Royal Decree 495/2010, of 30 April, approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments has modified the currently existing and that of its autonomous agencies with the objective to obtain the maximum efficiency and rationality in the action of the General Administration of the State. It also enables the Minister of the Presidency to raise to the Council of Ministers the projects of royal decrees adapting the organic structures of the ministries.

In the new structure of the Ministry of Defense the General Directorate of Communication of the Defense is deleted, creating the Office of Communication of the Ministry of Defense, with rank of Subdirección General, which by the present Real Decree becomes dependent on the Cabinet of the Minister.

Also, Royal Decree 495/2010 provides that the holder of the INVITE has, equally, a category of Deputy Director General.

These changes and the accumulated experience during the life of Royal Decree 1126/2008 of 4 July, for which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defense is developed, advise a new organization in the structure the Department to achieve maximum effectiveness in the implementation of the defence policy and the management of the military administration.

The Secretary of State of Defense assumes new tasks related to the management of military historical heritage, museums and military archives. In this way, the General Subdirectorate of Historical-Artistic Heritage will become directly dependent on the Secretary of State of Defense.

In terms of information and communications systems and technologies, they are reorganised within the Directorate-General for Infrastructure in order to improve their efficiency and reduce costs by removing the General Inspection of the Plan Director for Information and Telecommunications Systems and the General Secretariat for Technical Services and Telecommunications, whose functions are assumed by the new General Information and Communications Technology Subdirectorate.

In the area of the Secretariat, the Directorate General for Military Recruitment and Teaching, will focus its action in the field of military education and the recruitment of personnel, maintaining its powers over reservists. In turn, recruitment planning becomes dependent on the Directorate-General for Personnel, in order to give a greater coherence to the personnel policy.

The status of the autonomous organization Cria Caballar of the Armed Forces is also modified to include the status of the armed forces that will allow the growing demand for dogs in the Army to be met, as a result of their use in safety and rescue operations, taking advantage of the means, facilities and personnel specialised in animal production with which this autonomous body counts, without any increase in costs.

With direct dependence on the Minister of Defense, the Directorate General of Institutional Relations of Defense will be responsible for the cultural policy of the Department and the institutional relations of the defense, assuming competencies on the publications.

The Directorate General of Institutional Relations of the Defense pursues that the Spanish society knows, values and identifies with the solidarity and effective effort through which the Armed Forces safeguard the interests national. A policy of defence committed to peace and security must not only deal with military defensive aspects, but also, and in particular, those of a political, diplomatic, economic and, particularly, socio-cultural nature, which are in the genesis of conflict prevention and resolution,

The objectives set for carrying out this task include the dissemination and promotion of the culture of defense among all citizens, as well as the planning and development of institutional relations, constituting a fundamental tool for this, the publications of Defense.

The heterogeneous nature of the competencies attributed to the General Directorate of Institutional Relations of the Defense and its direct relationship with public and private operators in all areas of culture, determines the whether the holder may not compulsorily gather the status of an official.

Within the scope of the General Secretariat of Defense Policy, the Office of the Implementation of the Convention between the States Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty concerning the Status of its Forces, created by Ministerial Order 72/1991 of 1 October 1991 and the Commission for the Coordination of International Activity of the Ministry of Defence, created by Order DEF/1951/2009 of 15 July 2009.

In view of the numerous changes that are introduced in the organization of this ministerial department and in the interest of the regulatory non-dispersion, the drafting of a new royal decree of structure has been chosen, repealing the currently in force.

In its virtue, at the initiative of the Minister of Defense, on the proposal of the First Vice President of the Government and Minister of the Presidency and after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting on October 15, 2010,

DISPONGO:

Article 1. General organization of the Department.

1. The Ministry of Defense is the department of the General Administration of the State to which the preparation, development and execution of the defense policy determined by the Government and the management of the military administration correspond.

2. The powers conferred on this royal decree shall be understood in coordination and without prejudice to those corresponding to other ministerial departments.

3. The Ministry of Defense, under the direction of the head of the Department, is structured in:

a) The Secretary of State for Defense.

b) The Deputy Secretary of Defense.

c) The General Secretariat for Defense Policy.

d) The Armed Forces.

4. It is organically attached to the Ministry of Defense, with direct dependence on the Minister, the National Intelligence Center.

5. The Civil Guard depends on the Minister of Defense in the terms provided for in the Organic Law 2/1986 of March 13, of the State Security Forces and Corps, in Law 42/1999, of 25 November, of the Staff Regulations of the Guard Corps Civil, in Organic Law 5/2005, of 17 November, of National Defense, and in Organic Law 12/2007, of October 22, of the disciplinary regime of the Civil Guard.

6. It directly depends on the Minister of Defense the Directorate General of Institutional Relations of Defense

7. They are advisory and advisory bodies to the Minister of Defence:

a) The Higher Council of the Army of the Earth.

b) The Superior Council of the Navy.

c) The Upper Air Force Council.

d) The Higher Boards of the common bodies of the Armed Forces.

8. As an immediate assistance agency to the Minister, there is a Cabinet, with a general management rank, with the structure established by Article 18.2 of Royal Decree 495/2010 of 30 April, approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments.

It also depends on the Cabinet of the Minister of Defense, with the organic level of general subdirectorate, the Office of Communication of the Ministry of Defense, to which it corresponds, to direct and to maintain the relations of information and institutional advertising with the social media and society as a whole, disseminate the general information of the Department, coordinate the communication offices of the General Headquarters, controls and units of the armies, coordinate the contents of the ministry's website and the functional and editorial management of the Revista Española de Defensa.

The Office of Communication of the Ministry of Defense will act as the official spokesperson for the Department, counting for the development of this task with a Social Communication Office and another Office of Institutional Advertising, whose holders shall have the organic level to be determined in the employment relationship.

9. The Minister of Defence also has an immediate support, advice and assistance, from a Technical Cabinet, whose Director will be a general officer, with the rank of Director-General.

Article 2. Armed Forces.

1. The Armed Forces, integrated in the Ministry of Defense, are the fundamental element of the defense and constitute a unique entity, which is conceived as an integrative set of the specific forms of action of each of its components: the Army of Earth, Navy and Air Force.

2. The Armed Forces are organized in two structures: an organic one, for the preparation of the force, and another operative, for their use in the missions assigned to it, regulated in a specific way in Royal Decree 787/2007, of June 15. The organic structure will enable the generation of the operational structure.

