Navarre is a region in northern Spain, constituting one of its autonomous communities - the "Foral Community of Navarre". It has a total population of 642.051 (INE, 2011), of which approximately one-third live in the capital, Pamplona.

a) Before a notary.

b) Before three witnesses (at least two of the witnesses must not be related to the executor via kinship closer than the second degree or linked to the executor as a result of shared estate).

c) Before a civil servant of the Advance Directive Registry.

• The Government of Navarre provides information about proceedings and how to fill in, a model for registration requests and a guidance model to assist with drawing up an advance directives document (available at http://www.navarra.es/home_es/Temas/Portal+de+la+Salud/Ciudadano/Atencion+sanitaria/Mis+derechos+y+deberes/Documento+de+Voluntades+Anticipadas.htm)
• The request must include the following documents:

1. The document that the individual wishes to register in the Advance Directives Registry of Navarre.

2. Certified copies of the national identification documents or passports of the executor and each of the witnesses (in case it has been done through this way).

3. In the event that the advance directives document has been executed before a notary, an authorised copy must also be included.

The advance directives document may be revoked, modified or substituted by the executor at any time.

In addition to the National Registry of Advance Directives, Navarre has created its own registry, a dependency of the Department for Health

This registry has established links with the National Registry of Advance Directives and other advance directives registries that allows the consultation of available documents in all autonomous communities.

Advance Directives in the Autonomous Region of Navarre are in keeping with legislation at national level (refer to the report on advance directives in Spain)

The Autonomous Region of Navarre has developed its own legislation with regards to advance directives. In 2010 Ley Foral 17/2010, November 8^th, de derechos y deberes de las personas en material de salud en la Comunidad Foral de Navarra was passed (Available at: http://www.lexnavarra.navarra.es/detalle.asp?r=9302)

Previously published, it is still valid all that doesn’t oppose to the most recent and mentioned law of the Decreto Foral 140/2003, June 16^th, that regulated first the Advance Directive Registry (http://www.lexnavarra.navarra.es/detalle.asp?r=3277)

• In order to be valid, the healthcare directives document must be executed via one of the following procedures:

        a) Before a notary.

        b) Before three witnesses: (at least two of the witnesses must not be related to the executor via kinship closer than the second degree or linked to the executor as a result of shared estate).

• The Government of Navarre provides a model for registration requests.

• The request must include the following documents:

        1. The document that the individual wishes to register in the Advance Directives Registry of Navarre.

        2.Certified copies of the national identification documents or passports of the executor and each of the witnesses.

In the event that the advance directives document has been executed before a notary, an authorised copy must also be included.

The Government of Navarre provides a model for registration requests and a guidance model to assist with drawing up an advance directives document.