The Royal Decree 977/2015, of 26 October, of dissolution of the Congress of Deputies and of the Senate and of the convocation of elections, establishes in its article 2 the convocation of the aforementioned elections for its celebration the next day 20 December 2015.

The Organic Law 5/1985 of 19 June of the General Electoral Regime, in its Title II, of the special provisions for the elections of Deputies and Senators, regulates the amounts of the grants to the expenses Article 175, paragraph 4 of which states that "by Order of the Ministry of Economy and Finance the updated amounts shall be fixed within five days of the call".

The rating of the Minister of Economy and Finance, contained in Article 175, is currently to be understood as the Minister of Finance and Public Administrations, in accordance with Royal Decree 1823/2011 of 21 December 2011, on the restructuring of the ministerial departments.

For its part, the Organic Law 2/2012, of 27 April, of budgetary stability and financial sustainability, makes the actions of the public authorities dependent on public expenditure or revenues present or future in form strict compliance with the requirements of the principles of budgetary stability and financial sustainability.

In budgetary matters, therefore, the priority objective is the fulfilment of the objective of stability, enshrined in Article 135 of the Spanish Constitution.

On the other hand, the recovery and improvement of the competitiveness of the Spanish economy requires a policy that helps to maintain moderate inflation levels. This is why the Law 2/2015, of 30 March, of de-indexation of the Spanish economy, whose main objective is to establish a new non-indexer discipline in the field of public procurement, in regulated prices and in the general, in all revenue and expenditure items in public budgets.

In its virtue, Article 1 of that Law provides that it is the object of the law to establish a regime based on the fact that the monetary values are not modified by virtue of price indices or formulas that contain. Furthermore, according to Article 3, the provisions of this Law will apply to revisions of any monetary value in which the public sector is involved. On the basis of the above, it is appropriate not to update the amounts to subsidise the expenditure incurred by the electoral activities for the general elections of 20 December 2015 in respect of those covered by Article 175 of the Organic Law. 5/1985, of 19 June, of General Electoral Regime, in writing given to it by the Organic Law 2/2011, of January 28, for which the aforementioned Organic Law 5/1985 is amended, and by the fourth final provision of the Organic Law 3/2015, of March 30, control of the economic-financial activity of the Political Parties.

In its virtue, I have:

Article 1. Amount of the grants.

According to Article 175.1 of the Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 June, in writing given to it by the Organic Law 2/2011, of January 28, the amounts fixed to subsidise the expenses incurred by the activities elections for the general elections to the Congress and the Senate of 20 December 2015, will be as follows:

a) Subsidy of 21,167.64 euros for each seat obtained in the Congress of Deputies or in the Senate.

b) Grant of 0.81 euros for each of the votes obtained for each candidacy to the Congress, one of whose members, at least, would have obtained a seat of Deputy.

c) EUR 0.32 subsidy for each of the votes obtained by each candidate who would have obtained Senator's seat.

Article 2. Limit of election expenses.

According to article 175.2 of the Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 June, in writing given to it by the Organic Law 2/2011, of January 28, the limit of the electoral expenses for the elections to the General Courts or any of its Chambers, it shall be the one that results from multiplying by 0.37 euros the number of inhabitants corresponding to the populations of right of the constituencies where present their candidacies each party, federation, coalition or grouping.

Article 3. Grant for direct shipping costs.

In addition to the provisions of the previous articles, as set out in Article 175.3 of the Organic Law 5/1985 of 19 June, of General Electoral Regime, in writing given to it by the final provision Fourth of the Organic Law 3/2015, of March 30, the State will subsidize the parties, federations, coalitions or groupings, of the electoral expenses originated by the direct and personal sending to the voters of envelopes and ballot papers or propaganda and election advertising, according to the following rules:

(a) EUR 0,18 per voter shall be paid in each of the constituencies in which it has submitted a list to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate, provided that the reference application has obtained the number of Members or Senators or votes needed to constitute a Parliamentary Group in one chamber or another.

Obtaining a Parliamentary Group in both Houses will not entitle you to receive the grant more than once.

(b) The amount subsidised shall not be included within the limit provided for in Article 2, provided that the actual performance of the activity referred to in this Article has been justified.

Single end disposition. Entry into force.

This Order shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette of the State.

Madrid, 30 October 2015.-The Minister of Finance and Public Administration, Cristobal Montoro Romero.