SPAIN Law and Practice Contributed by: Gabriel Rodríguez-Ramos, RODRIGUEZ RAMOS ABOGADOS
groups in the Interest Groups Registry of the Administration of the Generalitat and its pub - lic sector, and establishing the conditions for their submission; Agreement GOV/82/2016, of June 21, approving the Code of Conduct for Senior Officials and Management Person - nel of the Administration of the Generalitat and its public sector entities, and other meas - ures regarding transparency, interest groups, and public ethics; and Decree 244/2021, of June 19, from the Department of the Presi - dency, modifying Decree 21/2021, of May 25, which establishes the creation, naming, and determination of the scope of competence of the departments of the Administration of the Generalitat of Catalunya. • Madrid – Law 10/2019, of April 10, on Trans - parency and Participation of the Community of Madrid. • Guipúzcoa – Foral Law 4/2019, of March 11, on Good Governance within the Framework of Foral Public Governance; and Foral Law 13/2022, of September 13, which creates and regulates the Interest Groups Registry of the Foral Council of Gipuzkoa and its public sector. • Navarra – Foral Law 5/2018, of May 17, on Transparency, Access to Public Informa - tion, and Good Governance; and Foral Law 7/2018, of May 17, on the Creation of the Office of Good Practices and Anti-Corruption of the Foral Community of Navarra. • Valencia – the Valencian Community; Resolu - tion of 11 February 2022, from the Depart - ment of Participation, Transparency, Co- operation, and Democratic Quality, creating electronic seals for automated administrative actions of the Interest Groups Registry of the Generalitat; Resolution of 11 February 2022, from the Department of Participation, Trans - parency, Co-operation, and Democratic Qual - ity, declaring the availability of the software
application supporting the Interest Groups Registry of the Generalitat, for implementation in accordance with the provisions of Decree 172/2021, of October 15, from the Consell, which develops Law 25/2018, of December 10, regulating the activity of interest groups in the Valencian Community; and this same Decree 172/2021, of October 15, from the Consell.
3. Scope of Application 3.1 Limitation Period
General limitation periods for crimes are stabi - lised at the Spanish Criminal Code (Articles 131 and 132 CC): • 20 years, if the penalty exceeds 15 years of imprisonment; • 15 years if the penalty: (a) exceeds ten but not 15 years of imprison - ment; or (b) exceeds ten years of disqualification; • ten years, if the penalty exceeds five but not ten years of imprisonment or disqualification; and • five years, in other cases. The following crimes have certain time limits to be prosecuted: • improper influence over public officials and authorities: (a) by other public officials or authorities (Article 428 CC) – two years of imprison - ment and nine years of disqualification, with a limitation period of ten years; and (b) by a non-public person (Article 429 CC) – two years of imprisonment, with a limita - tion period of five years; • bribery of public officials and authorities:
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