3. The operational structure, configured as a chain of military authorities located on three levels: the strategic, the operational and the tactical, as established by the Royal Decree 787/2007, of 15 June, for which the structure is regulated The Armed Forces are operational in the General Staff of Defense, which, according to the Organic Law 5/2005, of 17 November, of the National Defense, constitutes the auxiliary organ of command and support to the Chief of Staff of the Defense and will have:

a) A Headquarters, in which they are grouped:

1. The Joint Chiefs of Defense, the auxiliary command of the Chief of Defense Staff, which supports the definition and development of the military strategy, the planning and strategic management of the operations and in the rest of their competencies.

2. The Intelligence Center of the Armed Forces, a body responsible for facilitating military intelligence to alert situations of military interest with potential risk of crisis, from abroad, and to provide the support required for operations.

3. The other auxiliary, assistance and advisory bodies needed to support the Chief of Defence Staff in the performance of their duties.

b) The Operations Command, as the body of the operational structure, subordinate to the JEMAD, responsible for planning and operational management, as well as the monitoring of operational plans and operations military personnel assigned to them and with the tasks assigned to them in the specific regulation concerning the operational structure of the Armed Forces, in which it is permanently integrated.

c) Unified services that are created.

4. The organic structure, in accordance with the Organic Law 5/2005, of 17 November, of the National Defense, is composed of the Army of Land, the Navy and the Army of the Air, which provide the basic capabilities for the operating structure. Each of them consists of:

(a) The Headquarters, constituted by the set of organs that cover the human and material resources necessary to assist the Chief of Staff in the exercise of command over their respective army.

b) The Force, established as the set of human and material means that are grouped and organized with the main task of preparing for the realization of military operations. In its field, the training, preparation and evaluation of its units shall be carried out and the specific permanent missions assigned to it shall be carried out in time of peace.

c) Support for the Force, understood as the set of organs responsible for the management, management, administration and control of human, material and financial resources, assigned to each of the armies. In its field, the maintenance of the Force will be directed and controlled and the activities of the logistic support will be carried out that enable the life and functioning of the units, centers and organisms.

5. It is up to the Chief of Staff of the Defense, with the rank of Secretary of State, under the authority of the Minister of Defense, to exercise command of the General Staff of Defense and the functions established in Royal Decree 787/2007, of June 15, and other applicable rules.

6. The military representations in international organizations depend on the Chief of Defense Staff.

7. In addition to the Technical Cabinet of a military nature, the Chief of Defence Staff has a Cabinet with an organic level of sub-directorate general, with the structure set out in Article 18.3 of Royal Decree 495/2010 of 30 April.

8. The Chief of Defence Staff shall hold the representation of the Department, by delegation of the Minister, in cases where this is entrusted to him, and the national military representation to the international security organizations and Defense.

9. The Chiefs of Staff of the Army of Land, Navy and Air Force, with rank of undersecretaries, under the authority of the Minister of Defense, exercise command of their respective armies and in particular it is up to them:

a) Develop the organization, in accordance with the provisions of the Minister of Defense, as well as instruct, train, administer, provide logistical support and ensure the motivation, discipline and well-being of their respective army to maintain maximum efficiency at all times, according to the resources allocated.

b) Develop and execute missions that, at peace time, are permanently assigned to them.

c) Ensure the proper preparation of the Force of its respective army for its making available to the operational structure of the Armed Forces.

d) To advise the Chief of Staff of the Defense in the employment of the units of his army, as well as in the elaboration and formulation of the specific aspects of their respective capabilities.

e) Define the military specifications of the weapons and support systems needed for their armies and technically inspect the execution of the corresponding military equipment and infrastructure programs.

f) Advise the Secretary of State of Defense in the preparation, direction and development of the economic policy, armaments and material and infrastructure of his armies and inform him about his execution.

g) Advise and inform the Minister of Defense about the needs in terms of personnel and teaching.

h) To advise the Chief of Staff of the Defense on the aspects of the military personnel regime that affect the operation.

i) Advise the Assistant Secretary of Defense in planning, directing, and inspecting personnel and teaching policy, collaborating with him in his development, and informing him of his application.

j) Plan and direct instruction and training.

k) Define skills and design the profiles required for the professional exercise to which they must attend to teaching and direct general and specific military training.

l) Address personnel management.

m) Deciding, proposing or reporting in accordance with current legislation, in relation to the basic aspects of the military career.

n) Velar for the general interests of the military personnel under his command, tutoring in particular the regime of rights and freedoms derived from the constitutional norm and its legal development.

n) Assess the staff regime as well as the living conditions on ships, bases and waterings.

10. The Military Emergency Unit, which is organically dependent on the Minister of Defense, operationally of the Chief of Staff of the Defense and functionally of the higher and managerial organs that his specific regulations determine, is a force (a) to contribute to the security and welfare of citizens in cases of serious risk, disaster, calamity or other public needs, in accordance with the provisions of the national law, in order to contribute to the security and welfare of citizens; The provisions of Royal Decree 416/2006 of 11 April establishing the organisation and the The deployment of the Army of Land, Navy and Air Force, as well as the Military Emergency Unit, in Royal Decree 399/2007 of 23 March, approving the protocol of intervention of the Military Unit of Emergencies (UME) and the regulations that develop them.

Article 3. Secretary of State for Defense.

1. The Secretary of State of Defense is the top organ of the Department to which, under the authority of the Minister, the general coordination of the Department's higher and managerial bodies is the responsibility of the Department. It is also responsible for the management, promotion and management of economic policy, arms and equipment, infrastructure and information systems and technologies in the field of defence.

2. In addition to the powers conferred upon it by Article 14 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, in particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) Directing and coordinating the procurement and management of economic resources, as well as promoting and coordinating scientific and technical research, in matters affecting national defense.

b) To direct the policy of armaments, material and infrastructure in its relations with international and foreign agencies, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

c) Establish the forecast of economic availabilities for the formulation of programs in the long, medium or short term.

d) Support the Minister in coordinating the activity of the various senior organs and managers of the Department.

e) Directing and coordinating the planning, procurement, and management of information and communications systems, as well as information security policy.

