%0 Journal Article %T LA PROBLEM¨¢TICA DE DISTRIBUCI¨®N DE COMPETENCIAS EN MATERIA DE SALVAMENTO MAR¨ªTIMO EL CASO DEL DERECHO ESPA£¿OL: THE CASE OF SPANISH LAW %A JIM¨¦NEZ-VALDERRAMA %A FERNANDO A. %J D¨ªkaion Revista de Fundamentaci¨®n Jur¨ªdica %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the 1978 spanish constitution established a distribution of competences between the central government (executive) and spanish regions (comunidades aut¨®nomas). some of the competences remained exclusive to the central government (executive) and others are shared with the regions. marine salvage is a shared competence. the central government has the right to create statutes, and the regions can execute them. each region must create its own statute of autonomy in agreement with the central government. at national level, maritime salvage is regulated by the spanish state ports and merchant marine act of 1992. this statute created a salvage national service agency (sociedad de salvamento y seguridad mar¨ªtima - sasemar) which has been ratified by the spanish constitutional court as a valid rule. the canary islands autonomous community enacted several regional laws using its constitutional competences on maritime salvage. %K constitutional competences of regions (comunidades aut¨®nomas) %K distribution of competences in the spanish constitution %K maritime salvage %K maritime salvage regulation %K maritime salvage regulation in canary islands region. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-89422011000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en