This comes after the Spanish Council of Ministers adopted a "Royal Decree-Law", the content of which is in line with the Code, in order to incorporate the Code into Spanish legislation.

However, in accordance with relevant Government procedures brought to the attention of WADA by the Spanish NADO, the "decree-law" still has to be formally ratified by the Spanish Parliament within one month from the date of its adoption.

If it is not, the Spanish NADO will automatically revert to being non-compliant.

"As stipulated in Article 23.5.5 of the Code, WADA will now report the removal of the Spanish NADO from the list of non-compliant Signatories to the Sports Movement and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),” WADA said in a statement.

Spain was included on a compliance watch list in March 2016 because its anti-doping laws, approved in 2013, did not take into account changes in the WADA Code which came into force on January 1, 2015.

They vowed to make the necessary changes "as soon as possible" following general elections which took place in December 2015.

But after no single party came close to obtaining a majority, it proved impossible to negotiate a coalition.

At that point, Spain remained without a permanent Government and Parliament.

The lack of a functioning legislative branch meant they were unable to make changes to their doping procedures.

The issues in Spain were effectively resolved after the Spanish Socialist party (PSOE) chose to abstain from a second investiture vote last November, leading to Mariano Rajoy, leader of the conservative People’s party, being re-appointed as Prime Minister.

Last month, it was revealed that there had not been any WADA-sanctioned drug testing on players in La Liga since the Spanish NADO was declared non-compliant. 

The Spanish Agency for Health Protection in Sport (AEPSAD) claimed there had been 57 tests conducted this season from 457 matches in the top two divisions.

The revelation on the lack of drug-testing sparked concern around the current anti-doping methods in the league, which attracts some of the world’s best players, such as Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

It was described as "alarming" by WADA.

Brazil and Russia remain non-compliant signatories with WADA saying it continues to work with their respective NADOs "to address their outstanding issues".

The South American nation were declared non-compliant last November, while Russia were the subject of the same fate a year earlier after the WADA Independent Commission published allegations of systemic doping within Russian athletics.

Azerbaijan and Indonesia regained compliance with the WADA Code last month following a vote of the organisation's Foundation Board.

Spanish Olympic Committee President Alejandro Blanco was one of the leading critics of WADA and its President Sir Craig Reedie at the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly in Doha in November. 

Blanco’s comments came amid a scathing attack from various officials present at the meeting.