3. The following management bodies are dependent on the Secretary of State for Defence:

a) The General Direction of Armament and Material.

b) The Directorate-General for Economic Affairs.

c) The Infrastructure General Address.

4. As organs of support, advice and immediate assistance to the Secretary of State for Defence, there is a Cabinet, with an organic level of general sub-direction, with the structure established in Article 18.3 of Royal Decree 495/2010 of 30 April, and a Technical Cabinet, the Director of which shall be a general or official officer, also with a rank of deputy director-general.

5. The Secretary of State of Defense shall hold the representation of the Department, by delegation of the Minister, in the cases where the Minister is entrusted.

6. The National Institute of Aerospace Technique "Esteban Terradas" is assigned to the Secretary of State of Defense.

7. The Secretariat of State of Defense is attached to the General Secretariat of Historical-Artistic Heritage, which carries out the following functions:

a) Manage the protection, conservation and dissemination of military, furniture and documentary heritage.

b) Schedule the policy of military museums.

c) Cataloging military castles and establishments of a historical-artistic character and programming their utilities.

d) Cataloging military files and scheduling their operation.

Article 4. General Direction of Armament and Material.

1. The General Directorate of Armament and Material is the executive body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of the Department's armaments and material policy, as well as the supervision and management of its implementation. For these purposes, the competent bodies of the three armies and the autonomous agencies of the Department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the General Directorate of Armament and Material:

a) Plan, program and direct the development of the policy of armaments and material, managing and processing, where appropriate, the dossiers for the acquisition of the necessary systems and equipment for the Armed Forces. To harmonize and rationalize the setting for the support of the armies, for which it will determine and approve the Concept of Logistic Support of the new systems of weapons, and will adapt the one of the existing ones applying principles of rationality.

b) Propose programs for the procurement and modernization of armaments and equipment, as well as maintenance and logistical support. Direct, coordinate and monitor the implementation of the programmes. Develop and, where appropriate, manage the specific programs that the Secretary of State of Defense assigns to you.

c) Negotiating and managing industrial cooperation and compensation arising from overseas acquisitions and controlling the transfer of national technology to third countries, as well as assessing, controlling and coordinating the obtained as a result of international programmes, agreements or conventions.

d) Collaborate in the formulation and implementation of the defense industrial policy, coordinating its action with the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade and other relevant bodies.

e) Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the capabilities offered by the national industry in relation to defense, by classifying the supply companies by technological and industrial sectors.

f) to direct and, where appropriate, to carry out the technical and economic inspection of industrial activity related to the goods and services for defence, and to intervene as a technical organ in the assurance of the quality of the armaments and defense material.

g) Collaborate with the Directorate-General for Defence Policy in civil emergency planning, and coordinate, where appropriate, the implementation of the sector-related industries ' plans.

h) Standardize, catalog and approve weapons systems, equipment and products of interest to the Armed Forces, as well as the systematic management of material and spare parts, promoting their unification and interoperability.

i) To be in compliance with the regulations on industrial safety in the field of their competence.

j) Exercise the powers that the respective regulations on manufacturing, marketing and transport of arms and explosives entrust to the Ministry of Defense.

k) Exercise the competencies that are established in the field of airworthiness and monitor compliance with the regulations by the various bodies involved.

l) To promote and develop, in coordination with the Directorate General of Defense Policy, the guidelines of the Department's armaments and material policy in its relations with international and foreign bodies, national representation in committees and decision-making bodies on matters of arms and equipment. To negotiate, manage and promote cooperation programmes with international agencies and other countries in the area of armaments policy.

m) Participate in the control of foreign trade in defense and dual-use material and technologies, both in import and export and transit, in accordance with current legislation.

n) Manage applications for administrative authorization corresponding to foreign investments in Spain in activities directly related to the National Defense, provided for in Article 11 of the Royal Decree 664/1999, of 23 April, on external investment.

n) Propose, promote and manage the plans and programs of research and development of weapons systems and equipment of interest to the national defense, in coordination with the national and international agencies competent in this scope.

3. The following management bodies are responsible for the General Directorate of Armament and Material:

a) The General Planning and Programs Subdirectorate, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.a), b) and c).

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Inspection and Technical Services, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k).

(c) The General Subdirectorate of International Relations, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.l), (m) and (n).

(d) The General Subdirectorate of Technology and Innovation, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.n.

4. It is attached to the General Directorate of Armament and Material the autonomous agency Canal de Experiences Hydrodynamics of El Pardo.

5. It also depends on the General Directorate of Armament and Material the "La Maranosa" Institute of Technology.

Article 5. Directorate-General for Economic Affairs.

1. The Directorate-General for Economic Affairs is the management body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of the Department's economic and financial policy, as well as the supervision and direction of its implementation. For these purposes, the competent bodies of the three armies and the autonomous agencies of the Department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs:

a) Plan, program, and direct the development of economic and financial policy, managing and processing the necessary contractual and spending processes to address the needs of the defense.

b) Prepare and propose unified economic-financial management procedures at the Department level.

c) Develop, direct and keep the Department's accounting, in its budgetary, financial and analytical aspects.

d) Exercise control over all Department expenditures and report on these.

(e) Exercise the powers and functions related to the preparation, implementation and monitoring of the budget established in the General Budget Law and other general provisions governing these matters.

f) Exercise the competencies and functions that are regulated by the Budgetary Offices.

g) Direct the Department's economic programming in the long, medium and short term, and control its development.

h) Conduct studies, reports, and proposals regarding your competence.

i) Manage the resources assigned to you and those not expressly attributed to other organs of the ministry.

j) Manage all economic resources destined for acquisitions abroad, in accordance with the regulations in this field and exercise their economic and financial control.

k) Manage the Department's appropriations to finance the Spanish participation in international organizations, exercising the national representation in the committees of resources and decision-making bodies in financial matters, in coordination with the Defense General Staff and the Directorate General for Defense Policy, as the case may be.

l) Manage the financial resources for the operation of the Defense Ministry and military representations abroad.

m) Managing resources to finance the participation of the Armed Forces in crisis and national emergency situations, coordinating with the General Staff of Defense and the Directorate General for Defense Policy, according to the cases, their relationship with the competent civil authorities.

n) Manage and control the financial resources to finance the participation of the Armed Forces in peacekeeping and humanitarian aid operations, in coordination with the Defense Staff.

n) Perform cost analysis at the Department level.

o) Carry out the cost and price analysis of the supply companies or participate in defense programs.

p) Develop and coordinate rules on procurement procedures within the Department, as well as control their compliance.

