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Royal Decree 272/2024 · State Foundation for Occupational Risk Prevention

In force; institutional OSH regulation

Official Spanish title: Real Decreto 272/2024, de 19 de marzo, por el que se aprueban los Estatutos de la Fundación Estatal para la Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, F.S.P.

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  1. What it regulates
  2. Who it applies to
  3. Key provisions
  4. History and versions
  5. Transitional provisions and application notes
  6. Official BOE legal relationships
  7. Official sources
  8. Explore the concepts in Sabentis Explore

What it regulates

It approves the statutes of the state foundation promoting prevention, regulating its actions, recipients, planning and governance.

Who it applies to

Spain: the decree’s sole article and Statute Articles 1 and 6–12, focusing on preventive purpose, actions, recipients and governance. General property and procurement rules are not developed.

Key provisions

The Foundation is a nonprofit state public-sector entity whose assets serve the improvement of occupational safety and health conditions.

Article 1

Its actions cover information, technical assistance, training and promotion of compliance with prevention law, within the functions assigned by the LPRL.

Article 7

The action plan sets objectives and priorities, taking account of prevention criteria and programmes and the guidance of the National Occupational Safety and Health Commission.

Article 8

Workers and businesses, especially small businesses, receive actions that must always be free. Beneficiary organisations are identified through the reference to the LPRL.

Article 10

The Board of Trustees governs, represents and administers the Foundation. Approval of plans and resource allocation follows the statutory rules.

Article 12

History and versions

BOE publication: 20/03/2024 · Initial entry into force: 21/03/2024

BOE-A-2024-5479

Published on 20 March 2024 and effective from 21 March. No later textual amendments appear in the consulted record; the transitional rule for earlier grant calls is retained.

Statutes approved by the sole article; commencement on 21 March 2024 and transitional treatment of earlier grants.

Publication: 20/03/2024 · Effective date: 21/03/2024

BOE-A-2024-5479
Text versions of the selected OSH provisions

The table includes only versions that introduce or amend the selected OSH subsections. Full article versions changing only other subjects remain in the official sources but are not shown as preventive reforms.

Functions and provisions connected to occupational safety and health are selected; other subjects remain available in the official sources.

PublicationEffective dateOfficial referenceAffected provisions
20/03/202421/03/2024BOE-A-2024-5479Article sole, Transitional provision sole, Final provision sole, Article 1, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8, Article 9, Article 10, Article 12

Transitional provisions and application notes

  • Grants called before the decree took effect are managed under the statutes in force when the call was issued.

    Transitional provision sole
  • The statutes do not replace grant rules or individual calls. Receiving an action is not the same as being a grant beneficiary.

    Article 9
  • Foundation information and assistance complement workplace prevention. They neither transfer employer responsibility nor automatically qualify an organisation as a prevention service.

    Article 7

Official BOE legal relationships

This record covers the history of the selected occupational safety and health provisions. The official analysis also provides the relationships affecting other subjects in the legislation.

Official BOE legal relationships

Official sources

Official sources checked on 14/11/2026. Updating a database record does not by itself mean that the legislation has been amended.

  1. BOE-A-2024-5479
  2. BOE-A-2024-5479
  3. ELI identifier

Official sources checked on 14 November 2026. The original publication and subsequent provisions determine the legal scope; consolidation, where available, is informative. The editorial history focuses on OSH-relevant relationships and does not replace the sources.

Sabentis editorial translation; it is not an official translation and does not replace the official text.

Editorial information

Publication date: 14 November 2026.

Editorial responsibility: Sabentis editorial team.

Editorial review by Pablo RodríguezLinkedIn

Executive Vice President of the International ORP Foundation and Chief Financial Officer of Sabentis.

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