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Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya

On January 30th 2014, it was published the Law 2/2014, of creation of the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC), merging the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC) and the Institut Geològic de Catalunya (IGC), which were active since 1982. Their duties are related to the competences of geodesy and cartography and about the spatial data infrastructure of Catalonia, and also the competences of promoting and carrying out the actions related to the awareness, survey and information about the soil and subsoil, as regulated by the Law 16/2005, of December 27th, on geographic information and the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, and by the Law 19/2005, of December 27th, on the Institut Geològic de Catalunya.