The Royal Decree 424/2011 of 28 March, which calls for local elections and the Conassemblies of Ceuta and Melilla, establishes in its article first the convocation of the aforementioned elections for its celebration on the next day 22 May 2011.

On the other hand, the Organic Law 5/1985 of 19 June of the General Electoral Regime, in its Title III, of the special provisions for municipal elections, regulates the amounts of the subsidies to the expenses Article 193, paragraph 4 of which states that ' the amounts referred to in the preceding paragraphs relate to constant euro. By Order of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the updated amounts are fixed within five days of the call. "

The concreteness of the grants for electoral expenses, when expressed in constant euros, requires the application of the rates of deflation that are determined by the index of consumer prices applicable in each case.

In its virtue, I have:

Article 1. Update criteria.

The updating of the amounts fixed to subsidise the expenses incurred by the electoral activities, regulated in Article 193 of the Organic Law 5/1985, of 19 June, of the General Electoral Regime, in the given wording For the purposes of the Organic Law 2/2011 of 28 January, it shall be carried out by means of the application to the quantities referred to in that Article of the corrective deflationary coefficient of the IPC, with the following specialties:

(a) In accordance with the provisions of the transitional provision of Organic Law 5/1985, of the General Electoral Regime, the grants provided for in Article 193.1 (a) and (b) and (3) (a) of the said Organic Law, update on 31 December 2010 and shall be deemed to be frozen during 2011.

b) By contrast, in accordance with the provisions of the first transitional provision of the Organic Law 2/2011 of 28 January, amending the Organic Law 5/1985, of the General Electoral Regime, the limits of the expenditure As referred to in Article 193.2 of the Organic Law 5/1985, of the General Electoral Regime, they will record a reduction of 15 percent on the updated figure. For the purposes of the update during the financial year 2011 of the above limits, the price stability objective of the European Central Bank has been considered as an approximate inflation index.

Article 2. Amount of grants.

The quantities referred to in the previous Article shall be as follows:

a) Grant of 276.86 euros for each elected councillor.

b) Grant of 0.55 euros for each of the votes obtained for each candidacy, one of whose members, at least, would have been proclaimed Councilmember.

Article 3. Limit of electoral expenses.

For the municipal elections, the limit of the electoral expenses will be that of multiplying by 0.10 euros the number of inhabitants corresponding to the population of the right of the constituencies where they present their candidates for each party, federation, coalition or group.

For each province, those who run for elections in at least 50 per 100 of their municipalities, may also spend another 133,121.69 euros for each of the provinces in which they meet this condition.

Article 4. Grant for direct shipping costs.

In addition to the previous articles, the amount of the grant to the parties, federations, coalitions or groupings, of the electoral expenses incurred by direct and personal sending to the voters of envelopes and ballots election or propaganda and election publicity, will conform to the following rules:

(a) EUR 0.22 per voter shall be paid in each of the constituencies in which it has been represented in the Local Corporations concerned, provided that the reference application has submitted lists in the 50 per 100 of the municipalities of more than 10,000 inhabitants of the province concerned and have obtained, at least, representation in 50 per 100 of them.

(b) The subsidised amount shall not be included within the limit provided for in Article 3, 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, April 4, 2011. -Vice President Segunda del Government and Minister of Economy and Finance, Elena Salgado Méndez.