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Spain: New legislation on official secrets

01 March 1997

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The government is shortly to present to parliament a draft bill on official secrets, which would establish a Commission on State Secrets charged with confirming or revoking decisions of the cabinet to refuse secret documents requested by a court. The Commission is to consist of the president of the Supreme Court and two other Supreme Court justices. The draft does away with the administrative penalties provided for in the previous draft bill, withdrawn by the government itself as a result of widespread opposition. The earlier draft envisaged fines of up to Ptas 100 million for media organisations which published official secrets.

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