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Constitució Espanyola :1. The public authorities ensure social, economic and legal protection of the family.


 * 2. The public authorities likewise ensure full protection of children, who are equal before the law, regardless of their parentage, and of mothers, whatever their marital status. The law shall provide for the possibility of the investigation of paternity.


 * 3. Parents must provide their children, whether born within or outside wedlock, with assistance of every kind while they are still under age and in other circumstances in which the law so establishes.


 * 4. Children shall enjoy the protection provided for in the international agreements safeguarding their rights.

Section 40


 * 1. The public authorities shall promote favourable conditions for social and economic progress and for a more equitable distribution of regional and personal income within the framework of a policy of economic stability. They shall in particular carry out a policy aimed at full employment.


 * 2. Likewise, the public authorities shall promote a policy guaranteeing professional training and retraining; they shall ensure labour safety and hygiene and shall provide for the need of rest by limiting the duration of working day, by periodic paid holidays, and by promoting suitable centres.

Section 41


 * The public authorities shall maintain a public Social Security system for all citizens guaranteeing adequate social assistance and benefits in situations of hardship, especially in case of unemployment. Supplementary assistance and benefits shall be optional.

Section 42


 * The State shall be especially concerned with safeguarding the economic and social rights of Spanish workers abroad, and shall direct its policy towards their return.

Section 43


 * 1. The right to health protection is recognized... [sic]


 * 2. It is incumbent upon the public authorities to organize and watch over public health by means of preventive measures and the necessary benefits and services. The law shall establish the rights and duties of all in this respect.


 * 3. The public authorities shall foster health education, physical education and sports. Likewise, they shall encourage the proper use of leisure time.

Section 44


 * 1. The public authorities shall promote and watch over access to culture, to which all are entitled.


 * 2. The public authorities shall promote science and scientific and technical research for the benefit of the general interest.

Section 45


 * 1. Everyone has the right to enjoy an environment suitable for the development of the person, as well as the duty to preserve it.


 * 2. The public authorities shall watch over a rational use of all natural resources with a view to protecting and improving the quality of life and preserving and restoring the environment, by relying on an indispensable collective solidarity.


 * 3. For those who break the provisions contained in the foregoing paragraph, criminal or, where applicable, administrative sanctions shall be imposed, under the terms established by the law, and they shall be obliged to repair the damage caused.

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