The Metropolitan Transport Consortium of the Seville Area is a public law entity of associative character, endowed with legal personality independent of its members, its own patrimony, autonomous administration, and as broad a legal capacity in public and private law as required to achieve its objectives.
Currently, the associated Administrations are the Junta de Andalucía, the City of Seville, the Provincial Council of Seville, and the City Councils of Albaida del Aljarafe, Alcalá de Guadaira, Alcalá del Río, Almensilla, Aznalcóllar, Aznalcázar, Benacazón, Bollullos de la Mitación, Bormujos, Brenes, Camas, Carmona, Carrión de los Céspedes, Castilleja del Campo, Castilleja de Guzmán, Castilleja de la Cuesta, Coria del Río, Dos Hermanas, El Viso del Alcor, Espartinas, Gelves, Gerena, Gines, Guillena, Huévar del Aljarafe, Isla Mayor, La Algaba, La Puebla del Río, La Rinconada, Los Palacios y Villafranca, Mairena del Alcor, Mairena del Aljarafe, Olivares, Palomares del Río, Pilas, Salteras, San Juan de Aznalfarache, Sanlúcar la Mayor, Santiponce, Tomares, Umbrete, Valencina de la Concepción, Villamanrique de la Condesa, and Villanueva del Ariscal.
The establishment of the Metropolitan Transport Consortium of the Seville Area has entailed the launch of a complex administrative process that formally began in 1999, and its most important milestones have been:
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 21/02/2000 | Signing of the intent document to establish the Consortium. |
| 05/06/2000 | Initial approval of the Establishment Agreement and the Statutes by the municipal plenaries and opening of the public information period. |
| 09/02/2001 | Definitive approval by the municipal plenaries. |
| 30/03/2001 | Signing of the Consortium Establishment Agreement and approval of the Statutes. |
| 12/07/2001 | Resolution of the General Directorate of Local Administration providing for the registration, recording, and publication in BOJA of the Consortium statutes. |
| 21/07/2001 | Publication in BOJA of the Statutes. |
| 29/08/2006 | Resolution of the General Directorate of Local Administration, which agrees to the publication of the Statutes adapted to Law 2/2003, of May 12, on the Organization of Urban and Metropolitan Passenger Transport in Andalusia. |
| 08/09/2006 | Publication in BOJA of the Statutes adapted to Law 2/2003, of May 12, on the Organization of Urban and Metropolitan Passenger Transport in Andalusia. |
| 19/09/2007 | Agreement of the Board of Directors approving the full right incorporation of 16 new municipalities. |
| 18/06/2010 | Agreement of the Board of Directors ratifying the approval of the full right of 7 new municipalities. |
| 30/07/2019 | Approval by the Council of Government of the Junta de Andalucía, of the adaptation of the statutes of the Metropolitan Transport Consortium of the Sevilla Area determining its assignment to the Regional Administration. |
| 05/08/2019 | Publication in BOJA of the adapted statutes. |
The Metropolitan Transport Consortium of the Seville Area aims to articulate economic, technical, and administrative cooperation among the associated administrations, in order to jointly and coordinatedly exercise their competencies in the creation and management of transport infrastructure and services, within the territorial scope of the consortium's municipalities.