The Royal Decree 355/2004 of March 5th (BOE of 25th March 2004) -repealed by Royal Decree 95/2009, of 6th February– regulated the operation of the Central Registry.
The Royal Decree 513/2005 provides access to the autonomous regions, through points of coordination previosly designated for each of them, to the Central Registry, in order to ensure compliance with protection measures, either temporary or final, agreed by the courts in the area of jurisdiction. Subsequently, Royal Decree 660/2007 of 25th May, has allowed the access of Government delegations and sub-delegations to the necessary information to ensure the effective implementation of protection measures, either temporal or final.
This registry managed by the Ministry of Justice is a computerized database containing national penalties and security measures imposed on convictions for crimes or offences as well as protection measures and precautionary actions agreed in criminal proceedings on grounds of domestic violence.
It provides information to:
- Family and Criminal Courts
- The Public Prosecution
- Judicial Police
- Autonomous regions
- The Government delegations and subdelagations
In order to:
- Process the criminal and civil cases
- Take, modify, implement and monitor protection and assistance measures
The query of information can be made:
a. Through data reported by the defendant or the victim
b. Through data from the proceedings
