The Government of Spain and Navarre have sealed today, in Madrid, the agreement for the transfer of full traffic competition to the Foral Community. The agreement will soon be submitted to the Council of Ministers for subsequent publication in the Official State Gazette.
Under this agreement, Navarre will be able to assume the tasks of surveillance and control of roads, as well as the management of fines. The transfer was reached at a meeting of the Transfer Board, chaired by the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, and by the first vice-president and Minister of Presidency and Equality of Navarre, Félix Taberna.
Both have valued positively the collaborative environment maintained by the state and foral administrations and the willingness to continue working in a climate of cooperation that allows the greatest number of agreements to be reached.
Torres has pointed out that, with this agreement, it responds to “a historical demand.” “We will continue to walk in the rest of the competences, because we believe in self-government and the State of the autonomies,” he said. The minister considers that it is essential to “work to improve the services provided to citizens in all territories, respecting their singularities, peculiarities, cultural heritage and traditions”.
For his part, Félix Taberna, who has valued the strengthening of the “self-government” of his community, has highlighted “that this year 2025 is precisely 40 years since the first transfers to Navarre such as Health, Protection of Minors, Tourism, Trade, Environment and Industry, Energy and Mines”.
The Secretary of State for Territorial Policy, Arcadi Spain; Rafael Briet, General Director of Regional and Local Cooperation; and Miryam Álvarez, General Secretary for Territorial Coordination, also participated in the meeting. On the part of the Navarre representation, the second vice-president of the Regional Government and Councillor for Memory and Coexistence, External Action and the Basque Country, Ana Ollo (via telemática), the director of the Legal Advisory Service, Idoya Tajamento, and the representatives of the political groups represented in the Navarre parliament have attended.
The agreement states that the deployment of Foral Police officers to monitor and control traffic will take place gradually, within a maximum period of three years.