The Permanent Committee, in its meeting of 03-03-2021, passed the Regulations on compensation for service relating to travel and expenses for reasons of protocol or representation, charged to the budget of the General Council of the Judiciary, and which have their origin in the regulations of the Update of the Control of Management and Transparency Regime of the General Council of the Judiciary passed by agreement at the Plenary Session of 28 June 2012.

The regulations passed by the Permanent Committee govern the system of expenditure control in relation to ceremonial activity in the following terms:

Ceremonial or representative expenditure relating to senior officials

Expenditure produced as a consequence of the ceremonial and representative acts that Senior Council Officials are required to undertake when performing their functions, both in national and foreign territory, where this expenditure are of benefit or use to the Judicial Administration and where specific credits do not exist under other items.

Senior Council Officials must describe the object of the expenditure that is justified and a reference to the position or profession of the individual or individuals that produce it (member or senior official from government, parliament, legal authority, local authority, constitutional body or similar). This has the purpose of determining that the expenditure was effectively carried out for ceremonial or representative purposes and that it is adjusted to the activities of this Body.

When ceremonial or representative expenditure takes place during one of the trips referred to in the previous section, it will be settled together with expenditure related to travel, accommodation and maintenance that, where relevant, has originated (Level of execution ceremonial and representative expenditure of senior officials)

Expenditure for opening of the judicial year in the Supreme Court, Higher Courts of Justice (17) and Provincial Courts (50)

Independently of the expenditure associated with Senior Officials of the CGPJ, this Institution provides annual funds in its budget that may be necessary for the opening of the Judicial Year in the Supreme Court, the High Courts of Justice and in the Provincial Courts, and for other representation expenditure.

This ceremonial expenditure is regulated on a yearly basis via the approval of a number of regulations by the Plenary, currently by the Permanent Committee.

The regulations in force were approved by the Permanent Committee of 24-01-2024. 

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2014.

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2015.

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2016.

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2017.

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2018.

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2019.

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2020.

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2021.

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2022.

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2023

Level of execution of ceremonial and representative expenditure of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Justice during 2024 (1T)