SPANISH AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES AND COMPETENCES

The creation of the different Autonomous Communities in Spain took place through a complex procedure from 1979 until 1983. The Basque Country, Catalonia, Galicia and Andalusia were the first ones to adopt their own Statutes of Autonomy (Estatutos de Autonomía). The remaining regions also adopted their own Statutes so that today all the Autonomous Communities enjoy important autonomy and have legislative powers. In addition, Ceuta and Melilla, the two Spanish Autonomous Cities located in Northern Africa, also adopted their own Statutes in 1995.