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Constitution

Constitution of 1978.

 

Legislation

Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Regimen Local (BOE-A-1985-5392) (Law regulating the basis of the local government system).

Ley Orgánica 9/1992, de 23 de diciembre, de transferencia de competencias a Comunidades Autónomas que accedieron a la autonomía por la vía del artículo 143 (BOE 24.12.1992) (Organic Law on the transfer of competences to the Autonomous Communities which became autonomous pursuant to Article 143).

 

Websites

Assembly of European Regions

 Conference for matters related to the European Union

Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies

Conferences of European Regions with Legislative Power

Congress of local and regional authorities of the Council of Europe

 Council of European Municipalities and Regions

 Fiscalidad Autonómica y Local (Autonomous and Local Taxation)

Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Function

Procesos de reforma de los Estatutos de Autonomia (Processes of reform of the Statutes of Autonomy)

United Cities and Local Governments

 

Publications

A collective work of Dexia Credit Local Research Department, Sub-national governments in the European Union – Organisation, responsibilities and finance, Dexia Ed., la Defense, 2008, pp. 592-602.

Canarias, Ceuta and Melilla have a special taxation system given their particularities (Organic Law foreseen in Art. 157.3 of the Spanish Constitution).

Committee of the Regions, The Role of Regional Parliaments in the Process of Subsidiarity Analysis within the Early Warning System of the Lisbon Treaty, Committee of the Regions, drafted by EIPA (authors: Vara Arribas, G., Bourdin, D.), 2011.

Council of European Municipalities and Regions, Study on ´Consultation procedures within European States´, 2007, pp 203-208.

Hooghe, L., Marks, G., H. Schakel, A., The Rise of Regional Authority: A Comparative Study of 42 Democracies, Routledge, London, 2010.

Simon, P. and Llaneras, K. (2012), “Comparando la descentralizacion en Espana y otros paises", Politikon. Available: https://politikon.es/2012/04/18/comparando-la-descentralizacion-en-espana-y-otros-paises/

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