Spanish Diplomatic and Parliamentary Practice in Public International Law, 1997

This Section was prepared by Dr. C. Jimenez Piernas, Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Alcala, and Dr. J. Ferrer Lloret, Lecturer in Public International Law, Dr. M. A. Almeida Nascimento, Dr. V. Carreno Gualde and C. Anton Guardiola, Assistant Lecturers in Public International Law at the University of Alicante. Except when otherwise indicated, the texts quoted in this section come from the OID, and more specifically from the OID publication Pol. Ext. 1995 and 1996 (http://www.mae.es/mae/textos/oid/atdpe/atpd.htm), and from the Inter- national Legal Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose collaboration we appreciate. The following is a list of abbreviations related to the documentation of the Spanish Parliament used in the preparation of this Section (http://www.con- greso.es, and www.senado.es).

BOCG-Cortes Generales. - Boletin Oficial de las Cortes Generales. Cortes Generales. Serie A, Actividades Parlamentarias (Official Journal of the Spanish Parliament. Spanish Parliament. Series A, Parliamentary Activities). BOCG-Congreso.D* - Boletin Oficial de las Cortes Generales. Secci6n Congreso de los Diputados. Serie D, Actos de control (Official Journal of the Spanish Parliament. Congress of Deputies. Series D, Acts of Control). BOCG-Congreso.E** - Boletin Oficial de las Cortes Generales. Secci6n Congreso de los Diputados. Serie E, Otros Actos (Official Journal of the Spanish Parliament. Congress of Deputies. Series E, Other Acts).

* BOCG-Congreso.D: With effect from 1-2-97, Series D, Acts of Control and Series E, Other Acts are unified. ** BOCG-Congreso.E: No longer published with effect from 31-1-97.

1m BOCG-Senado.l - Boletin Oficial de las Cortes Generales. Secci6n Senado. Serie I, Boletin General (Official Journal of the Spanish Parliament. Senate. Series I, General Journal). DSCG-Comisiones Mixtas - Diario de Sesiones de las Cortes Generales, Comisiones Mixtas (Official Record of the Spanish Parliament. Joint Committee Meetings). DSC-C - Diario de Sesiones del Congreso. Comisiones (Official Record of the Congress of Deputies. Committee Meetings). DSC-P - Diario de Sesiones del Congreso. Pleno y Diputacion Permanente (Official Record of the Congress of Deputies. Plenary Sessions and Standing Committee). DSS-C - Diario de Sesiones del Senado. Comisiones (Official Record of the Senate. Committee Meetings). DSS-P - Diario de Sesiones del Senado. Pleno (Official Record of the Senate. Plenary Sessions).