One of the functions that Law 19/2013 on transparency, access to public information and good governance (LTAIBG) attributes to the Transparency Council is to develop uniform interpretation criteria to help clarify the obligations contained in this rule, both those related to active advertising and the management of the right of access to public information.
In this section the interpretative criteria adopted by the Council are available, several of them in collaboration with the Spanish Data Protection Agency.
In June 2026, the Council updated its criteria regarding the reasons for non-admission of requests for access to public information set out in Art. 18 of the LTAIBG (presidency resolution by which the criteria are adopted).
Grounds for refusal of requests for information: requests addressed to a body in whose possession the information is not held when the competent body is not known
Obligations of the state public sector to provide information on TPNs and remuneration
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Recommendation on agendas of public officials
Recommendation 1/2017 of the Council of Transparency and Good Governance on the publication of the agendas is addressed to members of the Government, secretaries of State and senior positions of the Administration.
The Transparency Act, adopted in 2013, does not expressly oblige public bodies to report on the agendas of those responsible. However, its character of public information is unquestionable.
