of the President of the Junta de Andalucía (President of the Executive); the appointment of the senators representing the Autonomous Community at the National Senate.
List of committees/sub-committees or working groups in the regional parliament
The Legislative Standing Committees of the parliament include inter alia the following:
- Committee on Presidency and Equality;
- Committee on Local Government and Institutional Relations;
- Committee on Justice and Home Affairs;
- Committee on Education;
- Committee on Economy, Innovation, Science and Employment;
- Committee on Finance and Public Administration;
- Committee on Development and Housing;
- Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment;
- Committee on Health and Social Welfare;
- Committee for Tourism and Trade;
- Committee on Culture and Sport.
There are also Non-legislative Standing Committees, including a Committee on European Affairs.
For further information, see here (ES).
Committees in charge of scrutinising subsidiarity
The Committee on European Affairs.
Staff in charge of subsidiarity scrutiny
There are approx. four people dealing with subsidiarity monitoring.
Subsidiarity check
Nature (selective/systematic): Systematic.
Procedure:: On 5 May 2010, the Bureau of the Parliament and the Board of Spokesmen approved Resolution 8-10/ACME-000010 concerning the procedure for the control of the subsidiarity principle in draft legislation of the European Union. As soon as the parliament receives the EU draft legislative act, it is submitted to the Parliamentary Groups and the Committee on European Affairs. It is also forwarded to the Governing Council, which may express its opinion on the document within ten calendar days if so desired. The President immediately informs the Bureau of referrals made. Parliamentary groups can propose a reasoned opinion to the Bureau of the Committee on European Affairs within fourteen calendar days. The Bureau of the Committee on European Affairs consults the spokespersons of the parliamentary groups in the Committee. Approval of the opinion occurs within four weeks. The Parliament notifies the Joint Committee for European Affairs of the Spanish Parliament of the Committee’s opinion.
Cooperation/coordination at the regional level
When the Regional Parliament receives EU draft legislative acts, these are forwarded to the Council of Government, which may express its opinion in ten days if so desired. The legal basis for this procedure is found in Resolution 8-10/ACME-000010.
Cooperation/coordination at the central level
EU draft legislation is forwarded by the Spanish Parliament (Cortes Generales) to all Spanish regional parliaments. In turn, the latter may transfer resolutions on the infringement of the subsidiarity principle to the Spanish Parliament within four weeks. The legal basis is found in Act 8/1994 of 19 May 1994, as amended by Act 24/2009 of 22 December 2009, regulating the Joint Committee for European Affairs and bringing it in line with the Lisbon Treaty.
Cooperation/coordination at the cross-regional level
There is some cooperation through the Conference of Presidents of the Autonomous Parliaments of Spain (COPREPA), which provides a forum for the presidents of the regional assemblies to share experiences. In order to facilitate the subsidiarity monitoring by regional parliaments and the cross-regional cooperation in this field, the Parliaments of Aragon and Navarre have published a guide for drafting opinions in the context of the early warning system (Guía para la elaboración de los dictámenes autonómicos en el sistema de alerta temprana, available at
here (ES)). This guide was presented and discussed at the March 2011 meeting of COPREPA.
Cooperation/coordination at the EU level
Participates in CALRE (Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies).
