In accordance with the provisions of Article 25 of Decree 398/2006, of October 24th, approving the Regulation for the development of the Law 16/2005, of December 27th, of the geographic information and the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, the Cartographic Coordination Commission of Catalonia (C4) works in Plenary or in technical commissions because of the themes. The  Plenary determines the creation of technical commissions, which will be formed by members of the C4 and, where applicable, by external people with recognized competence in the matters to be tackled. The C4 will be able to charge the technical commissions with the achievement of goals in relation with the matters within its scope.

In this legal framework, the C4, in its meeting nº 2 held on 30th November 2006, approved the creation of the Technical Commission for drafting the Cartographic Plan of Catalonia, with the following functions:

• establishing conversations and making consultations to all relevant stakeholders in the field of generation and management of geographic information in Catalonia;
• drafting a proposal of Cartographic Plan of Catalonia;