3. From the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs, the following management bodies depend, with a rank of sub-directorate-general:

(a) The General Accounting Subdirectorate, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.c), (d) and (n) and those referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b), (e) and (h).

(b) The Budget Office, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.f) and (g) and those referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b), (e) and (h)

(c) The General Secretariat for Economic Management, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.i), (j), (k), (l), (m) and (n) and those referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b) and (h).

(d) The General Subdirectorate of Contracting, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (o) and (p) and those referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b) and (h).

4. It is up to the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs to decide on the General Board of Directors and Liquidator of Material.

Article 6. General Address of Infrastructure.

1. The Directorate-General for Infrastructure is the management body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of infrastructure, environmental and systems policies, technologies and security policies. Department, as well as the supervision and direction of its execution. For these purposes, the competent bodies of the three armies and the autonomous agencies of the Department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions correspond to the General Infrastructure Directorate:

a) Develop necessary studies leading to the definition of the Department's infrastructure and environmental policies.

b) Propose for approval the Department's infrastructure plans and programmes and, where appropriate, manage those entrusted to it, as well as follow up its implementation in such a way as to permit the analysis of the costs.

c) Relating, in coordination with the Directorate-General for Defence Policy, with international bodies in the field of infrastructure and the environment. It is also responsible for the monitoring and control of international programmes and projects, in the field of their competence, in which the Department participates.

d) Conduct studies, inspections, opinions, reports and projects of any kind, in the field of infrastructure and the environment.

e) To direct the territorial management of the Ministry of Defense infrastructure.

f) Direct the management of the goods and rights affected to the Ministry of Defense and take their inventory.

g) To exercise the ministerial powers in relation to aeronautical easements and areas of interest to the national defence, security of facilities and restricted access to property by the foreign.

h) Initiate the procurement processes for goods and rights integrated into the Department's infrastructure plans and programs.

i) Making the expropriations of goods and rights, as well as the relevant leases.

j) Develop the classification of facilities and materials in the field of their competence, as well as carry out project and work supervision.

k) Define corporate policies and strategies in the field of information, communications and information security technologies of the Ministry of Defense, as well as the planning and coordination of actions in these matters.

l) Lead and manage, in a complete and integrated manner, the infrastructure, services and life cycle of corporate-wide information and telecommunications systems for General Purpose, as well as information that is of specific interest to the Central Authority.

m) Collaborate with the General Staff of Defense in the tasks of designing, obtaining and maintaining the information and telecommunications systems of corporate scope for Command and Control.

n) Coordinate the actions of the armies and the Military Emergency Unit, as well as the autonomous agencies that require it, in the field of information systems that are specific to each of them.

n) Operate a corporate hub as a single platform for the provision of all general purpose information and telecommunications services, ensuring their availability.

o) Plan and monitor the execution or, where appropriate, execute the mapping actions.

p) Define and manage service level agreements, providing users with defined assistance and support for each of the services offered.

q) Collaborate on the formulation and implementation of the State's environmental policy by coordinating its action with the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Environment and other relevant bodies, and develop and propose the corresponding regulations.

r) Develop the Department's environmental policy and direct and monitor the energy savings and efficiency plan.

s) Promote and coordinate the implementation of environmental management systems and alternative technologies.

t) Lead, prepare and develop all actions related to environmental protection and biodiversity conservation, in collaboration with other administrations.

3. The following management bodies depend on the General Infrastructure Directorate:

(a) The General Planning and Control Subdirectorate, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.b) and (e) and those referred to in paragraph 2.a), (c) and (d).

(b) The General Sub-Directorate of Heritage, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.f), (g), (h) and (i) and those referred to in paragraph 2.d).

(c) The General Subdirectorate for Tiification and Supervision, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.j) and those referred to in paragraph 2.d).

(d) The General Subdirectorate of Information and Communications Technologies, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.k), (l), (m), (n), (n), (o) and (p).

(e) The Subdirectorate-General for Environmental Sustainability and Energy Efficiency, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.q), (r), (s) and (t), and those referred to in paragraph 2.a), (c) and (d).

4. It is attached to the Directorate General of Infrastructure the autonomous agency Institute of Housing, Infrastructure and Equipment of Defense.

5. They are directly dependent on the General Infrastructure Directorate:

a) The autonomous body of Military Building Services.

b) The Army Engineer Laboratory.

Article 7. Deputy Secretary of Defense.

1. The Deputy Secretary of Defense is the governing body of the Department to which it corresponds, under the superior authority of the Minister, the direction, impetus and management of the personnel, recruitment, teaching and health policy of the Department, as well. as the ordinary representation of the ministry, the management of its common services and the exercise of the powers referred to in Article 15 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of Status, and in particular the performance of the following functions:

a) Develop or propose provisions on personnel and military education.

b) Direct the general management of all military personnel and the specific of the Armed Forces Common Corps and military personnel who are not in any of the armies.

c) To direct, coordinate and control the remuneration policy at the Department and its autonomous agencies.

d) Address the planning and development of the recruitment policy and general regime of military personnel.

e) To direct, coordinate and control social policy in the field of the Department and its autonomous agencies.

f) Driving and coordinating the legislative and regulatory development of the Department.

g) Maintain appropriate relations with the organs of military jurisdiction in order to provide the necessary means and the enforcement of judicial decisions.

(h) Agree, in accordance with current regulations, and prior to any reports deemed necessary, to insert into the "Official Gazette of the Ministry of Defense" of the general provisions, resolutions and administrative acts.

i) To direct the organisms that constitute the peripheral structure of the central organs of the Department.

(j) To direct, coordinate and control the actions related to the inspection of the personnel regime of the members of the Armed Forces, as well as the conditions of life on ships, bases and waterings.

k) Coordinate and promote equality policy and the incorporation and integration of women into the Armed Forces.

l) To direct and coordinate the Department's occupational risk prevention services, in accordance with current regulations.

2. The Assistant Secretary of Defense shall be represented by the Department, by delegation of the Minister, in the cases where the Minister is entrusted.

3. The Assistant Secretary of Defense has a Technical Cabinet, as an organ of support, advice and immediate assistance. Its Director shall be a general officer or officer, with an organic level of deputy director-general.

4. The following management bodies, with a general management rank, depend on the Defence Secretariat:

(a) The Technical General Secretariat.

b) The Personnel Directorate General.

c) The General Directorate of Military Recruitment and Teaching.

5. With the organic level of general sub-direction, the following management bodies depend on the Department's Secretariat:

(a) The Subdirectorate-General of the Internal Regime, which is responsible for the government, security, internal regime, operation, maintenance and general services of the central organs of the ministry, as well as the general log and file.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Economic Services and Pagadurias, the body to which it is responsible to exercise the powers that, in matters of budget implementation, credit control, economic management and accountability, attribute the rules in this respect, as well as direct and manage the payments of the central bodies, except those allocated to the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs.

It is also the coordinating body with the Directorate General of Economic Affairs for the monitoring and information of the Department's budget.

6. The following bodies also depend on the Defence Secretariat:

a) The General Legal Counsel of Defense.

b) The General Intervention of Defense.

c) The General Inspection of Defense Health.

7. The National Institute of the Armed Forces is assigned to the Subsecretariat of Defense.

8. The Defence Delegations in the Autonomous Communities and in the Cities of Ceuta and Melilla are organically dependent on the Department's Secretariat, as set out in Royal Decree 308/2007 of 2 March on organization and operation of the Defence Delegations.

9. The inspection of the personnel regime of the members of the Armed Forces and of the conditions of life on ships, bases and aquartelings can be carried out through the Subdirectorates General of Planning and Coordination of Personnel Military, Management and Recruitment Policy and Recruitment by means of the General Inspection of Defence Health, which shall act as inspection bodies in the field of their respective competences, or by means of the personnel controls of armies.

Article 8. Technical General Secretariat.

1. The Technical General Secretariat is the management body responsible for technical and administrative assistance to the Ministry's authorities; the preparation and development of the Department's policy on organization, procedures and working methods, as well as the supervision and direction of their implementation, and the coordination of the bodies constituting the peripheral structure of the central organs of the ministry. For these purposes, the competent bodies of the three armies and the autonomous agencies of the Department are functionally dependent on this management centre.

2. It is for the Technical General Secretariat to exercise the functions attributed to it by Law 50/1997 of 27 November of the Government and Article 17 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, and in particular the performance of the following functions:

a) Report the general provisions of the Department, in accordance with the rules of administrative procedure; process the consultations to the State Council, prepare the compilations of the existing provisions and propose revision and recasting of legal texts.

b) Develop studies and reports on how many matters will be submitted to the Council of Ministers, the Government's Delegated Commissions and the General Secretariat of State and Undersecretaries.

c) Propose and develop rules on organizational reforms, procedures and working methods, for the rationalization, simplification and modernization of the military administration and to facilitate their access to citizens by means of electronic.

d) Lead, coordinate and, where appropriate, execute the actions related to social studies and plan and supervise the implementation or, where appropriate, execute the actions in statistical and operational research.

e) Carry out the insertion in the "Official Gazette of the Ministry of Defense" of the general provisions, resolutions and administrative acts that correspond.

f) Coordinate, manage and inspect the Defense Delegations and the military residences under the Defense Secretariat.

g) To deal with the conflicts of privileges to be resolved by the Minister, the Assistant Secretary or other top authority of the Department.

(h) to deal with and formulate proposals for the resolution of administrative resources, prior to judicial, civil or employment claims, claims for compensation and requests made under the the right of petition, as well as the procedures for the ex officio review of administrative acts.

i) To fulfill the actions that correspond to the Ministry of Defense derived from the administrative-administrative resources, and to process and propose the orders of execution of the sentences that are dictated in those.

j) Direct the services of administrative information and attention to the citizen of the Department, central and peripheral, in accordance with the current regulations.

3. They depend on the Technical General Secretariat, with a rank of general sub-directorate, the following governing bodies:

(a) The Technical Vice-Secretary-General, who develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Resources and Administrative Information, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.g), (h), (i) and (j)

4. The autonomous agency Cria Caballar of the Armed Forces is attached to the Technical General Secretariat.

Article 9. General Directorate of Personnel.

1. The Directorate-General for Personnel is the management body responsible for the planning of the personnel policy of the Department and the programming and development of this policy with regard to military personnel and civilian personnel. of the Ministry of Defense, as well as the supervision and direction of its execution in the framework of the Defense Planning. For these purposes, the competent bodies of the departments responsible for the military and the autonomous agencies of the Department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Personnel:

a) Develop and propose the general criteria that will govern the overall planning of personnel in the Department.

(b) Lead and coordinate the planning of military personnel and reserve staff, as well as recruitment planning, in accordance with the provisions to be established, and to draw up proposals for provisions of seats of the Armed Forces.

c) Coordinate and control the review and update of all templates and military positions of the Department.

d) Develop the rules and establish the general criteria applicable to the management of military personnel, as well as exercise the inspector's role in the personnel regime of the members of the Armed Forces in the field of their personnel. competencies.

e) Manage, with respect to the military personnel of the common bodies, the competencies attributed to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense.

f) Manage, with respect to the personnel of the Armed Forces Religious Assistance Service, the competencies attributed to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense.

g) Carry out the processing of the competencies attributed to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for all military personnel.

h) Coordinate the application of the specific regulations affecting the civil personnel of the Department.

i) Manage competencies that, with respect to civilian personnel, have been attributed to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, as well as to manage and exercise those that are attributed to it by the current regulations.

j) Develop and propose the provisions on remuneration that, with respect to civilian personnel, fall within the competence of the Department. To manage and deal with matters related to this subject, the resolution of which corresponds to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, and to manage and exercise the powers conferred upon it by the current regulations.

k) Develop, propose and direct social action policy and training for the Department's civilian personnel.

l) Develop and propose the arrangements for the adjustment of the remuneration system of the members of the Armed Forces, as well as inform and formulate proposals on those matters that have an impact on the Armed Forces. To manage and process matters related to this subject, the resolution of which corresponds to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, as well as to manage and exercise those other matters that are attributed to it by the current regulations.

m) Quantify and propose the personnel and personnel costs to be included in the multi-annual scenarios and in the preliminary draft budget, as well as control and assess the Department's personnel expenditure.

n) Plan, control, and coordinate, in the functional aspect, the information system for the management of Department personnel.

n) to process files, recognize passive rights, and grant the benefits of passive classes caused by military personnel.

o) Lead and coordinate the planning of personnel of the Department's civilian personnel and the review and update of the relationships of positions of this staff.

p) Coordinate and promote women's equality policies in the Armed Forces.

3. The following management bodies are responsible for the Directorate-General for Personnel:

(a) The General Subdirectorate for the Planning and Coordination of Military Personnel, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b), (c) and (d).

(b) The General Secretariat for Military Personnel Management, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.e), (f) and (g).

(c) The General Subdirectorate of Civil Personnel, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.h), (i), (j) and (k).

(d) The General Subdirectorate of Human Resources Costs, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.l), (m), (n), (n) and (o).

4. It depends on this Directorate-General, the Division of the Personnel Support Service, with the level to be determined in the corresponding relation of jobs, to which it is appropriate to elaborate, to propose and to direct the social policy for the staff military, as well as manage the plans and programmes derived from it, establish and coordinate the implementation of the overall quality of life plan of military personnel and provide, where appropriate, assistance to their families.

5. It is also up to this Directorate-General to the Study Centre on the situation of women in the Armed Forces (Women's Observatory at FAS).

6. They also depend on the Directorate-General for Personnel:

a) The Castrose Archbishopric.

b) The Administrative Unit of the Royal and Military Orders of San Fernando and San Hermenegildo.

Article 10. Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching.

1. The Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching is the leading body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of the teaching policy of the military personnel and of the military personnel. volunteer reservists. It also corresponds to the recruitment and selection of personnel for the Armed Forces, as well as the preparation of the professional departures of the military personnel and the management, supervision and evaluation of the execution of these activities. To this end, the Superior Center for National Defense Studies and the competent bodies of the armies and autonomous agencies of the Department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching:

(a) Designing and ordering the system of military education, as a unitary system integrated in the general education system as a whole, in the field of military training, military training, and those courses of high national defence studies that are regulated, in all cases, to their own needs and peculiarities, and taking as a reference the European framework and the general education system.

b) Oversee the functioning of the university system of defense institutions to achieve the correct coordination of military teachings and the conduct of the attainment of degree titles, as well as to design, coordinate and supervise actions to obtain other civil qualifications. Also, to order, establish, guide and promote the relations and agreements with the different administrations, universities and cultural, social and business entities, in relation to teaching or research in the field of teaching.

c) Develop and propose the general guidelines of the curricula for the military training of the career military, the military complement and the soldiers of troops and marineria, as well as coordinate the drafting of the relevant curricula. It is also up to him to coordinate the training plans for reservists.

d) Develop and propose the general regime of military, student and faculty teaching centers.

e) Propose the creation, transfer, coordination, unification or suppression of military teaching centers.

f) Plan, direct and coordinate, in the functional aspect, the integrated virtual teaching system in the Armed Forces.

g) Develop, direct and coordinate the assessment system for the improvement of teaching in the Armed Forces.

h) To direct the teachings of the personnel of the common bodies of the Armed Forces, the teachings of common character, and the functioning of the teaching centers directly dependent on this Directorate General.

(i) to develop, in coordination with the Directorate-General for Defence Policy, the international cooperation programmes in the field of education and to exercise its direction.

j) Lead and support the recruitment of career military, complement military, troop and marine soldiers and volunteer reservists.

k) To direct and supervise the execution of the functions of recruitment and selection of personnel of the Armed Forces through all those agencies, centers and agencies that have as their object that collection and selection.

l) Lead and manage the personnel selection processes for the Armed Forces as well as the incorporation of that to the centers for their training.

m) Develop and propose the measures to be applied to the personnel of the Armed Forces as soon as they are oriented to the professional outlets of the Armed Forces and coordinate their implementation.

n) Develop and implement the mechanisms for the Armed Forces personnel to access educational modules and training programs that enable them for professional outings.

n) Compose and implement professional exit plans in collaboration with the various public administrations and with the private sector.

3. The following management bodies are responsible for the Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching:

(a) The Subdirectorate-General for Management and Teaching Policy, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i).

(b) The General Subdirectorate for Recruitment, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.j), k), l, m), n) and n).

Article 11. General Legal Counsel of the Defense.

1. The General Legal Counsel of the Defense issues the statutory legal reports, in accordance with the provisions in force, and evacuates those requested by the higher organs and directors of the ministry. The report of the General Legal Counsel of the Defence, where required, shall always be issued in the last place and immediately before the relevant decision, except in cases where another rule of equal or higher rank is available thing.

2. The role of legal advice, which is a unique function within the Department, is exercised under the direction of the General Counsel of Defence, who can, for this purpose, instruct the Legal Assessor of the General Staff of the armies and any other in the field of the Department, and to evacuate the consultations which it gives them to ensure proper coordination and unit of criteria.

3. Without prejudice to the specific powers of the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, the General Legal Counsel is responsible for the relations of the Department with the governing bodies of the military jurisdiction, the Togolese Attorney General's Office and the Advocate General of the State-Directorate of the State Legal Service. Likewise, she assists the Assistant Secretary of Defense in the study, preparation and execution of how many issues are addressed to the military prison administration.

4. The functions referred to in the above paragraphs are developed by personnel belonging to the Military Legal Body.

5. The position of General Legal Counsel is performed by a general counsel, in active service situation.

6. The position of the General Legal Counsel of the Defense has precedence over the other charges of the Military Legal Body.

Article 12. General Defense Intervention.

1. The General Intervention of the Defense, functionally dependent on the General Intervention of the State Administration, has the task of exercising, in the field of the Ministry of Defense and the autonomous agencies attached to it, the control of the internal financial management, through the exercise of the intervention function and, in the terms, conditions and scope to be determined in each case by the General Intervention of the State Administration, the financial control and the public audit.

Likewise, it is up to you to exercise the military notary in the form and conditions established by the laws and to issue as many reports as requested, in matters of your competence, by the higher bodies and managers of the Ministry of Defense.

2. The functions referred to in the previous paragraph are exercised, by personnel belonging to the Military Intervention Corps, under the direction of the General Controller of the Defense, who, to this end, may issue instructions to the Interventions Delegated Central to the General Headquarters of the Armies and to any other Department of the Department, in respect of the interpretation and application of the general rules, and to evacuate the consultations that those are asked to ensure the proper coordination and criterion unit.

3. The General Controller of the Defense assumes all the powers conferred on him by the norm that regulates the basic organic structure of the General Intervention of Defense.

4. The position of the General Controller of the Defense is performed by an interventor general, in active service situation.

5. The position of the General Controller of Defense takes precedence over the other charges of the Military Intervention Corps.

Article 13. General Inspection of Defense Health.

1. The General Inspection of Defence Health is the body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of health policy. In the framework of the general planning and management plans of resources derived from the planning of the military defense, it corresponds to the specific planning of the material and financial resources assigned to it, as well as the integration of the general needs of human resources. It is also the advice of the Department's senior organs in the field of military health.

2. Without prejudice to their nature and organic membership, the Health Directorates of the armies are functionally dependent on this inspection. Therefore, the General Inspection of Defense Health will dictate technical instructions and service orders addressed to these Directorates to ensure the best use and integration of the available resources and to achieve the maximum degree of health coverage and effectiveness in the Armed Forces.

3. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) Develop studies and proposals on military health in all aspects related to the specific competencies of each of the specialties that make up the Military Corps of Health. In the logistic-operational scope, it will be done in accordance with the requirements and operational requirements established in the planning of military defense.

b) Coordinate healthcare, logistic-operational supports according to the guidelines received from the Chief of Staff of the Defense and the Chiefs of Staff of the Army of the Earth, Navy, and Air Force.

c) Address the management of the military health network, as well as direct and coordinate health-care and health prevention activities in the field of defense.

d) Manage pharmaceutical management and production of pharmaceutical products.

e) Coordinate with armies and, where appropriate, provide pharmaceutical support.

f) Propose, direct, coordinate with the armies, and in their case contribute, the veterinary support in the field of defense.

g) Lead, coordinate, and, where appropriate, execute the actions related to psychology in the Armed Forces.

h) Develop and propose health conventions.

i) Relating, in coordination with the Directorate-General for Defence Policy, with international bodies in the field of their competence.

4. The position of Inspector General of Defense Health is performed by a division general of the Military Corps of Health in active duty.

5. The position of Inspector General of Health of the Defense has precedence over the other charges of the Military Corps of Health.

Article 14. General Secretary for Defence Policy.

1. The General Secretariat of Defense Policy is the governing body of the Department to which, under the superior authority of the Minister, the development and implementation of the Department's defense policy, of the non-operational aspects of the Military policy, excluding those related to the preparation of the Force. In particular, it performs the following functions:

a) Coordinate general defense planning with other departments.

b) To direct the elaboration of the guidelines in the field of defense policy, both in the field of bilateral relations with other States and in that of the international organizations of security and defense to which Spain Member States shall, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and without prejudice to the principle of unity of action on the outside of the State.

(c) To promote and develop defence policy actions in the field of international organisations, especially in the Atlantic Alliance and in the European Union, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and without prejudice to the principle of unity of action outside the State.

(d) Promote and develop defence policy actions in the field of bilateral relations, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and without prejudice to the principle of unity of action in the of the State.

e) To promote the development of the international aspects of the defense policy through the Defense Attachés in the Permanent Diplomatic Missions of Spain and the Defense Directors in the Representations Permanent in International Organizations.

f) Direct the Spanish participation in the planning systems of the organizations or alliances to which Spain belongs.

g) Direct the elaboration of international treaties, agreements, conventions and conferences of interest to the national defense, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and without prejudice to the principle of the unit of action outside the State.

h) Coordinate the Department in collaboration with other departments in the response and resolution of crisis and conflict situations in the field of security and defense policy, in the framework of the National System of driving of crisis situations.

i) To direct the permanent body of work of the national authority for civil defense planning and to hold the national representation in this field in international organizations of collective defense or alliances which Spain belongs to.

j) Coordinate the collaboration of the Ministry of Defense with the competent agencies for emergency situations at national level, and in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the field

k) Plan the preparation and availability of non-military resources to meet the needs of national defense at the Department's level.

l) To promote and develop strategic thinking in the field of the Ministry of Defense and in collaboration with other public or private centers.

2. The Secretary General of Defense Policy will hold the representation of the Department, by delegation of the Minister, in the cases in which it is entrusted and, in particular, to the international organizations of security and collective defense of which Spain is a party.

3. The Secretary General of Defense Policy acts as Secretary of the National Defense Council and as Chair of the Inter-Ministerial Defense Commission.

4. The Secretary-General for Defence Policy has a Technical Cabinet, as an organ of support, advice and immediate assistance.

5. The General Secretariat of Defense Policy is responsible for the General Directorate of Defense Policy.

6. It also depends on the Secretary-General for Defence Policy, the Division of Strategic Affairs and Security, with the level to be determined in the corresponding employment relationship, to which the study and assessment of the issues related to security and defence policy and the impetus and development of the actions needed to enhance strategic thinking in the field of the Ministry of Defence and in collaboration with other public institutions or private.

7. They will be assigned to the Ministry of Defense, through the General Secretariat of Defense Policy, as collegiate bodies:

(a) The Inter-Ministerial Defence Commission, with the composition and functions provided for in its corresponding organic provisions.

b) The Spanish Section of the Hispanic-American Standing Committee with the composition and functions provided for in its corresponding organic provisions.

(c) The Commission for the Coordination of International Activity of the Ministry of Defense, with the composition and functions provided for in its corresponding organic provisions.

8. They depend on the General Secretariat of Defense Policy for the Defense Attachments in the Spanish Diplomatic Missions abroad and the Defense Directors in the Permanent Representations to the international organizations in which are accredited, in terms of their specific regulations.

Article 15. Directorate General for Defence Policy.

1. The Directorate-General for Defence Policy is the steering body to which the planning and development of defence policy is concerned. To this end, the competent bodies in the aforementioned areas of the Armed Forces and the autonomous agencies of the Department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Defence Policy:

(a) Develop and propose the general lines of action and the precise guidelines on defense policy for the Planning of Defense and the non-operational aspects of military policy, as well as control and coordinate their development and execution.

b) Plan and develop defense policy actions in the international arena.

c) Prepare, negotiate and propose international treaties, agreements, conventions and conferences of interest to the national defense, in coordination with the higher organs and officials of the Department in the field of their respective powers and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

d) To monitor and evaluate the international situation, in the field of security and defense policy.

e) Contribute to the monitoring, response and resolution of crisis and conflict situations in the field of security and defense policy, in the framework of the national crisis management system.

f) Act as the permanent body of the national authority for civil emergency planning.

g) Propose the regulations, plan and manage the Ministry of Defense's collaboration with competent agencies in emergency situations.

h) Plan the preparation and availability of non-military resources to meet the needs of national defense at the Department's level.

i) Track and channel participation in international organizations and forums related to proliferation and arms control, from the perspective of defense policy.

j) Exercise the competencies derived from the functional dependency that the General Secretariat of Defense Policy has attributed to the Military Emergency Unit.

3. The following management bodies are responsible for the Directorate-General for Defence Policy:

(a) The General Subdirectorate of Plans and International Relations, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.b), (c) and (d) and those referred to in paragraph 2.a), (i) and (j).

(b) The General Secretariat for Civil Cooperation and Defence, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.e), (f), (g) and (h) and those referred to in paragraph 2.a), (i) and (j).

4. It also depends on this Directorate-General, through the General Subdirectorate of Plans and International Relations, the Office of Application of the Convention between the States Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, on the Statute of its Forces.

Article 16. Directorate General for Institutional Relations of Defense.

1. The Directorate-General for Institutional Relations of the Defense, directly dependent on the Minister of Defense, is the executive body responsible for the planning and development of the cultural policy of the Department, the publications and the institutional relations of the defence.

In attention to the specific characteristics of this Directorate-General, its holder, in accordance with the provisions of Article 18.2 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, it shall not be necessary to hold the official status.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) To promote and coordinate the policy of promotion, dissemination and promotion of national defense awareness.

b) Coordinate, promote and disseminate the cultural action of the Department.

c) Manage, edit and publish the official publications of the Department, in accordance with the powers conferred upon it by the current legislation on the ordination of official publications; direct and, where appropriate, execute the actions related to documentation, and to promote publications of interest to the Department.

d) Coordinate the Department's libraries.

3. The following management bodies depend on the Directorate-General for Institutional Relations of the Defence:

(a) The Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies, with an organic level of general subdirection, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.a) and b). To this end, it will enhance joint actions with the Ministries of Education and Culture, universities and educational institutions.

(b) The General Secretariat for Publications, which shall carry out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2 (c) and (d)

Article 17. Top tips from the Army of Earth, Navy and Air Force.

The Higher Councils of the Army of the Earth, the Navy and the Air Force are the advisory and advisory bodies of the Minister of Defense and the Chief of Staff of the respective army, with the powers and the duties attributed to them by Law 39/2007 of 19 November of the military career and other regulatory standards which are applicable.

Article 18. Senior Joint Chiefs of the Armed Forces Boards.

the Superior Boards of the Military, Military, Military and Military Legal Corps are the advisory and advisory bodies of the Defense Minister in those matters that he attributes to them. Law 39/2007 of 19 November of the military career, and other regulatory standards which are applicable.

Additional disposition first. Order of precedence of the Department's authorities.

The order of precedence of the higher authorities of the Department in the special acts referred to by the General Order of Precedence of the State, approved by Royal Decree 2099/1983 of 4 August, and in the internal regime of the ministry, is as follows:

a) Minister of Defense.

b) Chief of Defense Staff.

c) Secretary of State of Defense.

d) Deputy Secretary of Defense.

e) Secretary General of Defense Policy.

f) Chief of Staff of the Army of the Earth.

g) Chief of Staff of the Navy.

h) Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

Additional provision second. Information and telecommunications networks and systems.

1. The Council of Ministers will determine the networks and systems to be managed and managed by the General Information and Communications Technology Subdirectorate.

2. Following agreement with the General Secretariat for Information and Communications Technologies, the Directorate General for Civil Protection and Emergencies of the Ministry of the Interior will be able to use, in emergency situations, the targeted networks and managed by the cited General Subdirectorate.

Additional provision third. Alcala de Henares Military Prison Establishment.

The Alcalá de Henares Military Prison Establishment will continue to be assigned to the Defense Secretariat, with its organic and functional dependence, without prejudice to logistical support that cannot be provided by the Deputy secretary, who will be facilitated by the logistics chain of each army.

Additional provision fourth. Removal of organs and units.

The following Department organs and units are deleted:

a) The General Technology and Centers Subdirection.

b) The Military Personnel Subdirectorate General.

c) The General Subdirection of Technical Services and Telecommunications.

d) The General Subdirectorate for Teaching and Professional Development Management.

e) The General Documentation and Publications Subdirection.

f) The General Subdirection of the Communication.

g) The General Inspection of the Information and Telecommunications Systems Director Plan.

Single transient arrangement. Units and jobs with lower organic level than general sub-direction.

The units and jobs with the lower organic level to the general sub-directorate will continue to remain and will be paid from the same budget appropriations until the corresponding relations are approved. or catalogues of jobs of the Department adapted to the organic structure of this royal decree.

The units and posts of work in the deleted organs, or whose organic dependence has been modified by this royal decree, shall be provisionally assigned, by means of a resolution of the Undersecretary, and after agreement, where appropriate, the Secretary of State, pending the entry into force of the corresponding relations or catalogues of posts, to the bodies regulated in this royal decree according to the powers assigned to them.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

1. The Royal Decree 1126/2008 of 4 July 2008 is hereby repealed and the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defence is developed.

2. Likewise, the provisions of equal or lower rank are repealed as opposed to the provisions of this royal decree.

Final disposition first. Amendment to the Statute of the Autonomous Body of the Armed Forces, approved by Royal Decree 1664/2008 of 17 October.

A new paragraph (f) is added to Article 5 of the Statute of the Autonomous Body of the Armed Forces, approved by Royal Decree 1664/2008 of 17 October, with the following wording:

"f) Facilitate the canine production that meets the needs of the three Armies and Dependent Units of the Central Organ of the Ministry of Defense."

Final disposition second. Powers of development.

The Minister of Defense is empowered to adopt the necessary measures for the development and execution of this royal decree, prior to the implementation of the appropriate legal procedures.

Final disposition third. Entry into force.

This royal decree will enter into force on the day following its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Given in Madrid, October 15, 2010.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The First Vice President of the Government and Minister of the Presidency,

MARIA TERESA FERNANDEZ DE LA VEGA SANZ