The Statute of Autonomy of

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is the basic institutional norm of the

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of Cantabria in

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. It determines the fields, bodies and institutions of self-government of the Cantabrian community. Legally it is the

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8/1981 of 30 December 1981, passed on 15 December the same year in the

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and published on the BOE on 11 January 1982. Later it has been modified to extend responsibilities and to define provisional articles.

External links

Statute of Autonomy of Cantabria
the basic institutional instrument regulating Cantabria.

Bibliography

*''Guía oficial del Parlamento de Cantabria. VI Legislatura''. Santander 2004. Parlamento de Cantabria. 1981 in Cantabria Government of Cantabria

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