At the Annual General Assembly of the members of CETOP's Catalonia area, celebrated in October 24th of 1987, they agreed unanimously to apply the second transitional provision of Law 13/1982 of the Generalitat de Catalunya, of 17 December, and initiate the legal proceedings to constitute the CETOP of Catalonia, constitution which was approved by Decree 14/1991, of January 22, of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC number 1409 of 20/02/1991).
The CETOP's regulation was governed by its Bylaws, adjusted to the autonomic Law 7/2006, of May 31 of the year of certified professions and professional associations (DOGC. 4651 of 06/09/06), which were approved at Assembly Extraordinary by March 3, 2009. These Bylaws modify others previously approved.
The territorial area of the CETOP encompasses all of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia