The Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE), Spanish for Official Bulletin of the State, is the official gazette

Gazette

A gazette is a public journal, a newspaper of record, or simply a newspaper.In English- and French-speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name Gazette since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspapers bear the name The Gazette.Gazette is a loanword from the...

 of the Government of Spain

Spain

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. It publishes the laws of the Cortes Generales

Cortes Generales

The Cortes Generales is the legislature of Spain. It is a bicameral parliament, composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate . The Cortes has power to enact any law and to amend the constitution...

 (the nation's legislature, comprising the Senate

Spanish Senate

The Senate of Spain is the upper house of Spain's parliament, the . It is made up of 264 members: 208 elected by popular vote, and 56 appointed by the regional legislatures. All senators serve four-year terms, though regional legislatures may recall their appointees at any time.The last election...

 and the Congress of Deputies) and the dispositions of the Autonomous Communities. Also, judicial rulings, royal decrees, and decrees of the Council of Ministers are published in it.

From 1600 to 1900 was called the Gaceta de Madrid.