Constitutional Court (Ley Orgánica del Tribunal Constitucional - LOTC) Determination of the persons and organs legitimated before the Constitutional Court (Article 162.2) Ley Orgánica 2/1979 (3 October 1979), on the Constitutional Court (LOTC) Functioning of the Constitutional Court, the statute of its members, the procedure before the same, and the conditions for the exercise of its actions (Article 165) Ley Orgánica 2/1979 (3 October 1979), on the Constitutional Court (LOTC) Organic Law 1/2004 (28 December 2004) on Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender Violence Adapting the Spanish domestic law on the General Data Protection Regulation Ley Orgánica 3/2018 (05 December 2018) on Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights Approval The Constitution, in Article 81.2, says: "The approval, modification or derogation of organic laws requires an absolute majority of the Congress, in a final vote over the entire project." That is to say, an organic law is presented as a project (by the government) or as a proposition of law (by the Cortes Generales) and must follow the same parliamentary procedures as an ordinary law. As the Constitution indicates, the principal difference in the process is that the Congress of Deputies must make a final vote, at the end of the entire process, where the law must obtain an absolute majority to be approved; for ordinary laws, this final vote is not required. Article 87 of the Constitution establishes who may take legislative initiative to put a project or proposal of law (whether organic or ordinary) before the Cortes. Article 87.3 says, "An organic law will regulate the forms of exercise and requisites for a popular initiative for the presentation of propositions of law. In all cases, no fewer that 500,000 accredited signatures will be required. There shall be no such initiative in matters proper to organic law, treaties or laws of international character, nor in relation to the prerogative of mercy." Therefore, the government, the Congress, the Senate and the legislative assemblies of the autonomous communities can initiate the legislative processes that lead to the approval of an organic law (Articles 87.1 and 87.2); in contrast, popular initiatives are not permitted in this area. Organic law as a source of law In its more than 25 years existence, the Constitutional Court of Spain has made a particularly restrictive interpretation of the matters susceptible to regulation by organic law. The relation of organic law with ordinary law is not